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(Message started by: barry_sword on Aug 10^th, 2007, 10:27am)

Title: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by barry_sword on Aug 10^th, 2007, 10:27am

Yet another accident without any safety precautions in place. This time there were 9 hurt including children. Where was the kill switch that shuts it down from an outside source like they use on sanctioned events, like Monster Jam.

We do not go to these things that are not done with the crowds safety in place. Too dangerous for the spectators!

Here is the clip.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/09/monster.truck.ap/index.html

Barry

Title: Re: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by Racer1_NC on Aug 10^th, 2007, 10:40am

on 08/10/07 at 10:27:14, barry_sword wrote:

I bet personal injury lawyers have booked every open airline seat to DeKalb, Illinois today. This is gonna cost NAPA more than a few bucks....and rightly so. No safety barriers and no one on the kill switch (or it didn't function as designed).

Personally I wouldn't have been standing on a sidewalk watching a Monster truck crushing cars on a public street with a barrier, much less without one.

No one had any sense yesterday.....not NAPA, not the local police dept, nor the spectators. Tragic.

Bill

Title: I saw it on the nRe: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by Rosybabe on Aug 10^th, 2007, 1:07pm

I saw it in the news last night..it just does not make sense...someone is going to be in a lot of trouble for this..

Title: Re: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by phil_h on Aug 10^th, 2007, 1:12pm

insanity.......crazy stunt.....crazy people.............

Title: Re: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by Jonny on Aug 10^th, 2007, 2:27pm

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8e2_1186751625

Title: Re: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by Brewcrew on Aug 10^th, 2007, 3:28pm

on 08/10/07 at 14:27:48, Jonny wrote:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8e2_1186751625

Is this link better than the original?

Title: Re: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by Jonny on Aug 10^th, 2007, 4:24pm

on 08/10/07 at 15:28:54, Brewcrew wrote:

Is this link better than the original?

Dont really know what you mean......its the only link that I have come across....so far. ;)

Title: Re: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by Brewcrew on Aug 10^th, 2007, 9:42pm

on 08/10/07 at 16:24:07, Jonny wrote:

Dont really know what you mean......its the only link that I have come across....so far. ;)

I meant the link that Barry provided in the original post. I looked at both - they're the very same clip.

No big whoop.

Title: Re: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by Jonny on Aug 10^th, 2007, 9:55pm

Opps, my fault.....I saw HTML at the end of Barrys link and thought it was text.

My bad ;;D

Title: Re: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by Sean_C on Aug 10^th, 2007, 10:36pm

on 08/10/07 at 21:55:04, Jonny wrote:

Opps, my fault.....I saw HTML at the end of Barrys link and thought it was text.

My bad ;;D

dum fuck ;;D

Title: Re: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by Jonny on Aug 10^th, 2007, 11:03pm

on 08/10/07 at 22:36:32, Sean_C wrote:

dum fuck ;;D

You should be the last one to talk about weak links.....LOL ;;D

Title: Re: Monster Truck Accident_ _
Post by barry_sword on Aug 11^th, 2007, 7:37am

That is the way it sounds to me also, KOP. It looked like he was in control upon landing then he "burped the throttle" and it sounded like it either hung up or he could not get off the accelerator and the 10,000LB killer was out of control and in God's hand at that point.

It could have been a lot worse so we can be thankful about that.

Thanks all for your input on this.

Barry