Video. Guy falls asleep while driving. Warning video might be disturbing.

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thomsbrain

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actually that was kinda funny. it wouldn't have been funny but when he says "sh!t" at the end and you know he's not dead then it kinda is.

i kinda guess he might have been able to avoid the rollover if he'd had his seatbelt on. he had to brace himself with one hand so he couldn't steer with both hands... but who knows.
 

Greyd

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Originally posted by: thomsbrain
actually that was kinda funny. it wouldn't have been funny but when he says "sh!t" at the end and you know he's not dead then it kinda is.

i kinda guess he might have been able to avoid the rollover if he'd had his seatbelt on. he had to brace himself with one hand so he couldn't steer with both hands... but who knows.

I don't think thats him saying sh!t......
 

Joker81

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The reason why he flies backwards is because the car started rolling over and spining at the same time.
 

beatle

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Anyone want to take a guess as to why there was a camera attached to the dashboard?
 

dmurray14

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Originally posted by: Greyd
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
actually that was kinda funny. it wouldn't have been funny but when he says "sh!t" at the end and you know he's not dead then it kinda is.

i kinda guess he might have been able to avoid the rollover if he'd had his seatbelt on. he had to brace himself with one hand so he couldn't steer with both hands... but who knows.

I don't think thats him saying sh!t......

Umm...then who was it?
 

Luke1

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Man it looks like his right arm might have gotten outside the window and the car rolled onto it, if you look at the position of his body against the window there is nowhere for his arm to go...
 

tcsenter

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Video. Guy falls asleep while driving. Warning video might be disturbing.
Hey that was me a few years ago, every day; on the way to work or school, and on the way back, minus the accident. Well, I did have two accidents in about five years, no serious injuries. Probably ran a few people off the road, though. :Q

"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conservatively estimates that 100,000 police-reported crashes are the direct result of driver fatigue each year. This results in an estimated 1,550 deaths, 71,000 injuries and $12.5 billion in monetary losses."

-- DrowsyDriving.org

"According to NSF's 2002 Sleep in America survey, about one-half of America's adult drivers - 51 percent or approximately 100 million people - are on the roads feeling sleepy while they are driving. Nearly two in 10 drivers - 17 percent or approximately 14 million people - say they have actually fallen asleep at the wheel in the past year."

-- National Sleep Foundation
 

Rudee

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What an idiot. He loses control, yet he's too stupid to use both hands to control the wheel. (other hand remains rested atop passenger seat)
 

JetBlack69

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
I wonder what it was he initially hit? Sounded like maybe another car? Then looks like up against a tree or something at the end.

I'm thinking guard rail.
 

tcsenter

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Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I don't buy it. There should have a lot of neck snap, and I didnt see it.
Not necessarily, if he woke-up in time to make his body rigid but not in time to alter the course of events. It depends on how 'asleep' his brain truly was. There are 'planes' of vigilance where serious deficits of cognition co-exist with normal muscle tone and deep tendon reflexes. Somewhere between 'day dreaming' and 'sleep'.
 

Pepsei

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Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I don't buy it. There should have a lot of neck snap, and I didnt see it.

They probably cut out the boring 45 minutes footages of him driving, picking his nose..etc