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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Trucks / June 2005

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David Norris - 17 Jun 2005 03:17 GMT
I had until tonight a 2001 1/2 ton ram QC. I hit #1 a telephone pole dead
center #2 a culvert which flipped me on my drivers side #3 another culvert
while sideways, slid across a driveway and #4 a pine tree.  After the truck
stopped then and only then did the airbags pop.
Hp - 17 Jun 2005 04:09 GMT
You are one luck dude.
>I had until tonight a 2001 1/2 ton ram QC. I hit #1 a telephone pole dead
>center #2 a culvert which flipped me on my drivers side #3 another culvert
>while sideways, slid across a driveway and #4 a pine tree.  After the truck
>stopped then and only then did the airbags pop.
TBone - 17 Jun 2005 06:20 GMT
LOL, I could do without that type of luck!!!

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> You are one luck dude.
> >I had until tonight a 2001 1/2 ton ram QC. I hit #1 a telephone pole dead
> >center #2 a culvert which flipped me on my drivers side #3 another culvert
> >while sideways, slid across a driveway and #4 a pine tree.  After the truck
> >stopped then and only then did the airbags pop.
fmb@sbcglobal.net - 17 Jun 2005 15:33 GMT
You know, Dave, there are other ways to test your airbags without going
through all that drama.

I hope you didn't hurt yourself in this experiment.  What made your Ram
decide to take on the pole?

FMB
Ed & Sherri - 17 Jun 2005 16:23 GMT
I hope that a one time only test.

I would contact Chrysler and ask them
why the airbags did not go off.
BDK - 17 Jun 2005 17:02 GMT
> I had until tonight a 2001 1/2 ton ram QC. I hit #1 a telephone pole dead
> center #2 a culvert which flipped me on my drivers side #3 another culvert
> while sideways, slid across a driveway and #4 a pine tree.  After the truck
> stopped then and only then did the airbags pop.

Over two years ago I had a kid in an a 95 Z28 Camaro (Uninsured) turned
left in front of me, as I entered the intersection. I was driving my
2000 GMC Sierra 4x4. After I took the Camaro's front end off, I was
deflected into a 98 Cavalier. I hit her and launched it over 100' down
the ditch along the road. The driver was unhurt, but had to be cut out
as the car was "tweaked" enough that the doors couldn't be opened. I
barely hit a light pole and BLAM, there go the air bags as I stopped.
The whole wreck took less than three lanes (1 turn and 2 travel lanes)
start to finish, 50+MPH to 0 in about two truck lengths. Lots of
negative G's.

It happens to all makes of trucks and cars, not just Dodge.

I was the only one hurt. Of course. The truck was never the same, and I
traded it for a 2003 Hemi Ram. The only thing I don't like better than
the Sierra is the gas milage. (11-12 vs 13-15)

BDK
Trey - 17 Jun 2005 17:55 GMT
>> I had until tonight a 2001 1/2 ton ram QC. I hit #1 a telephone pole dead
>> center #2 a culvert which flipped me on my drivers side #3 another
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> BDK

I saw some pix of a guy in a Honda, he fell asleep at the wheel and hit the
sign in front of the freeway onramp, this 4x4 post was enough to deploy the
air bags and wake up the driver, but the post was not strong enough to stop
the car... the traffic light pole, about ten feet later was enough to stop
the car dead in its tracks, but the airbags were already deployed... I
believe he fell back asleep at that point, never to wake again.
markansas859 - 18 Jun 2005 01:09 GMT
>I had until tonight a 2001 1/2 ton ram QC. I hit #1 a telephone pole dead
>center #2 a culvert which flipped me on my drivers side #3 another culvert
>while sideways, slid across a driveway and #4 a pine tree.  After the truck
>stopped then and only then did the airbags pop.
glad you are still here to chat with us. sheesh
MoParMaN - 18 Jun 2005 04:20 GMT
>I had until tonight a 2001 1/2 ton ram QC. I hit #1 a telephone pole dead
>center #2 a culvert which flipped me on my drivers side #3 another culvert
>while sideways, slid across a driveway and #4 a pine tree.  After the truck
>stopped then and only then did the airbags pop.

If it had been a ford, you'ld be dead at #1.

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