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An example of things going right on I-10 despite crash (with video)
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:07 am
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:07 am
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Louisiana State Police
Ascension Parish-- Earlier this morning, Louisiana State Troopers from Troop A were dispatched to an overturned motorhome on Interstate 10 east of US 61 in Ascension Parish. Crash scene investigators determined the motorhome was westbound on Interstate 10 in the left lane. The motorhome sustained a tire failure and entered the center median, where it then impacted the cable barriers. After impacting the cable barriers, the motorhome overturned and slid on its side across both eastbound lanes. The driver, 69 year old Royce Denmon of Kilgore, Texas and his passenger suffered minor injuries in the crash.
A witness to the crash, 30 year old Jonathan Mendel of Metairie, Louisiana was operating an 18 wheeler westbound on Interstate 10 and captured the entire crash sequence with his dashboard camera. Mr. Mendel was also able to safely pull his vehicle onto the right shoulder and call 911.
As you watch the video of this crash, please take note of how quickly a crash can occur. Think if you were in the eastbound travel lanes. What evasive maneuvers, if any would you have been able to take? Also, think about the consequences of not wearing a seatbelt or distracted driving. While not a factor in this crash, imagine what would have occurred had all parties been preoccupied with various distractions. Finally, check out the amazing engineering that went into the cable barrier system along the Interstate Systems in Louisiana. While not designed for heavy articulated vehicles like a motorhome, the system was able to redirect a vehicle weighing over 20,000 pounds.
Interstate traffic was impacted for less than two hours as a result of this crash. Information in reference to the subsequent lane closures was updated utilizing Nixle as well as the Louisiana State Police Facebook page. Motorists are encouraged to enroll to receive Nixle Alerts so delays like this can be avoided. To enroll for this free service, visit www.nixle.com, complete the required information, and select Louisiana State Police as your agency. We also recommend visiting https://wwwapps.dotd.la.gov/admini…/announcements/mydotd.aspx for the most updated information on lane closures
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Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:08 am to When in Rome
Cable barriers didn't stand a chance
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:10 am to When in Rome
driver error.
He turned into the blow out rather than keep the wheel straight.
He turned into the blow out rather than keep the wheel straight.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:12 am to Napoleon
Thank god they were wearing seatbelts. That was pretty violent.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:14 am to When in Rome
Saw that mess yesterday coming up from New Orleans. It looked like more cars were in that crash then what the video showed.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:16 am to When in Rome
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cable barrier system
I'm a fan. Just two weeks ago right outside of Lafayette a motorhome towing a trailer travelling westbound had a blow out, went through the median, crossed the eastbound lane and ended up in the ditch all the way across i10. Luckily missed oncoming traffic and no one was hurt.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:19 am to fishfighter
As people slowed down, I wouldn't be surprise if subsequent crashes occurred. People don't pay attention on the road these days.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:19 am to When in Rome
Amazing that he was able to control that RV somewhat and that they weren't severely injured, especially since he was towing a full-size Dodge Ram crew cab truck.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:26 am to When in Rome
That writer doesn't know what articulated means.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:30 am to TheHiddenFlask
This post was edited on 5/12/15 at 9:32 am
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:33 am to When in Rome
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People don't pay attention on the road these days.
it's the fastest growing epidemic in this country.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:42 am to MapGuy
I need to find this video of Louis CK talking about it on a talk show one day. His commentary is brilliant.
Here it is.
Starts about a minute in.
BRILLIANT.
Here it is.
Starts about a minute in.
quote:
You need to build an ability to just be yourself and not be doing something. That's what the phones are taking away, is the ability to just sit there. That's being a person. Because underneath everything in your life there is that thing, that empty—forever empty. That knowledge that it's all for nothing and that you're alone. It's down there.
And sometimes when things clear away, you're not watching anything, you're in your car, and you start going, 'oh no, here it comes. That I'm alone.' It's starts to visit on you. Just this sadness. Life is tremendously sad, just by being in it...
That's why we text and drive. I look around, pretty much 100 percent of the people driving are texting. And they're killing, everybody's murdering each other with their cars. But people are willing to risk taking a life and ruining their own because they don't want to be alone for a second because it's so hard.
BRILLIANT.
This post was edited on 5/12/15 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:42 am to Phil0ndeeez
quote:
Cable barriers didn't stand a chance
Uhhh.. What do you think they are supposed to do?
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:44 am to PhiTiger1764
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:45 am to When in Rome
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People don't pay attention on the road these days.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 9:47 am to MapGuy
It's sad/scary/funny how accurate he is.
This post was edited on 5/12/15 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 5/12/15 at 6:02 pm to When in Rome
It is an epidemic and it's something we are almost all guilty of in one way or the other. Self driving cars will help, but people really need to pay more attention to what is around them.
I'm glad lexus has the mirror warning for blindspots, because some teenager was hauling arse down West Metaire a couple of hours ago and only didn't hit me because some orange light came on on his mirror. I was already bracing. He was weaving in so fast and short on me.
I'm glad lexus has the mirror warning for blindspots, because some teenager was hauling arse down West Metaire a couple of hours ago and only didn't hit me because some orange light came on on his mirror. I was already bracing. He was weaving in so fast and short on me.
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