Driving I-95 (escaped collision)
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/23/2007 11:30:20 AM
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swartlkk
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I've witnessed more than a fair share of accidents on the highway. Most often caused by careless drivers, but quite a few that just happened.
One that comes to mind is when I had a semi truck I was along side of blow out 3 of the 4 tires on the drivers side of the drive axles. He must have run something over earlier in the day because I literally watched all three expell their casings at the same time! I was the lucky one and ended up ahead of the scene. One car behind the semi had one of the chunks of tread slapped into the windshield, breaking it, but not going through. The chain reaction after that ended up with 6 vehicles involved, one of which rear ended the semi causing quite a bit of damage to both the trailer and the pickup truck. The other vehicles involved were only minor damage from the chunks of tire that hit their cars. Still, most of them had busted headlights because of it.
I am a volunteer firefighter and have been for awhile now. As such, I have cleaned up a lot of accidents as well. There have been some more memorable ones there too.
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/23/2007 12:59:30 PM
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speeddemon560
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The problem with the big semi-tractor trailers is that the tires they use are retreaded. It's a lot cheaper to retread those tires than to buy new ones. So when the tread flies off the tire, its extremely dangerous. I always see the retreads on the shoulder of I-95 left by the big trucks.
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/23/2007 1:18:16 PM
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swartlkk
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Not all tractor trailer tires used are retreads. Quite a few trucking companies in my area have stopped using retreads for the simple fact that it isn't a matter of if, but rather when the tread will separate. And any tire can just give up its tread if improperly maintained, even more so with the design of heavily loaded tires. But to have 3 tires go all at the same time... Well, that's either lack of maintenance or something happened to them.
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/23/2007 3:52:23 PM
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EuroGoldLS
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I bet one went out and puctured the other two or maybe he had run over something. Ive seen two, the on I mentioned and Ive seen a car de-roofed when it run under a semi. This was the older style trailer that didn't have the rails under the sides. The little Corolla went under it and come out without a roof. Luckily the driver was short enough to avod beheadding and the passenger had the sense to duck and no one was hurt.
I really though I was screwed when that Kia went sideways though... Nearly wet myself.
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/23/2007 4:39:33 PM
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quote:
I am a volunteer firefighter and have been for awhile now. As such, I have cleaned up a lot of accidents as well.
Ditto.
Most recent I've seen was a blazer getting t-boned by a cavy and it flipped the blazer on its side. Crazy sh*t.
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/23/2007 11:30:39 PM
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I saw a blazer on the side of I-84 this morning onmy way to work with the drivers side axle snapped and the tire was on a 45 degree angle. On the other side of the highway, on my way home, I saw a pickup with a whole wheel assembly missing and I saw it about 15 feet down the road. People drive like maniacs, talking on the cell phones, woman putting on makeup, I've even seen two people having an argument in sign language on the highway. Let's just say I satyed clear of them lol.
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/24/2007 10:18:04 AM
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Had a good scare last nite. Let's just say the intersection at the end of our road has a high accident rate. Ok now we sitting there waiting on a red light and we were the first car in line, I hear a horn then screeching tires then all of a sudden SMASH. there was a minivan trying to turn down our street and was T-Boned in the passenger side, the minivan's rearend was coming around straight at us, so I told everyone to hangon put it in reverse only to realize that there was someone there within about a foot or two so in Park it went. we waited for what seemed an eternity. The Minivan came to a stop literally within an inch of the front end of my truck. Heart felt like it jump out of my chest.
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/24/2007 11:12:08 AM
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The only collision I've been in was at Topsail Beach in Onslow Co. NC. I was driving my dad home from the beach in his 96 Z71 (he had a few beers), and a car in front of us slammed on brakes (without a signal) and so did I. I heard tires squeeling behind us and I moved up a few feet to keep from getting hit, but to no avail. The truck behind us slammed into our trailer hitch. We pulled off at the next street and the truck that rearended us (happened to be a brand new Silverado) was the worse for wear. The truck had a destroyed front bumper and a puctured radiator, the only damage we had was a bent ball on the hitch and a broken exhaust hanger. The woman driving said she would handle the damage to her truck herself and didn't want us to call the police (suspected she had an arrest warrant). We left and told my mom that we had been in a wreck and she freaked out, demanding to see the truck. She went outside and said, where did you get hit at? We explained about the collision and she calmed down a bit. two weeks later we got a check in the mail from the woman for the hitch, and to this day we don't know how she got our address...
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/24/2007 6:14:15 PM
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1 Accident i will never forget, i was 13 or 14 i was walking on the sidewalk near my school when i hear a motorcycle coming fast down a lil street(street used for school only) i heard it at same time a 66 chev wagon comin down Main St. Well Cycle hit front pass. side of Wagon and the guy on cycle went over hood of wagon....cycle was going at least 35mph and wagon at 25mph... it was a very bad accident..guy on cycle lived but coulda went otherway!
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/24/2007 7:26:06 PM
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drperry
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One accident I saw, the guy was talking on the cell phone, ran a red light, t-boned a taurus with a 1 ton chevy pickup... car was a write off, nobody got hurt...
Me and my friends were the only male witnesses, and the 3 women who witnessed it, said the guy was going at least 80km/h (speed limit is 50km/h).
And oooooohhhhh my god did I ever get the look of death when I told the officer I was doing 45km/h and catching up to the guy!
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/24/2007 9:45:08 PM
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EuroGoldLS
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ORIGINAL: swartlkk
Not all tractor trailer tires used are retreads. Quite a few trucking companies in my area have stopped using retreads for the simple fact that it isn't a matter of if, but rather when the tread will separate. And any tire can just give up its tread if improperly maintained, even more so with the design of heavily loaded tires. But to have 3 tires go all at the same time... Well, that's either lack of maintenance or something happened to them.
Funny you mention retreads, I ran over one on the way home from school. When I ran it over( no room to swerve), it flew up and busted the lower valance on a black Ford Cougar behind me(one of my classmates). I was pissed. I stopped and looked at her (owner of the Cougar) valance and I told her she had some pretty bad damage. When I went to get back in my Blazer I noticed that my front tire was slack, I drove it home (only 3 miles) and checked the pressure. I had 15psi, and I usually run 38psi. I checked it for leaks, no go, couldn't find one. Pumped it back up and I hope it doesn't go flat again.
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/25/2007 4:56:02 AM
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drperry
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Ya might've just popped the bead for a little bit... I did it a lot on my S10 and my Z34...
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/25/2007 9:44:55 AM
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EuroGoldLS
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Must have, but it made one horrible noise when I ran over it, I checked my chassis this morning and I can see where it slapped the paint off the frame. No biggy for me, Im getting new tires soon.
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 6/18/2007 10:44:21 PM
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BrianMichaels1
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Well I watched a guy in a '92 Silverado fall asleep on a long stretch of highway right in front of me and drift off the road into a ditch and flip 8 times. The truck landed upright with the passenger side of the roof completely flattened sparing his head by inches. Pulled over and ran over there and turned his ignition key off as it was billowing smoke. He was bloody and unconscious but alive and there was a marines sticker on the remaining corner of the windshield that was like a pass to get into the base. It took about 20 minutes for the ambulance to arrive way out there but when they did and had loaded him in it they let me know that they thought he would survive. There were pieces of that truck for easily half a mile.
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RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 6/19/2007 12:17:19 PM
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EuroGoldLS
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Was that an S10? LOL Its amazing that all four tires are still fully inflated.
He is very lucky to be alive.
< Message edited by EuroGoldLS -- 6/19/2007 12:20:19 PM >
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