Re: Tillamook South Fork Road
No airbag deployment due to tree hitting the right most fender. I've been told it needs to hit nearly the center of the bumper and possibly must be going at 20mph or over.
3 factors came into play that took me out:
-Thick dust cloud lingering in mid air, no wind whatsoever
-Road was just graded a week ago so there were lots of pebbles, felt like riding on marbles
-When both right tires went into edge, I could have gotten out, but after a few feet, my tires dove into a 3 foot ditch/pot hole like that really made me go down the hill
When I realized I'll never make out, a split second decision was to turn toward the passenger side and head downhill hoping a tree would break my fall which it did. If there was no tree there, I still had about 1100-150 foot drop into the bottom of the stream. I was only 1/3 up the hill.
As for experience...felt like I was a stunt driver for a movie... In reality, its like holding to dear life, glad I wore my seat belt!
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TLCA# 18144 | NWFJCC# 2007-041 | 08' Sandstorm | SAW 2.5" Lift | E1 Sliders | TRD Exhaust | 285/70/17 Cooper STT | Midland 75-822 CB w/ Bandi Mount
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