Don't know what happened but it's bad
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-and-west/provo-couple-dies-st-george-motorhome-crash
Forum Discussion
Man!! some of the commentary here on this is incredible!
First... I'm not just looking at news pictures. I'm there. Go back and actually read my previous posts.
Second... the right front tire blew out. Eye witness accounts have more than one person hearing it blow and seeing the coach leaving the hwy as a result.
I walked up and looked at the tire and it was blown.
And yes, heart attacks cause accidents. As a retired firefighter paramedic, I can tell you that what they don't do... is cause tires to blow out.
Third... the driver and front seat passenger did not die from a exploding front windshield from running off the road onto a smooth down sloping dirt field. The died from a house hitting them in the face at 60mph.
Why was there no hard breaking during the 300' trip thru the dirt? I don't know but if the driver tried to regain control while leaving the road, she might have not hit the brakes as a first response. I know I wouldn't.
If the cruise was on, it would have still been under power and with less than 4 seconds from the road to the house that may not have been enough time for her to realize that.
And Bumpy... are you trying to be obtuse? I said that there is a slight downhill slope from the hwy to the frontage road that separates the houses from the Interstate. I didn't use Google to determine that.... I'm there. I walked in the tire tracks leading up to the impact.
I originally commented on this because I just witnessed the horrific results of what a tire failure can do with a heavy motor coach at speed out on the highway. I thought that might make someone think about theirs. Maybe somebody has.
Done.
First... I'm not just looking at news pictures. I'm there. Go back and actually read my previous posts.
Second... the right front tire blew out. Eye witness accounts have more than one person hearing it blow and seeing the coach leaving the hwy as a result.
I walked up and looked at the tire and it was blown.
And yes, heart attacks cause accidents. As a retired firefighter paramedic, I can tell you that what they don't do... is cause tires to blow out.
Third... the driver and front seat passenger did not die from a exploding front windshield from running off the road onto a smooth down sloping dirt field. The died from a house hitting them in the face at 60mph.
Why was there no hard breaking during the 300' trip thru the dirt? I don't know but if the driver tried to regain control while leaving the road, she might have not hit the brakes as a first response. I know I wouldn't.
If the cruise was on, it would have still been under power and with less than 4 seconds from the road to the house that may not have been enough time for her to realize that.
And Bumpy... are you trying to be obtuse? I said that there is a slight downhill slope from the hwy to the frontage road that separates the houses from the Interstate. I didn't use Google to determine that.... I'm there. I walked in the tire tracks leading up to the impact.
I originally commented on this because I just witnessed the horrific results of what a tire failure can do with a heavy motor coach at speed out on the highway. I thought that might make someone think about theirs. Maybe somebody has.
Done.
