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Fire Truck Crash Caught On Tape

Investigators said the surveillance camera from Dollar Max Plus shows the driver of the rig takes the right turn at a high speed and misses his lane. He then plows the 65,000 rig into a vehicle waiting at the light on Vernor Street and then slams into a Pontiac G6, sending it flying nearly 50 feet, before coming to a stop.

The two people inside the Pontiac G6 were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the vehicle that was hit first was not injured. Also, none of the three firefighters inside the rig were injured.
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http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/20141536/detail.html
 
Only a slight misjudgment on the turn ^_^
 
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Glad everybody is okay.

How do you misjudge a turn by that much? :ph34r:
 
Some forget how big a fire truck or an ambulance is and how much weight is factored in their speed.

If the FF had tried to make the turn, he would have flipped the truck and that could also have been very serious. At least here it looks like he did keep the truck under control to some extent to avoid a few direct hits.

It definitely could have been a lot worst but it still puts a piece of equipment out of service and delays response to an emergency.

Running L/S is a huge responsibility.
 
VentMedic said:
Some forget how big a fire truck or an ambulance is and how much weight is factored in their speed.

If the FF had tried to make the turn, he would have flipped the truck and that could also have been very serious. At least here it looks like he did keep the truck under control to some extent to avoid a few direct hits.

It definitely could have been a lot worst but it still puts a piece of equipment out of service and delays response to an emergency.

Running L/S is a huge responsibility.
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He should have been driving slower. The article said he had driven the route before, so he should have known what the safe speed was.

I must admit, he did a good job avoiding a major accident, but he should have never been in the situation where he needed to in the first place.
 
Wow, shows how much damage those trucks can do, it made that one car go flying.
 
holy crap! they were flying down that street! no way i would even drive my honda around a corner that fast.
 
First, glad to say no one was injured major in this mix up.

We all make mistakes. easy to say what we wouldn't do, but unless you were in that seat at that time who is to say.

Yes, I will agree, speed should have been decreased and done safley...but if it were a perfect world..we would be out of jobs lol.
 
WOW!!!!! When I read the article I thought he went too far and hit the left side of the vehicles waiting. He was 2 lanes over!!!! He hit the vehicles on the other side!!!! Had he kept going straight after the turn e missed his lane by so much he would have actually cleared the vehicles on the other side!!!!

Oops! Yo chief! I forgot I wasn't driving my prius and that the rig needed some extra space to turn!
 
Is there any talk of if the engine was mechanically fit?


Could there have been an issue with the breaks.
 
Lots on Monday Morning QBs here I see...
Here are some FACTS, but don't let them get in the way of your smartass comments....:rolleyes:
L13 USED to be a Tiller Co, until the mutts that run the city decided that they don't need to pay an additional fireman, so they cut the tiller, and make it a straight stick. For those not educated as to why that is a major factor, a tiller co is MUCH easier to turn on a dime then a straight stick.
DFDs "maintence" division is shoddy at best, so the chances of this being mechanical are extremely high.
The Chauffer has been on the job 10+ years. He is no wet behind the ears rookie who is driving for the first time. He has driven that route before. He knows the limitations of his driving, the road, and his apparatus.
 
Ignore. Didn't read the post correctly,
 
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BLSBoy said:
Lots on Monday Morning QBs here I see...
Here are some FACTS, but don't let them get in the way of your smartass comments....:rolleyes:
L13 USED to be a Tiller Co, until the mutts that run the city decided that they don't need to pay an additional fireman, so they cut the tiller, and make it a straight stick. For those not educated as to why that is a major factor, a tiller co is MUCH easier to turn on a dime then a straight stick.
DFDs "maintence" division is shoddy at best, so the chances of this being mechanical are extremely high.
The Chauffer has been on the job 10+ years. He is no wet behind the ears rookie who is driving for the first time. He has driven that route before. He knows the limitations of his driving, the road, and his apparatus.
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Isn't Monday Morning quarterbacking a good way to learn?

He could have easily avoided the need to "turn on a dime" if he was going slower. Though I can't say for sure that it wasn't mechanical, he seemed to be able to come to a stop pretty quickly after the incident.
 
BLSBoy said:
Lots on Monday Morning QBs here I see...
Here are some FACTS, but don't let them get in the way of your smartass comments....:rolleyes:
L13 USED to be a Tiller Co, until the mutts that run the city decided that they don't need to pay an additional fireman, so they cut the tiller, and make it a straight stick. For those not educated as to why that is a major factor, a tiller co is MUCH easier to turn on a dime then a straight stick.
DFDs "maintence" division is shoddy at best, so the chances of this being mechanical are extremely high.
The Chauffer has been on the job 10+ years. He is no wet behind the ears rookie who is driving for the first time. He has driven that route before. He knows the limitations of his driving, the road, and his apparatus.
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Here is another fact............

Had a tiller rolled throught that intersection in the same manner, it too would have rolled, if not have taken out more vehicles.

Maintenence. Irrelevent in this situation.

Experience. Irrelevent period. A newbie hose monkey can drive just as safely and I will actually argue more safely due to recency in training and knowledge. Veterans tend to disuse departmental standards and opt for more individualized comfort. Look at accident statistics. You may be surprised to see the number of experienced operators that are involved.

Polish a turd, its still a turd. The video is clear as glass, he was driving too fast. It gets back to risk vs. benefit. There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO COMPROMISE PERSONAL SAFETY AND THAT OF YOUR CREW FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S EMERGENCY.
 
HOLY CRAP!! I've accidentally taken out a trash can or two in my rig, but that's nuts!
 
Flight-LP said:
Looks like the brakes worked just fine after slamming into multiple cars.........
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Yeah, I noticed that too. I still think it was just reckless driving.
 
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