HUMMER SAVES MY FAMILY LIFE!!!

[Steve R]

Frist off, you all may recall that Arizona Boy had previously indicated that the engine in the Jeep HAD been pushed into the drivers compartment...so this is the case (as the photo would lead one to believe).

You can also see that the bumper of the Jeep is virtually unaffected/untouched by the dramatic collision. THAT SUCKS...cause that is the purpose of the bumper...to absorb and direct force.

I love my H2, but I have to say....this picture would lead me to believe that a bumper-height issue will have to be addressed. Anybody in a sports car, or regular car for that matter, would not engage us bumper-to-bumper. While we sing praise to the H2 and how it protected our boy, we have to figure that somebody in that Jeep may have been hurt more so then if he had struck another vehicle with 'standard' bumper height. And you can't say it's tough-luck for the Jeep...he could have just been hit and knocked into the H2, or his accellerator could have stuck...who knows...but this picture concerns me.

I have 2 commercial trucks, so I'm familar with some of the DOT law. There are requirements for a rear bumper height to insure that vehicles can't slip under the trucks.

[Arizona Hummerboy]

Just got out of hospital, Tonight my wife and I were in a very bad 4 car accident. We were stoped at a stop light, The next thing we knew we were hit from the ass end by a jeep, Police advise me that the driver of the jeep was doing any were between 55 to 60 MPH upon inpack jeep did not break at all!! My Hummer went up over the car in front of me, Car was a honda civ I was on top of the roof of the honda,I turn to the left to keep from driving all the was over, Drive of honda has a broken neck. My HUMMER was push 55 feet from inpack of the jeep. The Jeep that his us dead in the ass end, you could not tell what it was at all, the front end was missing, all over the road. all I could see was what look like a frame and maybe a windshild left. Police and Fire advised me that the motor of the jeep was in the back seat of the jeep. Police would not advise me of the driver healt at all, The jeep hit with such force it blew at my left side back window. Police advised me that the Hummer saved are life tonight. Wife has one hell of head ack and sore neck. Me I am very sore from back , neck and bruse ribs. But I am alive to be able to write this thanks to are Hummer H2. Hummer looks like hell. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif[/img] I am thinking a lot of ass end damage done. Will try to get picture for you all. Right now I am Looking on the bright side, I will get a new Hummer [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] out of this mess. But I thank god that I was in a Hummer. And after this I will drive nothing other then a Hummer. MY question is how in the sam hell can a person not see this thing? I am a retire police Capt, and been out on a lot of accident, but I never seen a vehicle mash like that jeep was.

[SJ]

Arizona:

Glad you're OK!!! Your accident is horrendous and with all the storms nationwide lately, it's dangerous on the roads, but weather doesn't sound like it was an issue.

Was the Jeep driver intoxicated or simply not paying attention (e.g. cell phone, etc.)?

[JJ]

Sorry to hear about your accident but glad that you and your wife are fine. Seems like your H2 is (was) the best anniversary present the two of you have ever received.

Take your time with the Doctor check-ups - quite a few of these rear end accidents result in symptoms later on.... been there done that. We were rear ended in a little chevy chevette many years ago and it scared the living .....

Our prayers are with you and those involved in the accident.

JJ

[cognitive]

Glad to hear you and your wife are ok.

Please post the pictures if you can. The way you have described the accident, the Hummer could have been the leading cause for the survival of the guy in the Civic as well. I've seen a head on collision with an H2 (actually it wasn't a comforting sight) but I'm curious what a rear impact looks like. Most of all I want to see pictures of a side impact since it seems this is where the H2 could be vulnerable.

[AL MOORE]

AZ,

I am so glad that you are with us. I think that a Friday night update on your family would be much appreciated by everyone. Maybe a "saftey Orange" H2 next time.

AL

"Follow the white rabit" .. 1999

[SONA]

More so when I was an anesthesia student (1988-90) then now. Now I just shake my head and think, dude, please don't come to my OR or show up in my ER. May let you go for Darwinian purposes... LOL, just kidding... I do think, "Do you realize how much grief people like you, give people like me, trying to help you help yourself, even if you don't appreciate how important it is for you to exchange oxygen with your fat cells?"

"Let me show you my gun collection"

[SONA]

Glad to hear that you are ok, and now I know that I made the right decision as well. Ms Hummer stand your ground and get the H2, the H1 is a hog and hardley ever works. The dealer where I got mine wanted to pay me $1000 to by the last H1 they had on the lot.

"Let me show you my gun collection"

[Arizona Hummerboy]

This is Mrs. Hummerboy,
I thought I had better write this as the combination of the crash and Vicodin have made Hummerboy a little goofy, not too mention he really is dyslexic. We are very appreciative of all of your thoughts and prayers. I too agree that if it wasn't for the H2 the guy in the Civic would be dead. I hope he realizes that also. We are so glad to be here to tell about it. I thought hummerboy was crazy for wanting one of those big things but now I'm glad he insisted on it. I'm also glad to hear you tell him to get another H2. We have been fighting over that. I don't want the H1 but he was thinking that he should get one of those this time. I'm holding out for the H2. I can not believe how well that thing protected us. We don't even have bruises from the seatbelts. I have always heard that people get bruises from the seatbelts when they are in a crash. Every day I am amazed at how lucky we are to be here. Again, thanks for your thoughts and prayers.
Mrs Hummerboy [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img]

[buddy]

I'm sure sorry to hear about this. We'll be praying for all of you. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif[/img]

Buddy

[MAC]

Arizona, Do you the photos of your Hummer? I think we want to see that more than the Honda or Jeep.
Get the Hummer tool and first aid kits out of your old Hummer, they are selling them for over $200 on eBay. While you are at it, get the rims, chairs, air tube and anything that is not nailed down and sell them on eBay. If you do it right, you may get enough money to buy an H1 too.

[Steve 2]

Same here. I have a 1991 Mercury Capri in the garage. I live in South Florida and have had many near misses. I am giving the car to my daughter who lives in rural upstate NY. She can drive to work and not pass another car for the entire 30 minute drive.

[Steve R]

I figured it would just be a matter of time until someone had their life saved because of the H2. Just imagine if you had been in a Camry or some other medium-sized sedan!

For that matter, had your H2 not absorbed and deadened the lethal blow of the imposing Jeep...others may have been killed: the H2 may have actually saved others lives as well.

Please heal well and take care of yourself!!!

[HummerGirl]

Yep you are so right...remember a few years ago when the DOT required that 18 wheelers have the bars be put below the rears of the trucks. Now days you can see them stripped with yellow tape.

This was implemented when cars were going under the rear and folks were being killed running underneath the rear wheels.

Well all in all...the hummer is still intended to be driven off road, but with creature comforts of getting to the off-road.. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Still would like to see AZHummerboy's hummer as well to see how it held up.

~amy
Move it or Lose it...

[dr p]

Glad to hear your still writing and pray for others. I just wanted to reiterate what someone said I once went to a lecture by a chiropractor and in some states physicians will sent whiplash victims directly to chiropractor in states like ours though they don't. whiplash treated within the first 24 hours by chiro does much better than treated later on. One of my patients is a chiropractor and he agrees.
Best of luck
Dr P

[SOFTTAILJC]

allglad to know you and wife are ok.. thank god the h2 did its job....all our thoughts are with you and the misses.... speedy recovery...soft

[kelleymac2000]

Hi there! Glad to hear everyone is okay.

I would advise against an H1 for daily driving for a couple of reasons: maintenance is INCREDIBLY expensive. I have two friends with H1s and in the past six months, each has been in for service for more than weeks at a time. One of them had a repair bill for $11K...I'm not exaggerating!

I want to buy an H1 someday myself, but for a daily driver, I firmly believe that the h2 is the way to go...

Kelley

[HummerGirl]

Hey Sona...I too tend to analyze crashes too. Except for I am analyzing where I am gonna find an airway in most crash victims and gonna intubate them.

Oh just wondering if you do this: when out in public to you notice folks jawlines and necks and think about how easy or hard they would be to intubate? I do. And when I see those folks with bullnecks or receding chins, I tend to look the other way.

~amy
Move it or Lose it...