Post by Clipper on Jan 5, 2020 11:26:13 GMT -5
www.fox5dc.com/news/at-least-5-dead-60-injured-in-massive-crash-on-pa-turnpike?fbclid=IwAR219U0K-9WEMiHADlTjBeU88-gVyyo2TS0GwUQmFmRl9JbPVKn6y2wZkrw
Very sad indeed. It seems that there has been serious spate of massive Interstate highway wrecks in recent days and weeks.
Looking at the photo and the positions of the wrecked vehicles, I almost have to believe that the charter bus skidded, got sideways and overturned, causing the pile up. I can speak from experience. If a the ass end of a 40 foot charter coach breaks loose and begins to slide sideways, getting the bus back under control is an almost slow motion, butt puckering, operation. The length of the bus accentuates the skid, and while steering into the skid, it seems like and eternity before the bus responds, and then there is the danger of OVER steering, setting the bus skidding in the other direction.
I had it happen to me once going down a hill on a mountain road in Vermont while on a ski charter to New Hampshire. A car in front of me slid into the snowbank and partially blocked the road. In avoiding the car the back of the bus began to slide sideways. Thank goodness I was only going about 25 or 30 mph. I got the bus back under control but I was so shaken that I had to stop at the next rest area, get off the bus, walk around and smoke a cigarette in order to regain my composure. I was not alone in my need to get off the bus for a few minutes to get my knees to stop shaking. the front seat passengers were also pretty shaken up, having watched the scenario unfold.
I had always noted that a bus driver is in the most vulnerable positions in a bus accident. The driver's seat is ahead of the front wheels and shielded by nothing more than the sheet metal body panels and a huge windshield. Yep, it IS extra incentive to drive cautiously.
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My prayers are for the survival and recovery of the injured and for the families of those that died.
Very sad indeed. It seems that there has been serious spate of massive Interstate highway wrecks in recent days and weeks.
Looking at the photo and the positions of the wrecked vehicles, I almost have to believe that the charter bus skidded, got sideways and overturned, causing the pile up. I can speak from experience. If a the ass end of a 40 foot charter coach breaks loose and begins to slide sideways, getting the bus back under control is an almost slow motion, butt puckering, operation. The length of the bus accentuates the skid, and while steering into the skid, it seems like and eternity before the bus responds, and then there is the danger of OVER steering, setting the bus skidding in the other direction.
I had it happen to me once going down a hill on a mountain road in Vermont while on a ski charter to New Hampshire. A car in front of me slid into the snowbank and partially blocked the road. In avoiding the car the back of the bus began to slide sideways. Thank goodness I was only going about 25 or 30 mph. I got the bus back under control but I was so shaken that I had to stop at the next rest area, get off the bus, walk around and smoke a cigarette in order to regain my composure. I was not alone in my need to get off the bus for a few minutes to get my knees to stop shaking. the front seat passengers were also pretty shaken up, having watched the scenario unfold.
I had always noted that a bus driver is in the most vulnerable positions in a bus accident. The driver's seat is ahead of the front wheels and shielded by nothing more than the sheet metal body panels and a huge windshield. Yep, it IS extra incentive to drive cautiously.
hahaMy prayers are for the survival and recovery of the injured and for the families of those that died.
