worked a 2010 Cam wreck the other day

[BadSS]

Originally Posted by balthazar

My logic is skewed because you made stuff up and started talking about a whole other topic?

Your logic is "skewed" (do you even know what that means?) because you assume we could ever stop it. Taking the suggestion given, if every car was limited to 70mph, and he was doing 70 over a hill and the other car was doing 40, that's a closing speed of 110mph...guess what, everyone is still dead.

So maybe we limit it to 50, now we can't even do INTERSTATE speeds.

Or maybe we can just accept the fact that you can't stop terrible things from happening and the only way to even try is to cut back on how much living we can do.

Drive very slowly, be cavity searched before getting on a plane, don't own guns, only use butter knives and maybe even plastic at that.

You get to a point where the faulty logic of "it could have been prevented" leads you to ignore the costs of the actions you take to try to stop people from being killed.

People will always kill other people. People will always kill themselves. sometimes on purpose, sometimes by accident.

The sooner you accept that, the sooner you can stop being caught up in trying to keep everyone alive and start living a life.

I find it very ironic btw that a society filled with people who seldom if ever really live, is so hung up on extending that mundane existence as long as possible.

I'd rather die in a fireball in the middle of a field at 45 than sitting in a chair watching american idle at 70.

Simple fact of the matter is, even if your life isn't "cut short", it's still VERY short. Spend it living life and cherishing the people you have and not filing the sharp edges off everything you see.

Oh and try to practice a little common sense and intelligence...see how much that ups your life expectancy.

I had a rebuttal written for this but decided to delete it because it's not worth it. Have a nice life.

[Captain Awesome]

I have a question for the O.P.

In a wreck as bad as this, does OnStar still function and call for help?

[ron10]

do not like to hear things like this.can't believe someone would drive like that.

[AlSuwaidi]

its things like this that make me think wice before flooring it!

[scaldedchevy]

Originally Posted by autobot kj

Plus it would be a HIPAA violation & you could loose your job over it too

uh oh...you're either a nurse or a paramedic

[scaldedchevy]

Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

I have a question for the O.P.

In a wreck as bad as this, does OnStar still function and call for help?

it's supposed to. the technology is not perfect, however. i have responded to air bag deployments after being dispatched by OnStar, to find there is noone there. interestingly enough, on THIS accident that we are discussing....OnStar called several hours AFTER the accident occurred, and indicated a low speed impact with NO airbag deployment.

still..the idea is great when it works correctly

[Jarhead]

The stupidity one one should not control the masses. I agree with earlier posts. Live and let live.

Anyway this is not the forum for this type of discussion. IMHO anyway.

[Inuyashas_Brother]

Originally Posted by scaldedchevy

OnStar called several hours AFTER the accident occurred, and indicated a low speed impact with NO airbag deployment.

I guess the carsh was so powerful that it messed up the onboard computer?

[rudack]

Onstar worked perfect for me in my wreck. Sorry to hear about this, horrible for the family... 140... Back roads... One word comes to mind...

[DangerZL1]

I can't imagine what the family is going through right now. That was a terrrible accident and a reminder to all of us to think twice before pushing the limits of the car outside of a race track.

[Captain Awesome]

Originally Posted by scaldedchevy

it's supposed to. the technology is not perfect, however. i have responded to air bag deployments after being dispatched by OnStar, to find there is noone there. interestingly enough, on THIS accident that we are discussing....OnStar called several hours AFTER the accident occurred, and indicated a low speed impact with NO airbag deployment.

still..the idea is great when it works correctly

I was really curious to know if a rollover would mess up the antenna and OnStar wouldn't function.

I suspect that the antenna was damaged and couldn't make the call until the car was towed away and eventually got a good signal and the thing with the air bags was probably a fault with the computer being messed up with such a bad crash.