my nephew on leave from the navy for christmas, was driving home from ca, while he's still young relitivly, he was raised right and has a head on his shoulders, if he didnt, the navy put one there for him, anyway, had a nice red 4x4 stepside chevy built just like the song, something fell off the seat onto the floor, in a brief 'teen moment' he reached to pick it up, in a lifted short bed traveling at 70+ , barrel rolled it 4 times, completely destroying the truck, i mean nothing is savable , lucky he walked away with only minor cuts and bruises, the truck landed on its wheels, 3 of them anyway, and the cab c pillars were saved by the roll bar , seat belts kept him from being ejected, lesson of the day, if something falls on the floor, leave it there! until you stop , then get it
- Thread starter ericlb
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We all know you shouldn't grab things like that,but when it happens you just kinda do it automatic without even thinking.
Just like a few months ago I was sharpening mower blades. Plopped one onto the bench and it started to fall. Yep you gussed it I automatically grabbed for it ! Stupid move for sure ! Lucky I only got a minor cut.
Two High School seniors, girls, best friends, were killed here last Saturday when the car they were in hydroplaned. Both girls were not wearing seatbelts and were ejected.
2 HS seniors killed in traffic accident
2 HS seniors killed in traffic accident
Fordfarmer
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Glad he's OK.
"...built just like the song" First song that came to mind was 'One Piece at a Time'.
"...built just like the song" First song that came to mind was 'One Piece at a Time'.
Gotta agree Mike, at my age should know better but been many an occasion when driving, using table saw or like you using grinder where I caught myself doing same, some times minor cuts some times I get away with it completely but think afterwards how dumb a move it actually was. Just curious, were you wearing safety glasses at the time. I recently gota barb from grinder wire brush stabbed in my eye, lucky again as eye has been healing miracously well. Gogles of coarse hanging easily with in reach. Aparently not as old or wise as I would like to think I am. Eric glad to hear your nephew walked away from it, he was lucky too. Fact is most accidents are caused by human error, don't be to hard on him, ain't only youth or inexperience that caused this. We all screw up, some times it all comes down to luck. Rocko.
About a month ago we had two young couples that were traveling at a high rate of speed and hit a tree. The couple in the front seat were ejected from the car and were killed. The couple in the back seat were seriously injured and flown to a shock trauma unit. The car hit the tree so hard it split the car in half. Hal
37chief
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Glad your son is ok. Good Christmas present for the family. Stan
37chief
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My mistake your nephew. Still a good present for the family. Stan
omahagreg
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When I drove for FedEx Home Delivery, they made sure that we knew we were to be buckled in! My truck you could not reach the floor, just the pedals from the seat. If you were knocked out of the seat, you would have no control of anything. I always have, and plan to always buckle up! Glad your nephew is OK!
lol nope this truck was built like the song about a girl in a big ol truck big chrome steel bumpers red stepside 10 feet tall, 10 feet wide, or something to that effect, lots of time and money in that thing at least it wasnt scraping the ground with motorcycle tires under it lol
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