Fountain @ LOTO passengers injured in near rollover
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I noticed two things. The last time the driver hit the throttle it appears to be accidental from the jolt. But more importantly, right after that he was out on his feet. He was unconscious before falling over. Makes you wonder if the boat still would have spun out if he still had stayed conscious and kept a hold of the wheel. Or maybe at least less violently?
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I don't think he was unconscious before "falling" over. It looks like it, but the way his body was moving it looks like he was accelerating due to the reaction forces on the boat and its change in direction. It helps to watch the shoreline behind the boat as you also watch his movement. Tremendous G forces there.
My guess is he thought they were going to be thrown out of the boat so he went limp and let go, only the gforces carried him to the floor not the water.
Anyone who has jumped anything (4 wheeler, bike, mx bike, snowmobile) knows that chopping the throttle right before the jump is never a good thing.
If this guy a is a racer he is the wheel man, no way he works the throttles. I have watched this video at least 15 times and still have no idea why he is working the sticks like that
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I don't think he was unconscious before "falling" over. It looks like it, but the way his body was moving it looks like he was accelerating due to the reaction forces on the boat and its change in direction. His arms are down because he was gripping the throttles and steering wheel as he was thrown to the floor. It helps to watch the shoreline behind the boat as you also watch his movement. Tremendous G forces there.
I hope they all heal quickly.
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They were in the sanctioned poker run. It was the Shootout poker run that started at Backwater jacks
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I think if he would of been able to stay at the wheel the boat would not of spun out. The aggresive side to side threw him out and then the drives were free to do what they wanted, hence after his ejection the spin started. Amazing no one died or is paralized. I wish them all a quick recovery.
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The most dangerous drivers here are the ones who think they never make any driving mistakes, and, therefore, never learn from them. They are the ones who think they are God's gift to boat driving. It's very easy to arm chair quarterback other drivers on what they did wrong, but it doesn't make that person a better driver than the one they are criticizing. We can't even see the waves or the attitude of the boat in this video. It seems a lot of this discussion has gone far beyond just learning from the mistakes, and is more about pumping up egos.
I see people who are real "experts", with extensive performance driving experience and highly honed skills, racing offshore boats, and they spin them, stuff them, flip them, and roll them.
The bottom line is there are unexpected conditions on the water, and this won't be the last time something like this happens. The best we can hope for is we learn from each incident, and try not ot make the same mistake.
My condolences go out to those who were injured, and I hope for a speedy recovery.
Michael
I see people who are real "experts", with extensive performance driving experience and highly honed skills, racing offshore boats, and they spin them, stuff them, flip them, and roll them.
The bottom line is there are unexpected conditions on the water, and this won't be the last time something like this happens. The best we can hope for is we learn from each incident, and try not ot make the same mistake.
My condolences go out to those who were injured, and I hope for a speedy recovery.
Michael
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At 31 seconds that was a violent jolt that put the girls necks close to a 90* angle. His brain got scrambled a bit there and he was out at 32 seconds. He just loses his grip, hands stay down and he falls over. Like I said we'll never know but bottom line this shows how quickly it can go wrong out there.