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Damn...seeing THAT doesn't make me feel real safe in my YODA!!!!
YODA...our lil Toyota!
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Jagtech
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Too many drivers texting while driving, suddenly look up to find they've drifted off the road. Its the sudden over-correction that gets them, or someone else.
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adondo is making some comments that really need to be thought about. I take it one step further. When I have had to swerve abruptly I have learned to swerve, snap the wheel to center and FREEZE the position for at least ONE FULL SECOND. Then look to correct the vehicle direction. This will prevent you from over correcting, as it gives the vehicle a chance to settle in a particular direction and you are reacting to the vehicle direction and not the vehicle suspension. Over correcting is usually caused by the deception of the vehicle suspension. This is something I learned from driving a Jeep with big tires and nearly no shocks, but I have learned that the technique will save your tail on any large vehicle.
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JohnnyT
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j-d
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Originally from Class A forum but article says "Toyota Dolphin." So basically a mini-pickup vs whatever the other pickup was.
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mumkin
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Sad story... it sounds as if the pick-up/SUV? driver at fault made a common error.
I was struck by the comment section. Many of the posters were friends and relatives - or first on the scene. There was also a dog in the RV and he was finally found mostly uninjured.
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rjstractor
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powderman426 wrote:Sad. It was the pickup drivers fault. Just because a MH is big doesn't make it invincible.
In this case the Toyota Dolphin didn't really weigh much more than the Dodge Dakota it collided with. The Toyota was likely a pre-airbag vintage, and compact pickups of that era were terrible in head on collisions. Similar size vehicles colliding at a closing speed of 110 mph+no airbags = serious or fatal injuries nearly every time. Very sad.
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Coach-man
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Kennedycamper wrote:Gosh my take away was how bad motorhomes fold up whenhit. I will stick with the pickup & trailer.
X2, the motor home ended up as a pile of rubble on the road! Makes me take a long hard look at how they are put together! I guess the old saying is true though, "when your time is up, there is nothing you can do"! Very sad!!
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Coach-man wrote:Kennedycamper wrote:Gosh my take away was how bad motorhomes fold up when hit. I will stick with the pickup & trailer.
X2, the motor home ended up as a pile of rubble on the road! Makes me take a long hard look at how they are put together! I guess the old saying is true though, "when your time is up, there is nothing you can do"! Very sad!!  Basically it was a pickup with a trailer, 'cept the trailer was part of the pickup, assuming it was a Toyota. You can also see by the pattern on the seat cushions that this was an older class C, probably 80s vintage or older. Very light weight and not a particularly strong vehicle. It weighed less than 5K lbs. Evidently it was not beefed up much, because up to 1986, the rear axles were known for snapping. There was a recall for that. We are not talking about a particularly safe vehicle. Its no surprise that it came apart. No doubt the results would have been different had it been a full size class A. We remember a few years back, the Allegro DP that had a head on @ 70 and the motorhome occupants walked away with minor cuts from glass.
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Handbasket
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Dunno about this one, but some of the older Toyota's had frame rust issues. A good friend & master mechanic who bought my '80 Toyota 4x4 in '98 for a snow truck and trash hauler wound up eventually replacing the frame (cab was fair, drivetrain superb). Heavy frontal impact with the weight of the 'house' pushing forward.... yike! Best wishes to all involved.
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