CRAZY traffic accident
- Thread starter BigDaddyLH
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File this under, "One minute you're here . . . the next you're not".
I saw that. Is that nuts and she walked away, a little woozy. They said sheared lug nuts on the truck, well how did that happen?
bottlenecker
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Wow, don't drive near poser trucks.
Aftermarket wheel. The tire store has stripped lugs twice over the years on my van. Neither time did they own up to it until the next tire rotation/removal wen they came to me saying "you have a stripped lug". To which I replied, "you guys are the last to do anything, here's the receipt". One time it took 3 hours to fix it. If they strip it, the wheel can loosen over time until it wears the lugs.
dkmw
Poster Extraordinaire
Testament to unit body structure and safety features on modern cars.
I once had a wheelbarrow fall off a truck right in front of me at 70 mph on an interstate. All I had time to do was duck my head as it hit the pavement and bounced. I thought it was coming through my windshield. To my good fortune, it flew over my car.
And no, I don’t know what happened behind me. I was shaking too much.
I once had a wheelbarrow fall off a truck right in front of me at 70 mph on an interstate. All I had time to do was duck my head as it hit the pavement and bounced. I thought it was coming through my windshield. To my good fortune, it flew over my car.
And no, I don’t know what happened behind me. I was shaking too much.
bottlenecker
Poster Extraordinaire
Amatuer hour with the impact will stretch the lugs and weaken them.
Fenderbaum
Tele-Holic
The loose wheel had to give a last F-U to the car after the flip..
__HKGuns__
Tele-Meister
I had something similar happen to me.
Driving on a 2 lane expressway (2 lanes each side) and I see a large truck in the opposing lanes lose an entire wheel.
I watched it bounce down the road, picking up speed, it veered into the 30', grassy median and was headed directly at my vehicle. I was doing 80 and it was closing fast. I braked hard, so it would hopefully pass in front of me, which worked, barely.
I didn't factor into the equation the mini van, just ahead of me, in the right lane. It bounced off the side of the mini van, demolishing the entire side and rebounded directly at my vehicle. It passed over the top of my vehicle, directly over the drivers side. I estimate it missed my roof by less than a foot.
Someone had my back twice that day.
Driving on a 2 lane expressway (2 lanes each side) and I see a large truck in the opposing lanes lose an entire wheel.
I watched it bounce down the road, picking up speed, it veered into the 30', grassy median and was headed directly at my vehicle. I was doing 80 and it was closing fast. I braked hard, so it would hopefully pass in front of me, which worked, barely.
I didn't factor into the equation the mini van, just ahead of me, in the right lane. It bounced off the side of the mini van, demolishing the entire side and rebounded directly at my vehicle. It passed over the top of my vehicle, directly over the drivers side. I estimate it missed my roof by less than a foot.
Someone had my back twice that day.
Refugee
Friend of Leo's
And the tire that created this mess, was still inflated and the last thing moving. Irony.
The tire (at the point of impact) had about the same [linear] velocity as the truck, but straight up. If the Kia's bumper had been a little lower, we wouldn't have such a cool video.
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Angular momentum is amazing (and underestimated), not ironic! hahaha
MarkieMark
Friend of Leo's
I saw the story earlier with just stills- was hoping to find the actual video.
Notice the airbags are deployed on impact, prior to liftoff.
Almost 100% certain contributor to the lack of serious injury upon landing.
Pretty impressive evidence for modern safety features.
Notice the airbags are deployed on impact, prior to liftoff.
Almost 100% certain contributor to the lack of serious injury upon landing.
Pretty impressive evidence for modern safety features.
DHart
Poster Extraordinaire
Wow. Freaky, unexpected things sure do happen. Be mindful out there.
Great how folks stopped to help……………….not
dougstrum
Friend of Leo's
freakishly scary accident. I drive a Kia Soul and put a lot of miles on it. No doubt I will cringe next time a jacked up pickup passes me
Wildcard_35
Tele-Holic
Unless you are a first responder, best not to venture out onto a busy highway where everyone is doing about 80mph, unless you want the first responders to also be coming to you.
what he said… first responders are safest especially since there is no left shoulder.
Also, the video is short enough that we just don’t know what happened after. I mean one SUV and two semi trucks are passing next to the accident. It takes a semi long enough to stop that it wouldn’t be helpful here and if the SUV stopped quickly enough, it would have caused another accident.
Also, the video is short enough that we just don’t know what happened after. I mean one SUV and two semi trucks are passing next to the accident. It takes a semi long enough to stop that it wouldn’t be helpful here and if the SUV stopped quickly enough, it would have caused another accident.
I have friends who don't drive so much, not like they used to. Just the necessities.
And why? Because stuff like this happened to them and they figured "message received".
But I want it both ways. I wanna keep driving, then get the message to stop at age 105 or something.
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