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cptqueeg

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Posted: 06/02/23 06:34am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

wa8yxm wrote:

Did you folks see the video of the woman doing a Rosco P Coltrain on a tow truck (That's what I call it when a "Dukes of Hazzard" Jump goes.... Bad)

She had to be texting.


Yup, pretty crazy.

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Posted: 06/02/23 06:50am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

its always amazing how many folks see the same vid and make completely different observations.

RV driver just messed up big time. Probably shouldn't be driving period making a dumb move like that.
Glad no other drivers nearby were hurt .


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Posted: 06/02/23 08:09am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

JIMNLIN wrote:

its always amazing how many folks see the same vid and make completely different observations.

RV driver just messed up big time. Probably shouldn't be driving period making a dumb move like that.
Glad no other drivers nearby were hurt .



I don't think those in this thread have said anything other than the MH was 100% at fault as I have repeatedly.

It just strikes me that the MH was desperate to get by that truck. Why? What caused the MH driver to make such a huge miscalculation w his wife and 3 kids aboard?

We can call the MH driver stupid or a novice, and we have only 30 seconds of video, no speeds or deltas, to make that determination. So yeah no matter what happened before those 30 seconds we've seen is irrelevant the MH is still 100% at fault.

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wa8yxm wrote:

Did you folks see the video of the woman doing a Rosco P Coltrain on a tow truck (That's what I call it when a "Dukes of Hazzard" Jump goes.... Bad)

She had to be texting.


Not sure who "Roscoe P. Coltrain" is. I presume he is the star of the TV show.


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Dukes of Hazard IIRC.

Yeah, I think everyone agrees the RV driver was 100 plus at fault.

What I think some of us question is whether the truck driver did all that he could to avoid an accident. Maybe I'm just old school, but I believe we all have an obligation to do all we can to avoid an accident and probable loss of life. And while none of us can say for sure from just a short clip, it does not look to me like the truck driver made any attempt to slow down prior to being forced into the median. My guess is it would not have made much difference if he had tried, but trying would count for something.


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Posted: 06/02/23 10:14am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

fj12ryder wrote:

wa8yxm wrote:

Did you folks see the video of the woman doing a Rosco P Coltrain on a tow truck (That's what I call it when a "Dukes of Hazzard" Jump goes.... Bad)

She had to be texting.


Not sure who "Roscoe P. Coltrain" is. I presume he is the star of the TV show.


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This!

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bpounds wrote:

Dukes of Hazard IIRC.

Yeah, I think everyone agrees the RV driver was 100 plus at fault.

What I think some of us question is whether the truck driver did all that he could to avoid an accident. Maybe I'm just old school, but I believe we all have an obligation to do all we can to avoid an accident and probable loss of life. And while none of us can say for sure from just a short clip, it does not look to me like the truck driver made any attempt to slow down prior to being forced into the median. My guess is it would not have made much difference if he had tried, but trying would count for something.
Honestly, I think if the truck had slowed down when seeing the RV coming up pretty quickly, the incident, definitely not an accident, could have been avoided. But I doubt that I would have done anything any different. Drivers who do things and expect other drivers to keep them from crashing just rub me the wrong way. And sometimes stupid hurts.

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bpounds wrote:

Dukes of Hazard IIRC.

Yeah, I think everyone agrees the RV driver was 100 plus at fault.

What I think some of us question is whether the truck driver did all that he could to avoid an accident. Maybe I'm just old school, but I believe we all have an obligation to do all we can to avoid an accident and probable loss of life. And while none of us can say for sure from just a short clip, it does not look to me like the truck driver made any attempt to slow down prior to being forced into the median. My guess is it would not have made much difference if he had tried, but trying would count for something.


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cptqueeg wrote:

bpounds wrote:

Dukes of Hazard IIRC.

Yeah, I think everyone agrees the RV driver was 100 plus at fault.

What I think some of us question is whether the truck driver did all that he could to avoid an accident. Maybe I'm just old school, but I believe we all have an obligation to do all we can to avoid an accident and probable loss of life. And while none of us can say for sure from just a short clip, it does not look to me like the truck driver made any attempt to slow down prior to being forced into the median. My guess is it would not have made much difference if he had tried, but trying would count for something.


Old school was a good school!


When I was learning to drive, was taught the right-o-way was one thing that if the other guy didn't give to you, you didn't have it.
If you have a chance to avoid a accident, don't take it, you are in the wrong.
OTOH, if you see unexpected danger in front of your car, how long does it take you to get to brake pedal? I know everybody reading this is better than average driver, but IIRC, average is close to 2 seconds. Now look at video. Think about all the threads where RVers are wanting to know how to stop their snot from bobbling when truck passes. Spend time in truck, side to side movement of RV is expected. Now how long is it from time RV starts to change lanes until impact?

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