I-70 Camper Crash
Article and pictures of a camper crash involving a semi and a camper with SUV. 3 people injured. This was in Springfield, Ohio. Camper crash
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captnjack wrote:
Pretty hard NOT to take evasive action isn't it? Normal reaction is to avoid collision and it must be hard to control that. Not to mention that high speed collisions also have negative consequences. Likely just as bad or worse than avoidance.
Saying it is ALWAYS a bad idea can't possibly be supported.
Yes, CavemanCharlie is correct, I should have said don't take sudden, evasive action, like jerking the wheel to swerve out of the way.
Overcoming instinct is hard, but knowledge is power. On the first trip out of state with our new Hybrid TT, I hit a pot hole just as a tractor trailer passed me. The HTT started to sway bad. It was pushing me across lanes of traffic. At one point the wheels of the trailer chirped a few times. My instinct was to hit the brakes to slow down, I was doing about 60 - 65 mph when the sway began. I did not hit the brakes, because I remembered the one useful bit of info the Dealership's salesman told me: if the camper starts to sway don't hit the brakes - give it gas. That's what I did, I stomped on the gas pedal until the camper finally straightened out and got back under control. Ironically, it was the salesman that told me we didn't need a weight distribution hitch.
-Michael
