Truck Vs. Wheelchair

I was at a truckstop in Lansing and on the wall there was an article about an 18 wheeler that tangled with a guy in a wheelchair as the guy was crossing the street. Apparantly the trucker couldnt see the wheelchair down in front of the hood and the light changed to green. The truck went forward and the wheelchair turned in the same direction as the truck was heading and the handlebars got stuck in the radiator grill on the truck. You have to visualize this. They went down the road with the guy in the chair for over a mile before the trucker realized something was wrong. People were trying to flag him down LOL! Nobody got hurt and they had a pic showing the wheelchair stuck in the front of the big rig. Incredible.
Just found a link.........over 50 mph and 4 miles! Look at the pic!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,278881,00.html

 

I hate to laugh because it really isn't funny but man...that second link to fox news is just hilarious! stop Stop! STOP!! STOPPPP!! ROFLMAO! I can just imagine the looks on peoples faces as they realize what they just saw go by them at 50mph.

Well here's your problem....

The fastest wheelchair in the west! Hmm what else...Also the fastest way to strip the gears on an expensive wheelchair. That poor guy in the chair, I'd have had a heart attack.

-Reby

 

I remember that second story, it was all over the news. The funniest part were the 911 calls; one stupid broad fell completely apart on the phone, like she just saw the driver run over her parents or something.
Thankfully that guy was more than OK, he was even joking about it, saying something to the effect of ' I guess I'm going for a ride'. When they got the driver stopped, the wheelchair's tires were completely flat!

Too bad this story didn't have the same outcome, hope the guy is OK.

 

We where talking about the fox news one last night on the last post thread.

 

again ,what state????

 

CA stands for California. See the title.

 

the story i wrote about happened in michigan

 

The Michigan incident thos past summer happened in Paw Paw Mi, at the intersection of Hazen Rd and Red Arrow Hwy. The gent in the wheelchair admitted thata he crossed too close to the semi, and that the incident was his fault. he crossed too close to the truck for the driver to have any chance to see him. He wss not injured, and despite the rather hysterical news claims that he got pushed 5 miles, he went 1.25 miles down the road before they reached the terminal for the truck.

The driver of the truck was not charged with anything in the incident, and has never spoken out about it. His employer has honored his wishes and complied in that regard. The owner of the company bought the wheelchair user a new wheelchair, since the tires and the wheels of the chair were damaged. Since that time, the guy in thw wheelchair has become an advocate for trucking safety, pointing out that the driver was not doing anything unsafe, but that he had a blind spot on his truck, and that is an issue to be rectified.

How do I know this? I live about 6 miles from the intersection and 5 miles from the freight terminal.

As for the incident in California, they will investigate and determine what happened, but it is easily possible for a wheelchair to not be seen from inside a truck. A person in a wheelchair is half the height of a walking person, and that can make them incredibly hard to see if they cross too close to you.