Bo and Luke would be disappointed

She didn't stick the landing.

Youtube won't let me post it, but here's the link.

www.youtube.com...

This one is to the local news story.
sacramento.cbslocal.com...

Now before you start having sympathy for her, she had just committed a hit and run and while trying to flee, was doing at least 80 in a 25, on the wrong side of the highway and used an on ramp as an exit in attempt to escape. She missed a sharp curve and the results were...well, look for yourself.

The amazing part is, she came out with only minor injuries.

a reply to: [post=25990746]DAVID64[/post

Blocked by the owner, off to watch it now.👍🏼
Well that is a whole lot of karma right there. 😳

a reply to: DAVID64

She got a lot of air.

Criminal behavior or not, I am more shocked that the guy inside the filming car did not IMEDIATELY scramble while his wife calls 911 to get ambulance, to tend to the one in the car, check the vitals and check if the person can be removed or better wait because of injuries, if there's gasoline leaking, so much things that could have been done with relative safety.

The car is upside down for #s sake and there's already blue smoke coming from burning oil. There is no reason to wait in a safe distance as long as there is no fire. Approach slowly, think about own security but for #s sake do something but watching.

Wrong heroism is not good either but there could have been done things.

a reply to: ThatDamnDuckAgain

Criminal behavior or not, I am more shocked that the guy inside the filming car did not IMEDIATELY scramble while his wife calls 911 to get ambulance, to tend to the one in the car, check the vitals and check if the person can be removed or better wait because of injuries, if there's gasoline leaking, so much things that could have been done with relative safety.

After all most folks are trained and certified in Emergency Response procedures , right ?

a reply to: Gothmog

After all most folks are trained and certified in Emergency Response procedures , right ?

Well yes indeed that's the case here. Every driver here is required to know just these. How to to heart muscle massages, tend to flesh wounds and uglier things, use defi and when, life reanimation, how to properly unseat an injured passenger from a car without being killed yourself. Beware unfired airbags and all this.

Maybe that explains the reason I am so shocked they just sat in there.

"right?"

The lady did a hit and run, was going in excess of 80 mph in a 25 mph zone.... I am not going to call anyone else a criminal yet.

At that point in time you can not know it was a criminal.

Again I was expecting that other countries put value on teaching their citizens life saving measurements before they hand out a driver license for a 1-2 metric ton vehicle to be unsleashed on the public.

Seems I am alone with the opinion this is something useful and intelligent to do...

a reply to: ThatDamnDuckAgain

What exactly is "wrong heroism"? Saving a human life that deserved to die in a car accident?

a reply to: ThatDamnDuckAgain

You're not alone but

diffrent countries diffrent priorities...

a reply to: TzarChasm

What exactly is "wrong heroism"? Saving a human life that deserved to die in a car accident?

Becoming a victim to the same cause. Like jumping into a sea to help a drowning person just to die too because there's a dangerous underwater current that will kill us both.

That's wrong heroism, I made that term up btw.

Add: THINK before acting, that boils it down. I wasn't advocating running blindly towards danger, but at least do something more than sitting around.

a reply to: DAVID64


You ever take it off any sweet jumps?"
~ Napoleon Dynamite, June 11, 2004

originally posted by: ThatDamnDuckAgain

At that point in time you can not know it was a criminal.

It was obvious that whatever happened was not caused by someone driving in any sort of normal manner. With something like that, the driver being a criminal is the more likely possibility.

I'm not saying this is why HE didn't rush up there immediately, but this is one reason why I wouldn't rush up there: You don't know what crazy thing/person caused this accident, so it's not a bad idea to stay back long enough to make sure that crazy thing/person isn't going to exit that vehicle in a threatening way to you and your family, and also to make sure there isn't something else coming along right behind this vehicle. There very well could have been another vehicle right behind them.




Did anyone else happen to notice how close this car was to hitting that other truck? (the truck at top of the 'ramp' driving the opposite direction)

Also, that was like a full 3 seconds of hang-time. Pretty impressive really.

a reply to: BrokenCircles

It was obvious that whatever happened was not caused by someone driving in any sort of normal manner. With something like that, the driver being a criminal is the more likely possibility.

As if these thoughts would run through anyones head after seeing such an accident.

"I won't help / don't need to help because the car looks like it flew because of criminal action".

please.

"We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two"








I wish I could take credit for that↑, but I first read it in one of the Youtube comments.

originally posted by: ThatDamnDuckAgain
a reply to: BrokenCircles

It was obvious that whatever happened was not caused by someone driving in any sort of normal manner. With something like that, the driver being a criminal is the more likely possibility.

As if these thoughts would run through anyones head after seeing such an accident.

"I won't help / don't need to help because the car looks like it flew because of criminal action".

please.

His first thoughts should have been for the safety of his own family.

a reply to: BrokenCircles

His first thoughts should have been for the safety of his own family.

Of course! They were very safe in the car.

You deflect though.

I would have went to her aid immediately, but that is me.
I can understand someone being hesitant to provide assistance, since there have been a lot of cases where the victim sued the person that rendered assistance and won their case.

a reply to: ThatDamnDuckAgain

I am more shocked that the guy inside the filming car did not IMEDIATELY scramble while his wife calls 911 to get ambulance, to tend to the one in the car, check the vitals and check if the person can be removed or better wait because of injuries

I'm not the least bit shocked because I wouldn't have done any of that myself. I'm not a paramedic or fireman

a reply to: tamusan
I since learned that in the USA you are not schooled on it, so you shouldn't play emergency service.

It was just an 8hour course but it can save life. It doesn't hurt to know this, I was expecting it's common sense to teach this to people that move heavy equipment on public roads like cars, trucks and even motorcycles.

So it comes down to differences in law / culture why you think the above. It's actually a crime here if you can help but don't do. You don't need to get yourself in danger but it's expected to do something.

Securing the accident, calling police, checking out on the victims is the minimum. When I start heart massage to reanimate someone I can not stop. Try doing 10 min heart reanimation with air delivery though, you're done. Of course I never hope to get into that situation but if I do, I can be the difference between a mourning family and someone recovering in hospital.

And I could not care less the cause for the accident. I help those that do not scream first. Because those that can scream, they are fine. I tend to them when they stop screaming.



Add:
It's a saying, because those that don't scream are probably unconscious or dead.

You changed emergency service to different terms after the fact, just keeping record of this for future readers to counter confusion.