Talk about lucky

[mike honcho]

A fortunate Chevy Corvette Z06 driver in California last week came away from a horrifying crash with only a few scrapes and a story he'll never forget after smashing into the rear of a semi trailer — exactly the kind of crash that a new report says results in death too often, due to lax standards for the trailer guards that are supposed to protect drivers.
This accident, caught by the Los Angeles Fire Department on Interstate 405, wasn't fatal thanks to the Corvette driver ducking just as his car rammed into the rear of the moving van. As the pictures from the department's Flickr page show, the Vette was destroyed by the impact, as the car dove under the trailer nearly into its rear axle. In the photo above, you can see the trailer guard jutting from the wreckage of the Corvette, which it sliced like a mandoline.

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motora...ves-trailer-crash-experts-call-200318166.html

 

[TexasRaceLady]

That guy was incredibly lucky.

I found this last part of the article most interesting----

...... it's best to avoid tailgating, and hope if you too have an accident, there's time to duck.

In other words, drivers need to pay attention to what they are doing.

 

[Nitro Dude]

That guy was incredibly lucky.

I found this last part of the article most interesting----


In other words, drivers need to pay attention to what they are doing.

You are right, that guy was very lucky. It might have turned out different if he had hit a freight trailer and not a moving van or a race car trailer, because the rear door sits a lot lower and he probably would have ended up inside the trailer, like the crash that Danica Patrick's hauler was involved in.http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2012/6/8/3072997/danica-patrick-hauler-crash-nascar-2012

 

[mike honcho]

I like how they blame the bumper on the truck basically for the damage.Instead of the drivers of the car not paying attention?

 

[Nitro Dude]

After re-reading my above post I noticed that I had made a mistake, but you are only allowed a small amount of time to correct any mistakes. What I meant in my above post was that if he had hit a moving van or a racecar hauler instead of a freight trailer then the outcome might have been different.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

After re-reading my above post I noticed that I had made a mistake, but you are only allowed a small amount of time to correct any mistakes.

You are allowed 30 minutes, Nitro Dude. We put a time limit to prevent posters from going back and "correcting" their "misunderstood" posts. Prevents the old "you said that", "no, I didn't".

 

[Nitro Dude]

You are allowed 30 minutes, Nitro Dude. We put a time limit to prevent posters from going back and "correcting" their "misunderstood" posts. Prevents the old "you said that", "no, I didn't".

That's a pretty good idea to do it that way. I just need to pay a little more attention to my typing when I'm still half a sleep.