Why Cruise Control scares me

jeepinmatt

jeepinmatt

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Curious what happened, dude must have had a small seizure? If that was just sleep... he was seriously zonked out.
Its a miracle he didn't hit that telephone pole.
 
No way he was just asleep.
 
That thing took out two nice sized wood fence posts with direct hits to the front but yet the after pic of the bumper/valence looks like he did not hit anything....

A few more inches though and he could have had the power pole. haha
 
from the yootoob page:

Published on May 7, 2015
Previously unknown medical condition caused a crash on 4/2/2015. I have never passed out in 26 years, but suddenly passed out. I wasn't tired, sleepy or anything like that. The last thing i remembered was turning off the cruise control, then I just passed out. I woke up a split-second before hitting that last fencepost, but was so disoriented that I didn't hit the brakes for another two seconds. When I went into the ditch, apparently my body pitched forward and my foot mashed the gas pedal to the floor. That's why the tach went to 5K and the car drifted so much. Afterwards, I had severe shock and disorientation. State Farm decline to pay for the car's repair, as I was a few hours past the deadline for comprehensive coverage. The vehicle was covered by my truck's policy, as I had not gotten the Mustang's title paperwork finished and couldn't insure it until then. State Farm has 14 days of uninsured vehicle coverage offered. They also raised my rates and removed my safe driver discount, even though I have never been in an accident that was my fault in 8 years of driving. So that seems a bit unfair. I just hope that I can pay my medical bills, pay the car off, then fix it/get it fixed. Media inquiries please see break.com, as Defy Media has acquired rights to this video. I didn't want to sell the rights, but it was the only option. I waited over a month before uploading the video. I also declined interviews, because I want to get over this. I have no wish for fame or fortune. The only reasons I uploaded this was to let my 13 subscribers know why I haven't uploaded recently and to show that horrible accidents can happen to anyone at any time. People seem hung up on the camera view, but my Duster has had the exact same perspective camera mount since July 2013. This video was not staged, as witness reports and Law Enforcement investigations can attest. The York Sheriff Dept. handled the investigation. After I can get the car repaired and start driving again, you will see more videos from me. I am not giving up! God Bless. And, as an update, my health is quite improved since then. Blood pressure adjusted to healthy levels, and no further symptoms. So, I should be good to drive quite soon (have to wait the mandatory 90 days) and hopefully get my medical bills paid off soon. And like my doctor said, this could happen to anyone at anytime, so think about how you would feel if it happened to you.
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Fun related story...
When I was in grad school @ Wake Forest @ the medical center, I used to park @ the Hardees next door to avoid payin gfor parking.
One day while I came back to my XJ to find it crushed between a GMC pickup and a Mercury Cougar. I mean literally door-touching on both sides.. .and the Mercury was nearly flattened.
Apparently an older gentleman was coming down the off-ramp of Bus. 40, right there by the med center, and had a stroke. He went straight off the exit ramp, directly across Cloverdale, up the embankment, and T-boned the Cougar. He was driving some kind of pickup IIRC.
A jogger happened to be passing by and had to jump in and literally take the guys foot off the gas, as it was sitting there just spinning tires crushing the cars together while passed out. You could see the skid marks on the pavement.
I showed up well after all this happened having no clue.o_O

XJ was totalled... but I just climbed in the back window (which was shattered), put that bitch in 4-low and floored it to squeeze it out. Drove home, stopped by Lowes on the way figuring that was my chance to pick up some long boards that wouldn't fit otherwise :D

Old dude was really lucky, wasn't seriously injured... but the insurance co. was a real pain in my ass b/c they wouldn't accept responsibility until they could get proof that he didn't have a medical condition he was ignoring. Took weeks to get that sorted out.
 
Jake. said:
Why is he filming beside his head to start with? I don't get it.
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probably the best/easiest place to mount a camera, maybe mounted on the B-pillar. A lot of people have dash-cams like this nowadays.
 
Meh cruise will disengage when it sees any sudden inputs. I would even wager the impact would have momentarily blinked the brake lights from the weight of the pedal itself.
 
with all the traction that thing has it must be running cut thornbirds
 
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