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Title: RV driver late for ferry, jumps the ramp and lands on boat (video)
Post by: BrandonMc on June 27, 2019, 07:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyD-W0AE1hs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyD-W0AE1hs)

made the jump, but died. check out how flattened that coach is.
Title: Re: RV driver late for ferry, jumps the ramp and lands on boat (video)
Post by: Rickf1985 on June 27, 2019, 08:34 PM
One space big enough and he nailed it. You have to wonder if he really planned to do that? There is no hill steep enough to build that kind of speed short of a very steep mile long one so he had to be flat on the gas. That dude walking around the corner was damn lucky to look up!
Title: Re: RV driver late for ferry, jumps the ramp and lands on boat (video)
Post by: c farmer on June 27, 2019, 08:39 PM
Perfect landing   :D
Title: Re: RV driver late for ferry, jumps the ramp and lands on boat (video)
Post by: ClydesdaleKevin on June 27, 2019, 10:08 PM
Dang!  Talk about impatient!  The guy was in an RV!  He missed the ferry...so big deal!  He could have waited in the parking lot in the RV for the next ferry, instead of killing himself and almost killing other folks.

Kev
Title: Re: RV driver late for ferry, jumps the ramp and lands on boat (video)
Post by: cosmic on June 27, 2019, 10:38 PM
That thing was in pieces before it landed..  that was right out of the Dukes of hazzard's
Title: Re: RV driver late for ferry, jumps the ramp and lands on boat (video)
Post by: beaverman on June 28, 2019, 10:11 AM
Was his first name Evil?
Title: Re: RV driver late for ferry, jumps the ramp and lands on boat (video)
Post by: Elandan2 on June 28, 2019, 05:52 PM
After reading the article with eyewitness reports, it appeared that he was trying to stop the rig long before he got to the loading ramp. It appears that the motorhome was at full throttle. Maybe he should have shut off the engine? Tragic outcome.
Title: Re: RV driver late for ferry, jumps the ramp and lands on boat (video)
Post by: Rickf1985 on June 28, 2019, 06:10 PM
Or put it in neutral! He was on the wrong side of the road so he had a clear shot down the road. It is possible he thought he had his foot solid on the brakes and it was on the gas instead, It happens all the time. Especially in areas where you have high concentrations of elderly drivers who probably should not be driving anymore. We have a community near me where they have armored the area between the parking and the store fronts in all areas where cars can get to the buildings because they have been driven into so many times.