Lucky

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 06/18/2018 at 13:31 • Filed to: None

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So my soon to be step brother had a bad accident this weekend. Fell asleep coming back from all night gambling out of state and rolled his ranger 5 times. Wasn’t wearing seatbelt. Not only survived but it’s already home. For anyone to survive a wreck in a ranger let alone a rollover let alone no seatbelt... Damn lucky.

(Not his truck, just representative)

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > HammerheadFistpunch 06/18/2018 at 13:37

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So my soon to be step brother had a bad accident this weekend. Feel asleep coming back from all night gambling out of state and rolled his ranger 5 times. Wasn’t wearing seatbelt.

Shit, hopefully he’s OK and maybe examines his life choices based on the above.

HammerheadFistpunch > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/18/2018 at 13:40

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Yeah i know nothing about him, met him briefly once. Seems to be doing okay

For Sweden > HammerheadFistpunch 06/18/2018 at 13:43

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Rolled five times, not wearing a seatbelt, and survived? He should head back to the casino, with someone else driving.

duurtlang > HammerheadFistpunch 06/18/2018 at 13:43

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Not just damn lucky, damn stupid as well. I hope he learns from this.

HammerheadFistpunch > duurtlang 06/18/2018 at 13:44

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No arguments from me

HammerheadFistpunch > For Sweden 06/18/2018 at 13:45

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Seriously.

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch 06/18/2018 at 14:10

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Oiy, glad he’s still around to make better choices..

He should be in a Toyota.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > HammerheadFistpunch 06/18/2018 at 14:28

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Pictured, my brother in law’s first truck he rolled approximately 5 times. This was once a Ranger as well. He had a tie rod let go at around 55mph, witnesses even said he was driving completely normal then all of a sudden, into the ditch then started rolling. He has scaring from it, he had a seat belt on and a lot of glass got him. Otherwise walked away.

Apparently 5 rolls is about as much as you get out of a Ranger before it stops...

WilliamsSW > HammerheadFistpunch 06/18/2018 at 14:33

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Glad he’s ok, but damn is he lucky.

Buddy of mine rolled an early 90s S10 Blazer sans belts once and he got lucky too.

Whole lot of better decisions could have been made last Saturday by your future step brother. Hope he learns a few lessons from it.

TheRealBicycleBuck > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 06/18/2018 at 14:40

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I’m pretty sure you posted this back when the tie rod let go in my B-3000. I was doing 65, but I was lucky and didn’t roll.

TheRealBicycleBuck > HammerheadFistpunch 06/18/2018 at 14:42

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I guess I’ve been lucky. I fell asleep at the wheel once, but woke up bouncing along in the ditch. Now I’ll stop and take a 20 minute snooze if I’m feeling sleepy.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/18/2018 at 14:42

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Probably, whenever one of these flips I bust out the picture.

I didn’t expect it to get this much use.

HammerheadFistpunch > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 06/18/2018 at 14:45

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Scary thing is he was on I80, speed limit 80. I wonder how fast he was going.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > HammerheadFistpunch 06/18/2018 at 14:49

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Damn, glad he’s somehow OK! That’s insane!!! Hope he learned a lesson about seatbelts though! Very lucky he wasn’t thrown clear!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > HammerheadFistpunch 06/18/2018 at 14:52

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That’s fast to go rollin’! Glad he’s alright.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > For Sweden 06/18/2018 at 14:54

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I think all of his luck didn’t show up while gambling, but rather while driving

Nauraushaun > HammerheadFistpunch 06/19/2018 at 06:42

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No seat belt? Seriously?

Is this an American thing? I swear I’ve never seen this behavior in Australia.

HammerheadFistpunch > Nauraushaun 06/19/2018 at 10:44

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it is not. its a rarity.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > HammerheadFistpunch 06/19/2018 at 12:48

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My dad hit a patch of ice going over a bridge and lost control of his Ranger and rolled it about 3 or 4 times. He had his seat belt on. He was sore but walked away from it.

Nauraushaun > HammerheadFistpunch 06/19/2018 at 18:32

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It seems to come up in a lot of articles about crashes. Maybe there’s a correlation.

HammerheadFistpunch > Nauraushaun 06/19/2018 at 18:36

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well, you don’t hear about crashes where the people survive that often. In fact there was no news story about him either. I guess what Im saying is if you died in a crash and weren’t wearing a seatbelt...newsworthy.

Nauraushaun > HammerheadFistpunch 06/19/2018 at 18:48

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I’m not so sure about that. I find they usually mention it in passing, it’s not the focus of the article or the reason it was written.