Raymondenyi: My broda; we thank God s ur life 1st; imagine daat sweet vehicle; just Gone....m
But my advise... Subsequently wen faced with such a situation; pls do not ever; I repeat; Do not ever; sway; n pput ur life @ great risk; instead d careless buffon should be d 1 whose life should b @ risk!!! If he happens to die!!! Well RIP ; when he gets to hell he 'll be more careful (of satan n oda colleagues)
I havve nvr 4 1cej had pity forr hopeless n foolish drivers; not 1 bit; cause even minute conscience dey lack (exemplified in ur own case). If I were U; dat man would have been in hellfire by now...

IdaraCHODB: Sorry for your loss.

I have driven a Honda CR-V before.

The vehicle has a high rollover risk. Indeed there is such a notice in the vehicle. And there is a warning to avoid sudden manoeuvres.

Indeed vehicles like Toyota Prado have the same problem and that is why I really don't like such vehicles. I have swerved at high speeds in wide roads in other types of vehicles (lower vehicles) to avoid such incidents and potholes without losing control or tumbling, I'd never try that in a CR-V or Prado and the like.

abatically:

My brother, let's just thank God for the op's life. This is not a Honda or Toyota thing. All SUV's and crossovers have high rollover rate. In fact all tall vehicles have a high rollover rate and it is clearly written inside the vehicles. We have seen BMW x6 and g wagons rollover .

Any car will rollover even sedans and sports cars. It depends on the driver, speed, center of gravity and angle.

Raikishi: TRUE STORY: SEAT BELTS WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE

Hello all,
Was driving home yesterday with my junior sister when one of these mad drivers in Abuja came into the express without looking and slammed his brakes when he saw me coming. In a bid to avoid smashing into him (directly to where he was sitting... pretty sure it might have killed him) I tried to dodge and successfully did so but that decision flipped the and made it somersault more times than I can count. The car is nothing to speak about, I thought I would not make it out of that car alive.

How did I survive? I had my seat belt on (I was faithful in the little things) and GOD TOOK OVER AND SAVED ME (Faithful in the BIG LEAGUE where it counts).


As I look back now did I do the right thing or should I have just hit him instead of putting my life and that of my sister at risk?

NB: To top it off, the useless 1d1ot followed one way and ran away (for fear of lynching, I don't know) without coming to see if we were safe.

IdaraCHODB: Sorry for your loss.

I have driven a Honda CR-V before.

The vehicle has a high rollover risk. Indeed there is such a notice in the vehicle. And there is a warning to avoid sudden manoeuvres.

Indeed vehicles like Toyota Prado have the same problem and that is why I really don't like such vehicles. I have swerved at high speeds in wide roads in other types of vehicles (lower vehicles) to avoid such incidents and potholes without losing control or tumbling, I'd never try that in a CR-V or Prado and the like.

Its all about understanding the law of vehicle dynamics: A moving vehicle will always operate within the "laws of vehicle dynamics." A transfer of weight from one point of the vehicle to another occurs whenever you, the driver, brake, steer, accelerate, or perform some combination of these actions. This transfer of weight affects the traction of the vehicle.

The key to controlling your vehicle is knowing how much to brake, steer, or accelerate. If your command is inappropriate, your vehicle may become out of control. Like in the instance case, swerving which made the vehicle tip in one direction without a counterbalancing act which would have stabilized it

If I was faced with your situation I would try threshold braking to massively reduce the speed of the vehicle before impact rather than swerve to the left or the right. http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Threshold_braking. Indeed such braking might even reduce the speed of the car to the extent that just 1 to 3 seconds before the hit, if you made the swerve to avoid the hit, the forces acting on the car might not have been sufficient to such it to tumble ( talking as someone who has done this before)

I believe and I stand to be corrected that if you had hit the guy in front frontally the damage to your vehicle would have massive but definitely not as severe, neither would you have suffered those several somersaults.

Don't get me wrong though, I have made several mistakes in my driving. I have had 2 lone accidents, in the first case, i lost one wheel (left front) and the second case I lost 2 wheels (right front and right rear) due to high speed swerves in very narrow roads resulting in hitting road kerbs, but no somersault so I know what I am talking about, I mean the need to understand vehicle dynamics and the effect of sudden abrupt manoeuvres on vehicle stability

There is something I do which I think you should copy...I try to study each and every accident report in the news and then try hard to think, if I were in his situation what would I have done differently to avoid such an outcome. That's what airlines and pilots do, why can't it be applied to driving.

I find that thinking about problems in advance of their happening helps me to plan well-thought out as opposed to panic responses to such incidents.

Once again I am sad at your loss. I hope you have another vehicle or the funds to get another one. Once you get 4 additional legs (making it 6 in all), there is no going back to 2 legs.

All the best

Siena: All those saying, this guy shouldn't have taken evasive action, he should have rammed the other car in the side, he should have tried braking, so he would have hit the other car at a lower speed should think again.

When a car appears from nowhere, and crams on the brakes in front of you, there is very little time to think. Hitting a car in the side - in this case, a door is a bad move. It is probably the weakest part of a car. Depending on the model, and country of origin, it MAY not have side impact beams. Or being Nigeria, they could have been removed during body repair, and never refitted. The driver could have been killed if he was rammed in that area.

It's all too easy to say what you would do in similar circumstances. Personally, if you ask me how I would react if I was the thread starter, honestly, I have no idea. I too would have reacted in the same way, instinctively take evasive action. Whatever answer I would give may NOT match my actions given a real life scenario.

Some posters here are more concerned with the destruction of the car, than what COULD have been the outcome if the thread starter had ploughed into the other vehicle's door. Is saving a car from damage more important than preserving human life?

smartchoice:

He risked his life and the sister's life by driving Schumacher.... He should just have applied the brakes and used the offending vehicle as a buffer!

lomomike:

Hmmmmm. Meaning sending the offending guy to 6ft below. Looks like he unintentionally performed a 'moose test' in an emergency situation. I quickly switch lanes and deviate suddenly without braking when faced by a dangerous situation anytime I'm manning the wheels (my subconsciousness didn't register it as another danger), but I've learnt now.

smartchoice: He risked his life and the sister's life by driving Schumacher.... He should just have applied the brakes and used the offending vehicle as a buffer!

smartchoice: Not necessarily killing the offensive driver.... He can select a section of the car to use as buffer instead of playing Russian roulette with his car occupants' lives!

abatically:

My brother, let's just thank God for the op's life. This is not a Honda or Toyota thing. All SUV's and crossovers have high rollover rate. In fact all tall vehicles have a high rollover rate and it is clearly written inside the vehicles. We have seen BMW x6 and g wagons rollover .

Any car will rollover even sedans and sports cars. It depends on the driver, speed, center of gravity and angle.

Blockus:


Lol...


1. Dude.. You were speeding! And worst of all, speeding with your Spare tyres..

2.. You should eith have impacted him head on (With your legs on the Brakes) or Swerved and avoid breaking hard no matter the skid.. Brakes + swerve = Gobe!!

3... Whilst thanking God, Dont forget to thank the engineers at Honda for the safety features on that car.. Had that been a Suzuki or a Kia.. Na requiem mass we for dey reason by now..

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Speed is sweet but kills..

Siena:

Bro, how much time would he have had to "select" a section of the other car that wasn't likely to kill him, because it was too hard?

Sometimes a snap decision is better than a planned one.

Siena:

As I stated earlier, it's all too easy to pass judgement when you're not the one faced with an emergency situation. You weren't there, so how can you decide this guy risked his and his sister's lives by making the choice he did? His action totalled his car, and he walked away unscathed, with his pride dented, but he's alive.

So let's say he chose to drive into the "offending" vehicle's door, and the driver had died, what would you have said then?

Talk is extremely cheap, when the boot's on the other foot.

smartchoice:

Bro you don't know me.... Or the kinda scrapes av bin in....

Blockus:
Lol...
1. Dude.. You were speeding! And worst of all, speeding with your Spare tyres..
Speed is sweet but kills..