Wheelchair user taken on wild 50-mph ride
PAW PAW, Mich. - A man was taken on a wild ride when his wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was accidentally pushed down a highway for four miles at about 50 mph, authorities said.
The 21-year-old man, whose name was not released, was unharmed but was taken to a hospital as a precaution. He had been secured to his wheelchair by a seat belt. “The man spilled his soda pop, but he wasn’t upset,” said Sgt. Kathy Morton of the Michigan State Police. About 4 p.m. Wednesday, a caller told police dispatchers, “You are not going to believe this: There is a semi truck pushing a guy in a wheelchair on Red Arrow Highway,” state police said in a release. Prank call? Authorities initially wondered whether the report was a prank call until others called with similar reports. Officers stopped the truck — wheelchair still attached — at a trucking company. The driver didn’t believe officers until he stepped from his cab and saw for himself. “When he saw us, he was like, ’What’s going on?”’ Morton said. An investigation revealed the man in the wheelchair had pulled in front of the truck at a gas station and it somehow became lodged by its handles to the front grille. http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Co...0a.hmedium.jpg link |
I'm ashamed to admit this but I actually laughed aloud at the following line:
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For 4 miles and all he did is spill his soda??? Very lucky he's still alive.
The wheels on that chair must be well made. |
No freaking way.
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rollercoaster
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Where do I sign up?
Ohh nevermind........ |
I'm BJ McKay and this is my best friend Bear!
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He spilled his soda...Ida sh*t my pants! How in the world did that happen, how does wheelchair just get stuck to the front of a semi???
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I definitely would have shit my pants ... wonder what drivers in the other lane thought.
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I wonder if he maybe isn't a little loopy and did it on purpose. It seems impossible that it could have been accidental.
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...and it's probably b/c the kid wasn't harmed, but the first thing that came to my mind (likely going to hell for it) was... "TIMMAY".
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Sounds like something those Jackass guys would do. Might be fun if you weren't afraid of your wheelchair ripping apart.
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Very strong wheelchair.
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LMAO
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You know now that all of the rappers are going to have guy-in-a-wheelchair hood ornaments now.
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It is fortunate he had his seatbelt on. He's up in a part of the country where the cops charge people for anything they can find on the books, like hacking into a computer network sitting outside a coffeehouse using their wifi.
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Wow....one little rock in the road and that guy would have been toast.
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Good thing it didnt happen in OK or MO.. One pot hole and he would of been FUBAR! |
i don't see how that's possible
the wheels on the chair are so much smaller they couldn't turn fast enough to keep up. They would of been skidding and melting at 50 mph surely there is a mathematician in the house that can figure out how fast a 4 inch wheel would have to turn to keep up with a 4 foot wheel at 50 mph. |
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I am no mathematician, but my guess is "very fast" |
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:LOL: that's funny..... Poor kid, I'd just passed out, hyperventilated and with the smell of stinky drawers. |
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Who needs a mathematician for that kind of math? The smaller wheel would turn 12 times for every single revolution of the bigger wheel. |
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Why isn't the kid wearing shoes? lol
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I can't wait for the guy to make a mint by suing the carrier. You know there were 30 ambulance chasers just outside the shot in that picture waiting for an opportunity to make their pitch.
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A 4" diameter wheel would have a circumference of about 12 inches (2*pi*r). A 48" diameter wheel would have a circumference of about 144 inches (2*pi*r) The little wheel would be spinning exactly 12 times for every one revoluation of the big wheel. And the guy's not wearing shoes BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WALK. |
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I did some quick calculations and, assuming a 4” wheel, come up with only about 70 RPM’s for a wheel that size at 50 MPH. |
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Show me where I’m wrong then. 4” diameter = 12.56” circumference or the distance it will roll in one revolution. 1 MPH = 88 FPS (Feet Per Second) http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001729.html or 1056 in inches so 50 MPH = 52800 Inches traveled per second. 52800 / 12.56 (our wheel circumference) =4203.8 revolutions per second. 4203.8 * 60 = 252,228 RPM's. I see it, never mind. |
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i wouldn't think so unless it sort of lifted him off the ground when the truck raise up at the higher speed. I suppose he could of been carrying instead of pushed. |
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50 miles/hour * hour/60minutes * Revolution/12.56 inches * 5280 feet/mile * 12 inches/foot. I think your calculation is revolutions per second unless I'm missing something. |
Talk about great publicity.
I'm sure the manufacturer of that wheelchair will want to cash in on this story. |
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That's a bit of a difference. |
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Thats something no one would have dreamed up.
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+250K RPM’s is a shit ton. I’d be amazed if the bearings survived that. |
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I'm envisioning a brand new marketing opportunity and offshoot from NASCAR...
The Wheelchair Push 500! Now THAT's an extreme sport! |
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wheels on the chair would of simply melted off if it was really being 'pushed' at that high of speed. |
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Now, it really would take a mathematician to determine how long those wheels would last under the drag conditions, road conditions, chair specs, etc. The guy is incredibly lucky to be alive. Had he been pushed sideways I'm guessing the chair tips and he's roadkill. |
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How did my thread get turned into a RadarChief/Rainman/Laz/Phobia Physics class?
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I'm not so sure the guy in the wheelchair is wearing shoes. From the pic he could be wearing just socks with little designs on them. I need a higher quality pic of his feet.
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Then again, maybe they took his shoes off because the poop ran down his leg and into them. Seems like his socks would have stains though.
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Though it's still mostly about laughing about unfortunate people in wheelchairs stuck to the front of semis |
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equal to the god damned NY Times/Post in accuracy of reporting.
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LMAO |
I would think his chair would have some sort of govenor since it's a motorized one. I imagine the internals are burned up.
I have a set of Spinergy wheels on mine. Where do I sign up? |
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Hooked a childhood pest on his bike to the back of my car once..60 mph it was still upright...when we slowed down he bailed off and ran off ....
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When asked what he was doing to get himself attached to the semi in the first place, the
man replied, "I was looking for my baseball.......have you seen my baseball?" |
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