Watch what you drive over!!

[FlyNdrive]

The caption read "This guy ran over a mattress and decided to keep going.....The ensuing jumble finally whipped around enough to put a tear in the gas tank, the subsequent lack of fuel is what finally brought this vehicle to its knees. It had still managed to drive 30 more miles decently with a 60lb tangle wrapped around the driveshaft. This genius complained that the vehicle had a "shimmy" when driving at high speeds. This is what the dealership found..............
Note -- Web site is not PG-13, so no link is provided.








-Ben

[DaktariEd]

[Grim Reaper]

Amazing the stupidity of some people. Its amazing that didn't create enough sparks to ignite the fuel. Must have been a diesel.

On a side note:

As many mattress that hit the road I think they need to have Serial numbers and be registered to the owner so that when they cause accidents the owner can be billed for the resulting damage they caused with their unsecured load.

[Fireman78]

I actually witnessed something very similar happen here in Albuquerque. A guy in a small pickup travelling approx. 45 MPH ran over a canvas tarp right near where I was walking. Needless to say, once it wrapped around the driveline it took about 0.0002 seconds to completely stop the foward movement of that vehicle. It was impressive. After stopping traffic, deployed my Leatherman to remove the tarp for the guy. Another one I dealt with was when I was working as a State Policeman. A lady driving a minivan ran over a "Road Gator" (Semi-truck tire blowout debris). It popped both her driver side tires and flipped her a few times. Good thing for seatbelts on that one.

[ujoint]

Nice!

[hrjaw]

we get something similar here when we go fishing on the beaches. most fishermen just leave there old,cut, discarded fishing line in the sand, and if you are not careful when you get off the beach, it wraps up nice and tight underneath. one of the many steps that I take after I get off the beach - air up, wash off the underside and always check for junk like this.

[Every Miles A Memory]

I've got the story to end all tall-tales.

Our daughter lives in Louisiana, Bayou area, and calls late one night hysterically screaming into the phone. I could hear her from across the camper!

Phone call late at night, 22 year old daughter screaming into the phone....Needless to say, chills ran up my spine worried what this call was going to bring.

Before my wife could even get her calmed down, she starts busting out laughing.

Now I'm totally confused and I'm starting to yell asking what is going on.

Apparently our daughter was driving home from work (works nights at a casino in New Orleans) and hit a 12 foot gater that was trying to stay warm in the middle of the road.

Wait, it gets better.

The giant speed bump launched her Toyota Corolla into the air which proceeded to land and demolish a fruit stand on the side of the road.

While she was explaining all this to my wife Cindy was when Cindy couldnt hold it in any longer and burst into a fit of laughter. I could hear my poor daughter screaming into the phone "Mom, this is not funny!" To which Cindy was wiping away tears saying "Are you crazy, if I didnt know how awful of a driver you are, I wouldnt believe a story this wild!"

The Toyota was totaled, her insurance paid for the fruit stand, and she told us the group of Cajuns that gathered around the accident were all offering to pay her if they could keep the gator. Apparently like hitting a deer out of hunting season, you can keep the gator if you hit it with your car.

My daughter crys if she has to kill a fly, so this was the worst part of the whole accident. She was devastated that she had killed a gator this big and told the cops that anyone of them could have it if they wanted.

I told her she should have at least gotten a nice purse or pair of comboy boots out of the whole ordeal. It did cost her the deductable to replace the fruit stand.

We still tease her about it on a regular basis.

[CoastalDefender]

Originally Posted by Every Miles A Memory

I've got the story to end all tall-tales.

Our daughter lives in Louisiana, Bayou area, and calls late one night hysterically screaming into the phone. I could hear her from across the camper!

Phone call late at night, 22 year old daughter screaming into the phone....Needless to say, chills ran up my spine worried what this call was going to bring.

Before my wife could even get her calmed down, she starts busting out laughing.

Now I'm totally confused and I'm starting to yell asking what is going on.

Apparently our daughter was driving home from work (works nights at a casino in New Orleans) and hit a 12 foot gater that was trying to stay warm in the middle of the road.

Wait, it gets better.

The giant speed bump launched her Toyota Corolla into the air which proceeded to land and demolish a fruit stand on the side of the road.

While she was explaining all this to my wife Cindy was when Cindy couldnt hold it in any longer and burst into a fit of laughter. I could hear my poor daughter screaming into the phone "Mom, this is not funny!" To which Cindy was wiping away tears saying "Are you crazy, if I didnt know how awful of a driver you are, I wouldnt believe a story this wild!"

The Toyota was totaled, her insurance paid for the fruit stand, and she told us the group of Cajuns that gathered around the accident were all offering to pay her if they could keep the gator. Apparently like hitting a deer out of hunting season, you can keep the gator if you hit it with your car.

My daughter crys if she has to kill a fly, so this was the worst part of the whole accident. She was devastated that she had killed a gator this big and told the cops that anyone of them could have it if they wanted.

I told her she should have at least gotten a nice purse or pair of comboy boots out of the whole ordeal. It did cost her the deductable to replace the fruit stand.

We still tease her about it on a regular basis.

You win!

[Every Miles A Memory]

Didnt know it was a contest?

I really just like telling the story to anyone who will listen, it's just that good....LOL

[theMec]

I've got an interesting "run over" that happened a month or so ago.



A little more of the story here:
http://smestdagh.blogspot.com/2008/1...ain-lions.html