Re: Close Call In the Clipper

Posted by Gary On 2014/3/27 2:48:35

Thanks all, it was an eye opener I didn't need but a good reminder of what can happen in the blink of an eye. I suspect that the Tahoe driver was either texting or looking somewhere other than the road to not have hit his brakes. Tailgating a car is NOT a safe practice but what saved the wife and I was the fact that I saw it all unfolding right before my eyes and almost like a recording can replay it over and over again But you just don't have a lot of time to react. The wife has praised my driving through and out of what could have been a disaster for us both but there was certainly a point when I thought the Clipper was going to roll over...I just remember letting off the brakes and counter steering as hard as I could and then hitting the brakes hard again. I don't recall a whole lot about steering through it but she said I was really fighting to maintain control but at the same time doing all I could to avoid hitting the crumpled pick-up or ending up in the woods or worse.

Craig, they are American Classic Radials that I maintain about 38 PSI in. I don't know if it would have made a difference had they been bias tires or not but considering how radials tend to flatten out more at the contact point with the road it does seem like they would have an advantage in "biting" force. I just can't say one way or the other. I'm going to call the hospital today and check on the man that was thrown from the truck...there were people injured in the other two cars too but theirs were not life threatening...I understand one person in the Tahoe had a broken ankle but haven't heard on the other.

Thanks Randy, hoping to check the car out this weekend and see what's got it locked up and of course also hoping it isn't anything too serious.