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Old March 16th, 2013, 07:10 AM
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Corvette damage OUCH

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Old March 16th, 2013, 07:12 AM
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Best to slow down a bit.
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Old March 16th, 2013, 08:43 AM
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Truck driver did!
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Old March 16th, 2013, 09:06 AM
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That accident would basically turn any car into a pimple,
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Old March 16th, 2013, 09:09 AM
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Looks like he is trying to read the serial # on the trailer.....lol
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Old March 16th, 2013, 10:03 AM
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Ouch..... He's one LUCKY, fella.
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Old March 16th, 2013, 04:27 PM
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Yeah, some people have been known to lose their heads in situations like that.

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Looks like the guy made it and you know as far as the car, with a little rubbing compound and wax "it will polish out.".
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Old March 16th, 2013, 04:46 PM
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There's another similar corvette/semi crash that's been floating around the net for a while... that driver wasn't so lucky. The 'vette is buried beyond the passenger compartment and the brake lights are still on.
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Old March 17th, 2013, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 1968_Post
There's another similar corvette/semi crash that's been floating around the net for a while... that driver wasn't so lucky. The 'vette is buried beyond the passenger compartment and the brake lights are still on.
i guess that guy opted for the "clean shave", the first guy almost got it.
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Old March 17th, 2013, 11:06 AM
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I thinke he is saying "I hit my head right there"
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He said it wasn't his fault. He blew the horn and the truck wouldn't move.
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Old March 17th, 2013, 01:51 PM
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He's saying, "Get my other hand free, so I can finish that text."

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Old March 17th, 2013, 04:05 PM
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here's the other pic...
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Originally Posted by 1970supremevert
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I saw the story this week. The driver ducked at the last minute. That's the only reason he's alive. It was a story about how truck trailers have inadequate bumpers. It should have been a story about dumbass corvette drivers following too closely.
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Originally Posted by 1968_Post
here's the other pic...
Ouch. That hadda hurt.

Is that the steering column sticking out the back window?

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Old March 17th, 2013, 07:07 PM
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As far as the inadequate safety features on trailers, the inception of the bars that extend down towards the ground were the result of a similar accident that killed Jayne Mansfield and her husband in 1967. At that time, most will remember there was nothing required below the bottom of the load floor.
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Old March 18th, 2013, 07:43 AM
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Regulations are a slippery slope but some tall vehicles scare me. Jacked up 1-ton trucks with bumpers 3' in the air being driven like Porsches by guy with a phone in particular.
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Forget about safety regulations, these guys need glasses among other things. What, they couldn't see the big truck in front of them? Going triple digits and couldn't handle their cars? Both lucky they lived.
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