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Re: Semi flies over 100 feet into Temple Hotel
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:59 pm
by KD5NRH
txfireguy2003 wrote:I wouldn't count on gathering any information from any items in the rig itself. No kidding, the CB radio flew out of the front of the cab and burried itself in an interior wall of the hotel.
If you'd seen some of the crappy CB mounting methods I saw as a mobile comms installer, you'd be amazed that more people aren't killed by flying CBs in minor wrecks.
For all the faults, though, flash memory is
tough. If a GPS were found, I'd bet data could be pulled from it.
Re: Semi flies over 100 feet into Temple Hotel
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:10 pm
by megs
KD5NRH wrote:It should be a fairly straightforward (not particularly simple by most standards, but your have three reference points - launch, tree impact, and building impact) ballistics equation.
There's probably an iPhone app for that.
Re: Semi flies over 100 feet into Temple Hotel
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:06 pm
by casingpoint
When Mack trucks are outlawed, only outlaws will have Mack trucks.
Re: Semi flies over 100 feet into Temple Hotel
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:08 am
by BamBam
Keith B wrote:There should be a gross weight listed in the log book showing his load and rig combined.
There is no requirement for gross weight on a log book page
Re: Semi flies over 100 feet into Temple Hotel
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:13 pm
by Wrightwing
"Papa's rig was buried in the local motel.
The desk clerk said he seen it all real clear,
He never hit the brakes & he was shiftin' gears !"
Garth Brooks
