Tragic Excursion accident
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Mountain Pass
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Tragic Excursion accident
Driver lost control in crash that killed 3, hurt 2 | officers, k - News - The Orange County Register
Tuned
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From: Brownstown, MI
Terrible... My brother's family rolled their Ex on the PA turnpike last month when they lost control of their TT. In their case, fortunately, a miracle occurred and all 6 passengers were ok. Five of them were discharged the same night, and the other a few days later. In their case, the only ones wearing their seat belts were the driver (who ended up trapped in the vehicle) and my son, who walked away with a tiny cut and a bloody nose. Two of them were thrown from the vehicle... Needless to say, they all now wear their seat belts. Too bad it took this for it to happen.
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jesus! i dont get WHY anyone would not wear there seatbelts! we have had a rash of deadly accidents in alaska where the people died. in all the cases the seat belts could have saved my life.
i know in my head on crash with my old excursion my seat belt saved me from alot worse injurys!
i and all my passengers allways wear there seatbelts. if they refuse they can walk.
i know in my head on crash with my old excursion my seat belt saved me from alot worse injurys!
i and all my passengers allways wear there seatbelts. if they refuse they can walk.
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From: Sacramento Area
I have a few friends that like to object to any law around, and like to use the 'seat belts kill you by pinning you in' argument. I tell them this story...
I had a belt on driving an Geo Tracker into a herd of cattle (long story). I was ejected (seat belt internal plastics were cracked). My ejection left me with 12 broken bones, a skull fracture and a collapsed lung. Even though the driver side A pillar of the Tracker was flattened (meaning had I stayed in the truck I could have been killed)...I still wear my belt.
I figure the odds of being pinned inside and the number of people "killed" by belts are nowhere near the amount of lives saved by them. If it's your time, it's your time, but why use the 1% to justify ignoring the 99%?
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This accident is exactly why I caution people here about driving fast in an Excursion. They're not stable at high speed. Once you do lose control, here's what happens.......
‪1998 Ford Expedition Sled-Rollover Crash Test‬‏ - YouTube
‪1998 Ford Expedition Sled-Rollover Crash Test‬‏ - YouTube
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This accident is exactly why I caution people here about driving fast in an Excursion. They're not stable at high speed. Once you do lose control, here's what happens.......
1998 Ford Expedition Sled-Rollover Crash Test - YouTube
1998 Ford Expedition Sled-Rollover Crash Test - YouTube
You can't fight physics...centrifugal force will win every time.
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Tuned
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That's a scary vid, Sheriff. That is similar to what happened to my brother's Ex. Here is an overhead view of how theirs ended up.
Turnpike Crash Slows Holiday Weekend Traffic - YouTube
And a couple of the pics afterwards (top was flattened more due to the jaws of life):
Turnpike Crash Slows Holiday Weekend Traffic - YouTube
And a couple of the pics afterwards (top was flattened more due to the jaws of life):
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That's a scary vid, Sheriff. That is similar to what happened to my brother's Ex. Here is an overhead view of how theirs ended up.
Turnpike Crash Slows Holiday Weekend Traffic - YouTube
And a couple of the pics afterwards (top was flattened more due to the jaws of life):
Turnpike Crash Slows Holiday Weekend Traffic - YouTube
And a couple of the pics afterwards (top was flattened more due to the jaws of life):
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Only time I ever wear my seatbelt is when I am at the track or I get pulled over and told to put it on. Sure I may get ejected if ever the time comes that I roll a vehicle but I still would rather not wear it. I am a very competent driver, I don't talk on a phone while driving, put on makeup, change clothes, or anything like that. I pay attention to where my vehicle is going, what is ahead of me, what everyone around me is doing, and what the vehicles on the cross roads are doing. If something is going to happen to me it is going to be because of another driver, not my driving. Even then it will take quite a bit of luck for the other driver to get to me. I have been in 3 accidents in my life, every one of them was me getting hit from behind and I saw every one of them coming and knew what was going to happen.
If everyone took driving as serious as holding a gun and actually payed attention I bet more then half of all accidents would be avoided.
If everyone took driving as serious as holding a gun and actually payed attention I bet more then half of all accidents would be avoided.
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Only time I ever wear my seatbelt is when I am at the track or I get pulled over and told to put it on. Sure I may get ejected if ever the time comes that I roll a vehicle but I still would rather not wear it. I am a very competent driver, I don't talk on a phone while driving, put on makeup, change clothes, or anything like that. I pay attention to where my vehicle is going, what is ahead of me, what everyone around me is doing, and what the vehicles on the cross roads are doing. If something is going to happen to me it is going to be because of another driver, not my driving. Even then it will take quite a bit of luck for the other driver to get to me. I have been in 3 accidents in my life, every one of them was me getting hit from behind and I saw every one of them coming and knew what was going to happen.
If everyone took driving as serious as holding a gun and actually payed attention I bet more then half of all accidents would be avoided.
If everyone took driving as serious as holding a gun and actually payed attention I bet more then half of all accidents would be avoided.
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This accident is exactly why I caution people here about driving fast in an Excursion. They're not stable at high speed. Once you do lose control, here's what happens.......
‪1998 Ford Expedition Sled-Rollover Crash Test‬‏ - YouTube
‪1998 Ford Expedition Sled-Rollover Crash Test‬‏ - YouTube
Tuned
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From: Brownstown, MI
I think they thanked God more than the Excursion's safety that day.
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Only time I ever wear my seatbelt is when I am at the track or I get pulled over and told to put it on. Sure I may get ejected if ever the time comes that I roll a vehicle but I still would rather not wear it. I am a very competent driver, I don't talk on a phone while driving, put on makeup, change clothes, or anything like that. I pay attention to where my vehicle is going, what is ahead of me, what everyone around me is doing, and what the vehicles on the cross roads are doing. If something is going to happen to me it is going to be because of another driver, not my driving. Even then it will take quite a bit of luck for the other driver to get to me. I have been in 3 accidents in my life, every one of them was me getting hit from behind and I saw every one of them coming and knew what was going to happen.
If everyone took driving as serious as holding a gun and actually payed attention I bet more then half of all accidents would be avoided.
If everyone took driving as serious as holding a gun and actually payed attention I bet more then half of all accidents would be avoided.