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To: naturalized
Looking at other pictures of my truck, I'd say 30 degrees was a fair assessment. She was swerving back to correct for her overcorrection on the first swerve into my lane. She would've been better off merely over-correcting once, and going into the farm field, I think... although 65-to-0 is going to hurt no matter what you're hitting. Sadly, she got two tries in, and found me. (I think the minivan in front of me had kids in it, so if someone had to get hit, I guess I was the better victim... not that she was choosing, of course.)

The "130 mph" was assuming that the speeds added up... and I'll probably continue to use it casually with friends, LOL.

85 posted on 06/30/2010 5:42:27 AM PDT by Teacher317 (I'm sore)
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To: Teacher317

It’s the second steer that always gets people - either into oncoming traffic, or into a long, lurid slide that ends up in a rollover. Cars provide maximum protection in frontal collisions - At those speeds, only very sligh avoidance maneuvers should be made.


89 posted on 06/30/2010 5:48:59 AM PDT by naturalized
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To: Teacher317

A Ford technician might be able to download data from your truck’s airbag computer that would state precisely the truck’s peak velocity change during the crash. My guess it is in the 28 to 32 mph range.


93 posted on 06/30/2010 5:56:42 AM PDT by naturalized
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