Fog, Black Ice, Two Semis vs a Pickup

[boomerang]

The photograph is pretty jaw dropping. The extent of his injuries? Two Band-Aids, some ice for a swollen eye and he's all better.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...rist-is-saying-thank-god-that-im-still-alive/

 

[Jaskalas]

Someone's lucky they didn't carpool with him.

 

[boomerang]

I just clicked on the Oregonian link. A third trucker had the choice of slamming into the back of the second truck or putting it in the guardrail. He chose the guardrail. I can't imagine the Silverado this guy was in wouldn't have been fully squished with a third impact. Very lucky man.

 

[Blanky]

Holy crap wtf he lived through that without major injury!

 

[soulcougher73]

Damn. Luckiest man on earth that day.

 

[boomerang]

Someone's lucky they didn't carpool with him.

No kidding. They might have both died as it looks like there is only room for one.

 

[Rakehellion]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiW2K8gASM

 

[Fenixgoon]

holy shit. i hope he went and bought some lotto tickets after

 

[Xcobra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiW2K8gASM

Lololol

 

[werepossum]

Wow. What amazing luck.

 

[highland145]

So +1 for Naples FL or do the blue hairs make up for it?

 

[DrPizza]

Gotta give a lot of credit to the auto-engineers. Just about the worst case scenario possible, and that portion of the occupant area of the truck survives while the rest of the truck is decimated.

 

[Blanky]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiW2K8gASM

Nice.

 

[Jeff7]

Gotta give a lot of credit to the auto-engineers. Just about the worst case scenario possible, and that portion of the occupant area of the truck survives while the rest of the truck is decimated.

I love the crash-test video that showed the old car, 1950s or 60s maybe, versus a modern car in a head-on collision.
The old car's passenger area is absolutely crushed, while the modern car's compartment is largely intact. The forces involved in that are just ridiculous. Then add in the electronic systems that have time to both determine that something's gone quite terribly wrong and to deploy protective countermeasures.




Thank engineers if you want to thank someone after surviving a crash, and the government agencies that prod their employers to push those engineers to make these impressive machines.

 

[DrDoug]

I love the crash-test video that showed the old car, 1950s or 60s maybe, versus a modern car in a head-on collision.
The old car's passenger area is absolutely crushed, while the modern car's compartment is largely intact. The forces involved in that are just ridiculous. Then add in the electronic systems that have time to both determine that something's gone quite terribly wrong and to deploy protective countermeasures.




Thank engineers if you want to thank someone after surviving a crash, and the government agencies that prod their employers to push those engineers to make these impressive machines.

You mean government actually accomplished something good? People may bitch about government but the laws and regulations they have passed save lives and have given us vehicles that are safer for us and engines that are more powerful and fuel efficient than ever before. There's no way vehicles would be where they are today if it had been left up to the "free market".

I've driven that highway a ton of times and it's dangerous as hell when ice is present. Beautiful cruise along the Columbia but the rise/fall and curves are something to navigate when slick.

 

[Griffinhart]

Nah, this guy is the luckiest guy in the world...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZyUWLW7kEI