Check out the video of this fall from above, driver was thrown from the cab, no seat belt. The tanker on the curved ramp is on the ramp that he fell from.

http://www.woodtv.com/global/story.asp?S=6511695

 

I see you are from Grand Rapids. I am out of Traverse City, and I take that ramp many times as well. I never had a problem with that ramp at 25-30 mph...and as the posted speed says 30 mph.
So many Drivers flip on off ramps, because they are in such a big hurry.

I must say...it amazes me how many times in a day, I witness some driver going as fast as he can...like he is in some panic. Driving much like you see an idiot 4-wheeler. No courtesy, no common-sense, and plain reckless.

It was funny seeing the mob swipe the freight.
"somebody told us to go pick up as much as we want."
"Who?"
"Some guy over there."

:lol:

I hope they cleaned out the Cab too! :evil:
Sorry I don't feel sympathy....I feel more fed up. :?

Oh...yeah...bottled water...you know that was top-heavy, they stack that stuff to the ceiling. :roll: moron.

...yep gotta RUSH order on bottled water to Michigan...land of 50 Billion fresh water lakes. :lol: :roll:

 

I take that ramp alot,I think the 4wheelers get pretty pissed at me when I roll around there about 18mph in my tanker.... :?

My problem is not to get distracted from looking into those new condos that they just put in there..... 8)

 

I do wear my seatbelt. Kinda hard not to. Seatbelts in our trucks are safety orange. Man, you can see them in the dark. :shock: We get a write-up for not wearing our seatbelt. No verbal warning. Well, because it's in the hand book, and etc. Next time we are caught not wearing our seatbelt, gone. Which is a good thing.

 

Click it or Ticket =).

 

Buckle Up- Next Million Miles

 

I've only met one guy in my life (back in the late '70's) whose life was saved by NOT wearing a seat belt when he was ejected through the front windshield of his corvette after drinking (he hit a concrete bridge abutment at a high rate of speed). He told me if he had been wearing his seatbelt, he would have been dead for sure. Of course he also said that he almost died anyway--the scars on his face bore testimony to the horrific ejection he experienced.

IMHO, his story is extremely rare. Most people nowadays survive a bad crash because of a safety belt.

I always wear one in the truck and in my POV. So does my wife and the kids. In fact anyone who climbs in my POV buckles up or I don't roll.

Why try to beat the odds?!

You can drive the same road 1,000 times without a safety belt and without an accident but it only takes one accident and no safety belt to never travel that road again.