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- ^ what he said. that was insane.
- Imagine the carnage if the ferry had been closer to the dock.
Fizz wrote:
Imagine the carnage if the ferry had been closer to the dock.
Yes, that could have been so much worse. I was picturing the RV just driving off the dock dropping onto the ferry. But couldn't reconcile the damage. This was much more violent than I pictured.- If I lost my brakes on a downslope I would turn my wheel sharp and try to hit the fence or go off the road. I am 100% confident that I would instinctively do so even in a panic situation. Why would he not have done the same?
solismaris wrote:
If I lost my brakes on a downslope I would turn my wheel sharp and try to hit the fence or go off the road. I am 100% confident that I would instinctively do so even in a panic situation. Why would he not have done the same?
By the time you instinctively pumped the brakes a few times your speed by then would be much faster, possibly causing you to be wary to not turn and roll the RV several times. Seeing the raised wall and with the rv seats up so high may have afforded some sense of surviving if there were Air bags, but who would know that thing would launch in the air the way it did?
So sadsolismaris wrote:
If I lost my brakes on a downslope I would turn my wheel sharp and try to hit the fence or go off the road. I am 100% confident that I would instinctively do so even in a panic situation. Why would he not have done the same?
Perhaps because there were pedestrians, houses, other vehicles, etc. on and along the road--or so the articles seem to imply.
I don't know that I would instinctively do anything other than try to steer for what looks clear. I'd hope I'd be clear-headed enough to at least downshift...and maybe the driver here did that. It's really hard to fault people for doing anything even remotely reasonable in a sudden, unexpected panic sort of situation, even if in the cool considered aftermath some other course of action may seem better. It takes a whole lot of nerve to steer any vehicle into an obstruction.Rvpapa wrote:
Security cam video INCREDIBLE !!!
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Oh, wow. Looks like the front of the RV hit something in the air (above the camera view) right in the passenger compartment. Having something come up through the floor like that is probably not an impact the RV's designers built any safety for (ie: airbag triggers).
Another couple seconds and the RV would have hit the water instead of the ferry. The way it was coming down - back end first - just might have made the impact survivable. Especially this close to shore at a ferry terminal where there is likely rescue equipment readily available.
Setting the tragedy & sadness aside... I would not have expected an RV to jump so well in anything outside a Hollywood movie. Ramp angle, vehicle speed, vehicle weight distribution, all lined up to give it a stunt-driver worthy flight.
I wonder if there is enough of the RV left to perform an investigation? The only thing obvious is the RV failed to stop. And while the most likely cause is failed brakes, the reality is we don't know. IIRC, there was one survivor. They may have insight in to what happened. If anyone stumbles across an update, please share it here.
