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mommucked

Endeavoring to persevere
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Live audio feed of what the driver was saying please! Lol

Hewo.... Smash!! Ching chong wai!.....smash! Hijijijiji!!!.....smash!!! Shmoking non shmoking?.....smash!!
 
snappy said:
Must have been a toyota
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Yep............I did the same thing w mine ( minus the guardrails) on a gravel road after messin w the rear proportioning valve after a lift. I came to a 90 degree turn where the road crossed a RXR track, hit the brake and the rear locked and tried to pass the front, try'd to steer,release,brake,release, etc. as it fishtailed 3 times and finally spun sideways and flipped on it's side as it stopped. I blame the soft, freshly graded gravel and some overindulging before I went on my journey, not the truck.
 
88jeepster builds trackbars for box trucks?
 
I witnessed an elder lady in an Expedition do this on I 40 east, just after Farmington rd.

I was cruising along about 75 and noticed a truck going real slow just up ahead of me.I needed change lanes so I could pass/avoid him. I looked in the mirror, before I changed lanes. I had to let off the gas a bit, because there was a vehicle passing me. I thought, well, as soon as she passes me, I'll merge in behind her and all will be well.

Wrong. Just as she passed me, I saw her look back in her blind spot to see If she had cleared me.(i remember thinking wtf? is she going to get in my lane?) yes is the answer. She merged into my lane..remember the slow truck that I was going to pass? She merged in front of me just when I was running out of time to merge into the left lane. She saw that truck, and freaked out.she nearly hit it in the rear...she jerked left hit the rail, then right onto 2 wheels,then back left onto 2 wheels and into the rail again then back right..HEAD ON into the bridge rail. all of this while I was steady on the brakes. We both passed the truck that was only doing 45 mph. except she was crashing out. It was wild.

Officers and EMS showed up quickly. I told the officers what had happened and that the lady had 4 or 5 chances to ''save it'' and not wreck. She was injured but the trooper still ticketed her for failure to avoid an accident. Turns out that traveling 45 mph on I-40 is perfectly legal.

I remember having pieces of glass pelting my van as the impacts happened. Don't know how she didn't hit me or me hit her. Just luck I guess.
 
RenegadeT said:
Wow, think maybe the throttle stuck open?
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I wonder if he stomped on the brake to avoid the slow truck, slipped off or missed the peddle and hit the gas and got his boot/leg stuck between the brake/throttle while he flailed around in the cab with the tilting, slamming into the guardrails. It looks obvious the throttle was pegged the whole time.
 
Assuming they use the same time system in Kerplopistan as we do here, that video is at twice real time (9 sec play, 18 sec elapsed on the timer ). Not sure what it matters but i imagine its still awesome at half speed.
 
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