Looks like it could have been filmed here. The poorly plowed highway, the scenery, the permagloom sky. Wonder what the tires on the suburban looked like. Unless you've got good dedicated snow tires, slush is always a problem. The tires load up and you go skating. I always use dedicated snows and don't take them off till mid May. It's snowing right now actually. RWD vehicles are the worst in the snow. If it was really a Suburban of the late 90s or so, 4WD locks the center diff and makes you slide while turning, so your option is RWD. Which kicks out the rear end when you start to slide. Trying to pass the truck on an incline is what did him in. I never even bother to pass anything unless the road is in good shape and not going uphill. There's a passing lane on a hill near my house and there are always tracks into the ditch in the same place where people try to pass and lose it. The extra gas to get up the hill helped to reduce the grip. Notice when he got into the truck's wake, the air turbulence pushed him into the slush. The large profile of the surburban meant he would have been affected more by the truck's wake then say a small car. Had he just let off the gas and said screw it I ain't gonna be able to pass this truck, he would have straightened out and could have just moved over to the right till a later time. And I'm sure having a state trooper closing in on him made him at least a little nervous and clouded his judgement. And it could have been an American suburban. I saw what was left of an F150 after getting hit head on by a semi. Nothing left of it and all 4 young guys died. The kid that was screwing off for miles before that and caused the accident got away scot free after facing the possibility of 4 counts of manslaughter. Excuse after ever so convenient excuse, they finally charged him precisely 1 year after the crash. Then another 9 months till trial. At the trial they dropped 3 counts and said if he behaved himself for a year, they'd drop the remaining count and no punishment. So he never saw one day of jail time or anything. What a slap in the face to the families of the victims.
I don't think it's a burb...the body lines aren't right for a burb IMO. But, anyway....what I still can't figure out after watching this video many times and even freezing it many times...is that the car shattered into little pieces like it was made out of brittle plastic! It was like it was plastic and blew up. I've never seen anything like this. Ever. When you freeze it at impact you see that the truck didn't do all that well either. But the car just disintegrated and then the truck rolled right over it like it was a toy.
Maybe being in the snow and rust belt, the frames of the vehicles had turned to swiss cheese, bolts had rusted and weakened, etc. Maybe there are no vehicle inspections there. One good impact and the whole thing blew apart. I've had subframe mount bolts break because the corrosion had eaten them away to less than half the original bolt diameter.
I'm thinking the vehicle was built in the eastern bloc - quite probably the minimum amount of welds used to keep the vehicle all in one piece. The severe impact literally split all the welds apart. I've seen videos of similar side impacts at speed like that, and you don't see the 'explosion' of debris like this one....
Its a brown/tan interior. http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18463 (replying in case EagleMark doesn't see Fox' question b4 signing off)
The video actually comes from Russia. Vidvir is a Russian "youtube" post your videos link. Listen at the very end of the video, you'll hear two voices, and they are distinctly Russian. Yes, they have a LOT of American cars and trucks these days over there, to include over-the-road 18-wheelers. You can also tell that the oncoming car transporter is European (visible before the wreck), by the cab and trailer lighting, and the style of transporter trailer. You do not see those in North America. It was a Toyota Land Cruiser, not a Sub, that gets to have its occupants meet God.
Thanks! When I got my email reply I thought he was asking what color the interior was of the truck with guardrail through it? Pretty sure the seat bottom of driver side is brown and yellow now and if there was a passenger that side would be red...
