One nice spring day my brother was on a drive from the outskirts of Eugene,
OR into town driving his TR6. Rounding a 90 degree corner at about 30 MPH,
one of the rear wheels fractured , leaving the bolt pattern securely
fastened to the brake drum and the rest of the wheel falling off. The car
rolled over and landed upside down with a stump lodged between the
windshield and the roll bar in the drivers position. The paradox is that he
nor his passenger were wearing a seat belt, were thrown from the car and are
here to tell about it. While I completely advocate use of seatbelts, this
is one where his stupidity saved his life. Where was I going with this
story? Oh, yeah, don't drive a TRIUMPH, (oh no, that wasn't it) Sorry, I
mean, a roll bar won't help in every instance, so don't allow it to give you
a false sense of security. Keep your vehicle inspected (after the accident
there was evidence that the wheel had been failing for quite a while) and
drive sane.
David Riker
74 Midget
77 Midget-powered by Triumph.
----- Original Message -----
From "Guy Day" <grday at btinternet.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 12:32 PM
Subject: Re Rollbars and rollovers.
> In many accidents where vehicles have overturned it is not the drivers own
> fault but that of dog, other car, pedestrian etc that he is trying to
miss.
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