Two RVs hit head on - Hwy 49 in California

Any idea how it happened? So sad for the people involved. I just think of our situation, we worked 16 hour days, 6 days a week to get the the point where we are now retired and I am praying that nothing like this happens to us. My prayers to everyone involved.

I bet a cell phone was involved.

Guy in video heard, 2nd hand, that the Pace Arrow (smaller of the two) was swerving. Keep in mind that RV's don't have the crash worthiness that we're used to in our cars.

Always hard to completely tell by photos, but it does appear as if the Pace Arrow is completely on the wrong side of the road. And although Highway 49 can be a windy road in places, this looks like a nice wide straight stretch of it.

azdryheat wrote:
Keep in mind that RV's don't have the crash worthiness that we're used to in our cars.

Yes, it's scary how they explode on impact.

More on the accident HERE

Seeing these accidents and understanding the lack of crashworthiness reinforces some of the motives for selling ours.

One is the older pace arrow, anyone know what the tag is?

I'm going to invent a RV that is driven from the middle of the coach using cameras...

No, scratch that. I going to design a module that encasses the front 2 occupants and in case of accident, 10 airbags will be deployed...

Hope everyone is OK

One is a Pace Arrow the other is a Thor. As for the crash worthiness of a motor home, I think they are as safe as most other vehicles. Ours has a steel cage under the glass. In a crash where two huge vehicles meet head on there will be tons, literally, of damage. Imagine if the PA had hit a smaller vehicle. I also wonder, since the PA driver was 77 if he had some kind of medical issue that caused him to cross into NB traffic or if it was a distracted driver issue. We may never know as the news rarely follow up on these stories..Be alert, Be safe....Dennis

This is very sad, and the RV'ers will be in our prayers tonight for their recovery.

This accident can also serve as an RV learning experience as to why everyone should wear their seat belt and that pets should 'always' be crated during travel for their safety also. Just in case something like this does happen.
""which ejected Poquette — who wasn't wearing a seat belt,....
two dogs inside his vehicle. One stayed inside the motorhome after the wreck and the other fled.""

Accidents do happen and we never know when it will happen to us so we all should take safety precautions every time we get behind the wheel of our RV's.