Sturdy cars make it harder for rescuers

[Jim M AKA Miatajim]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_re_us/too_tough_cars

[aeagles]

didn't I just read this on that other forum? :rolleyes:

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=273424

[hobie237]

Hybrids are a royal PITA, due to the amounts of electricity that can be flowing through the chassis in a wreck, as well as the chemicals in the batteries. IIRC the Prius has the batteries in the rear and the engine in the front, so it has a really big extension cord between them that requires you to be very careful with the jaws of life. I wish I remembered more, but I haven't been to any training sessions in quite some time now.

[autoXchick]

didn't I just read this on that other forum? :rolleyes:

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=273424

Yeah, like no one else has ever posted this story or anything even remotely like it anywhere else on the entire internet? :rolleyes:

[hobie237]

There is nothing wrong with discussing the same articles in both places.

[aeagles]

Yeah, like no one else has ever posted this story or anything even remotely like it anywhere else on the entire internet? :rolleyes:


hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[foldsct]

Hybrids are a royal PITA, due to the amounts of electricity that can be flowing through the chassis in a wreck, as well as the chemicals in the batteries. IIRC the Prius has the batteries in the rear and the engine in the front, so it has a really big extension cord between them that requires you to be very careful with the jaws of life. I wish I remembered more, but I haven't been to any training sessions in quite some time now.


Where I live, they just finished the training sessions about the jaws of life and the electrical cars.

It is truly an intricate procedure, and one that I hope to never take part in.

It's scary stuff.:eek:

[autoXchick]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Thanks! I thought it was hilarious. :D I'm always happy to see someone appreciates my sense of humor. :D

[hobie237]

Where I live, they just finished the training sessions about the jaws of life and the electrical cars.

It is truly an intricate procedure, and one that I hope to never take part in.

It's scary stuff.:eek:

I'm due for all my refreshers this summer, so I'll likely get an update then. Since I'm not actively rescuing anyone at the moment it's not of primary concern, but I like to keep appraised of what's going on. Since I worked at the beach in the summer, windows were almost always down, making extrication relatively simple, just grab and yank. ;)