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Thread: Suburbans and guardrails don't mix...

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    Arrow Suburbans and guardrails don't mix...

    A friend recently sent the following photo and story to me. One heluva ride it must have been, and one very lucky kid! He survived the accident unhurt, and luckily did not have a passenger.

    I assisted at this accident yesterday north of Deer Lodge, Montana on I-90. The driver was appx 22 year old guy heading east to
    College. He had left central Washington early in the morning. He fell asleep at the wheel and drifted off the shoulder hitting the end of the section of guard rail.
    The guard rail came through the right headlight, engine compartment, firewall, glove box, passenger seat, rear seat and exited out the driver’s side rear window. That is 120 lineal feet of guard rail that threaded through the suburban.

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    I saw that article on Jalopnik - along with some more pictures.

    Pretty scary! I thought that guardrails were designed to keep you from doing things like that?
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    Default Here's the Story

    Tom Ashley 2004 6.0 2500HD/Silverado CC/SB/4x4

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    I received this story via email earlier this morning.


    Later today, passed Deer Lodge headed west. Started watching guard rails on the opposite side...sure enough a few miles west of town, there was a brand new shiny section of newly installed rail.

    WOW!!!
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    That had to be one spooky few moments until the thing stopped moving.

    Lucky, very lucky indeed

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    state of montana should be on the hook for the damage,. as was stated the guard rails are a safety device designed return the vehicle to the roadway with little damage or upset,,.NOT to skewer the car like that,.
    but its not a 6.5 diesel,. so no big loss,.

    Nick
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    That is why in most places you see the end of the guard rail buried in the ground now instead of standing up on a post.

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