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Well, that was fun while it lasted. Today my "new" RV was totaled in a head-on collision with a woman who had lost control of her car and spun into my lane. She had been forced out of her lane by a ...
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gbopp wrote:
Good to hear you and your wife were not hurt. Could you tell us about your RV, make, model and year?
It sounds like it held up fairy well in the crash.
Sure.
It was an 05 Fleetwood Tioga Walkabout. 25 ft. It wasn't what I was looking for but for the price ($5000 and in almost perfect condition), I could not resist.
I insisted on a class C because I know that the van cut that it was based on, in this case a Ford C350 van cut, had to pass the applicable federal crash testing.
The van did it's thing properly. Crush zones crushed, the proper automotive seat remained in place and of course, the seatbelt worked as designed.
The Tioga-built part, not so well. Everything that was stapled to the walls is now in the floor. Cabinets, stove, refrigerator, everything. Basically, the rig is totaled.
This was not a major accident as accidents go. I was doing about 30. Don't know what the girl was doing but it was fast. My racing instincts took over and I tried to steer to where she wasn't. That is, behind her. I didn't quite make it.
The impact on the passenger front corner spun the RV around enough that I knew I was headed down the embankment. I steered into the direction I was traveling which resulted in the rig going straight down the embankment and remaining upright. Had it rolled, we'd probably be discussing a different outcome.
I appreciate everyones' expressions of concern. We'll settle the claim with her insurance company and then we'll get another rig. One where the steel or aluminum cabinets are bolted to the composite body and not stapled. That's the way my last rig was built (Itasca Spectrum).
John
