They Survived.

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko) 01/28/2014 at 18:13 • Filed to: None

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Last night on 1-75 near Walton, Kentucky a semi truck pushed this 2002 Ford Focus into the concrete divider. When first responders arrived on the scene they thought that they were going to be retrieving a body. Instead Christopher York, 33 and Anna Speier, 44, were pulled from the car and treated with non-life threatening injuries.

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midengineer > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/28/2014 at 18:14

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Moments like that are when engineers earn wings. Truly incredible.

Pedro Rafael > midengineer 01/28/2014 at 18:18

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They also earn wings if VWs get to 100000 miles.

Off the jokes, you're right, it's really incredible to survive a crash like this one.

KB Garage > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/28/2014 at 18:20

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I guess I don't get how the truck driver made it that far over without noticing a scraping sound, feeling some mild vibration, or perhaps say, I dunno, looking in that convex mirror for a pair of headlights.

$kaycog > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/28/2014 at 18:20

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That is a miracle.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > KB Garage 01/28/2014 at 18:23

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Probably asleep at the wheel.

KB Garage > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/28/2014 at 18:26

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I don't know if that's better or worse than inattentiveness. Neither? Glad they're okay though. That looks awful.

Where's the lifted trailers and slammed black honda civics when you need them?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > KB Garage 01/28/2014 at 18:31

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Time is money to truckers, so some tend to drive far longer than allowed and get incredibly tired.

Lazzris > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/28/2014 at 18:33

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looks like some one needs to focus more on driving.

KB Garage > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/28/2014 at 18:33

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I thought most trucking companies installed trackers to log routes, mileage, and hours to prevent this due to whatever regulations they passed. Is that not a mandate?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > KB Garage 01/28/2014 at 18:35

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They do, but not all trucks are company trucks some are privateer.

Casper > KB Garage 01/28/2014 at 18:36

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When cars come in contact at speed they are drawn into each other and become stuck. Chances are as soon as the trailer contacted the car it basically sucked the car underneath while also pulling the truck toward the car's lane. The truck driver could have only moved the front of the vehicle half a lane, but the trailer can move a full lane behind him. Even after he corrected back there could be enough slack to move the trailer all the way over to smash the car and back.

Blind spots are a big deal. I cringe whenever I see someone driving beside a truck.

KB Garage > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/28/2014 at 18:38

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Good point.

KB Garage > Casper 01/28/2014 at 18:40

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Casper > KB Garage 01/28/2014 at 18:42

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I lol'd.

KB Garage > Casper 01/28/2014 at 18:45

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Wasn't trying to take away from your response but I read the first part and my mind ran astray.

It just seems preventable by both parties. But I suppose that's why they call it an accident and not an intentional.

Casper > KB Garage 01/28/2014 at 18:49

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That's also why insurance never calls them accidents. They are collisions. All collisions are avoidable. If either of the parties involved had been doing what they should have, it couldn't have happened. Cars shouldn't sit in the blind spots of trucks, trucks should start looking to make a lane change far in advance of when they actually need to.

Being responsible for your own safety is something that's foreign to car drivers as they get lazy and rely on the car to provide their safety much of the time, but is second nature to motorcycles.

PS9 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/28/2014 at 18:50

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"Glad we survived, but it would have been better if my now crushed to oblivion car didn't have so much life saving but heavy safety equipment and steel crumple zones in it."

...said no one who has to face and gets to walk away from a crash like this.

Xentron Holy Reaper of Worlds > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/28/2014 at 19:49

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Why? Because Race Car.