Two RVs hit head on - Hwy 49 in California
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โJun-06-2017 07:30 PM
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Dennis and Debi Fourteen Years Full Timing
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โJun-08-2017 06:41 AM
grant135b wrote:
I was a first responder for over twenty years. Belted-in people occasionally die anyway in crashes but they are far outweighed by the number of unbelted people who die who most likely would have survived with minor or no injuries if they had been belted into their seat. I can't even count the number of people I saw over the years who died or were severely injured (permanently paralysed, brain damage, etc) from being ejected, some of whom were then crushed or otherwise run over by their own vehicle. The seat they had been thrown out of? Intact.......
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โJun-07-2017 07:08 PM
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โJun-07-2017 12:15 PM
rgatijnet1 wrote:Effy wrote:
Seeing these accidents and understanding the lack of crashworthiness reinforces some of the motives for selling ours.
No one needs a reason for selling their RV but a quick search of the internet turned up more people dying in wheelchair accidents than RV accidents. Just saying, there is no safe form of transportation.
I don't own a wheelchair - yet.
And armchair analysis like this is really misleading. There are far more people in wheelchairs and those people obviously already have health concerns - hence the wheelchair. So of course there would be more wheelchair accidents. It's apples and oranges.
Anytime analysis is meaningful it involves correlation. So the only way to compare crash worthiness of an RV is to compare it to the same number and type of crash as other passenger vehicles. In that instance, without even looking at data (if it exists) I can tell you confidently that RV's will be worse every time. I don't even think there are crash test standards for RV's at all.
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โJun-07-2017 11:42 AM
Effy wrote:
Seeing these accidents and understanding the lack of crashworthiness reinforces some of the motives for selling ours.
No one needs a reason for selling their RV but a quick search of the internet turned up more people dying in wheelchair accidents than RV accidents. Just saying, there is no safe form of transportation.
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โJun-07-2017 11:25 AM
The last fatal I responded to before my retirement was caused by an unbelted, distracted driver on the freeway who came up at full freeway speed on unexpected stopped traffic. She overacted by swerving violently to the left, which threw her out of the driver's seat toward the passenger side enough that she no longer had control of the vehicle. Her then-driverless vehicle (with her still inside) travelled at freeway speed through the grassy median dip, became airborne, and struck several oncoming vehicles. She was ejected and killed, and two belted-in drivers going the opposite direction were killed by her airborne vehicle basically landing in their laps (it struck the first vehicle and cartwheeled into the second). Several other vehicles were struck by debris and some occupants in those vehicles suffered non-life threatening injuries. I was only a mile away, and when I got there less than five minutes later both sides of the freeway were at a stop and there were people running in various directions, with smoke and debris spread over a large area. The scene looked very much like a plane crash, all the result of a distracted, unbelted driver. The two drivers who were killed by no choice or action of their own left widows and several fatherless children between them.
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โJun-07-2017 11:24 AM
Effy wrote:
Seeing these accidents and understanding the lack of crashworthiness reinforces some of the motives for selling ours.
Sounds like everybody survived this accident. What would a car have looked like had it hit either one of these motorhomes head on, especially that big heavy DP? Yes, I understand the dangers of motorhomes, but the vast majority of the other vehicles out there are a lot smaller and a lot closer to the ground than you are. So the odds are in your favor just because of that factor. But if you're going to be in an accident where you are hitting a semi-truck or a large motorhome head on, would you rather me in a similar large vehicle or in a car?
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โJun-07-2017 10:51 AM
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โJun-07-2017 10:14 AM
Wearing seat belts is so important.
Last fall leaving Florida for Tennessee, we were driving north on the 75 when I saw a vehicle kicking up dust on the southbound side. A Chevy Trailblazer was losing control and veered sharply towards the center guard rail.
Just before he hit it, the sharp angle and speed that he was going caused the woman in the backseat to fly through the passenger back door window. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. She landed on the pavement, all of the other family members jumped out including two small kids, one less the 1 yr. old.
People ran over to help the lady on the pavement. She never moved while I was there. We had pulled off on our side to see what we could do to help. The engine on the Chevy started smoking and catching fire. I ran back to the motorhome to get our fire extinguisher (the one behind the passenger seat).
I ran over to the burning vehicle and started spraying the engine compartment where the hood was buckled. It was like putting drops of water on an inferno.... those small extinguishers are for very small fires and was empty in no time.
I looked on the internet for the local news in that area and never saw anything on the accident.
PLEASE WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS!
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MM.
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โJun-07-2017 09:07 AM
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 โ 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.
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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โJun-07-2017 08:55 AM
Dennis and Debi Fourteen Years Full Timing
Monaco Executive M-45PBQ Quad Slide
525HP Cummins ISM 6 Spd Allison
2014 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ W/ ReadyBrute
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โJun-07-2017 07:58 AM
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
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โJun-07-2017 06:11 AM
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โJun-07-2017 04:24 AM
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โJun-07-2017 03:24 AM
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.
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โJun-06-2017 10:22 PM
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