Author Topic: Maiden voyage, Day one  (Read 22362 times)

Jerry Emert

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Re: Maiden voyage, Day one
« Reply #30 on: May 13, 2015, 08:10:12 PM »
Wow! Interesting video. But Fred, I did not see the brake lights come on. It is amazing how quickly he lost control. Scary.

If you look closely you can see where he tapped the brake just before everything went to s--t!!   
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Joel Ashley

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Re: Maiden voyage, Day one
« Reply #31 on: May 13, 2015, 08:40:31 PM »
A Safe-T-Plus or other stabilizer helps in these situations, and he might have remained in control and on the highway with one.  A front blowout is the worst.  I didn't see brakes either, and he might have been trying to keep the power there to pull out of it.  But that median cable caught his front end and after yanking out a bunch of cable posts it finally grabbed enough of his right side down low to turn and flip him. 

Sans the cable he either would've straightened and slowed in the median or crossed into a head-on.  Given his direction when he hit it, the cable actually helped straighten him and probably saved some lives ultimately, but then his momentum couldn't overcome the low right side resistance.
« Last Edit: May 13, 2015, 08:43:49 PM by Joel Ashley »
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LaMonte Monnell

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Re: Maiden voyage, Day one
« Reply #32 on: May 14, 2015, 05:35:55 AM »
Right rear signal came on at exactly the same time the tire blew. Very strange indeed. Seems like he was getting ready to move back to the right lane right at the blowout time and reacted wrong by using the brakes losing control.
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