Holy Sh**!!
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Holy Sh**!!
Whoaaa....for all you guys pulling a camper 
. The ram is a third gen so I think this is the right section 
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FROM SHELBY COUNTY TODAY: At approximately 3 PM, Tuesday, July 2, a 2008 Dodge Ram 2500, pulling a new travel trailer, hit the corner of the Texas State Bank Drive-In on Tenaha Street, causing the complete awning to come to the ground. Luckily, the driver of the Dodge, Mickey Miller, of Garrison and his 10 year old son were able to exit their vehicle uninjured. According to Miller he was circling the bank to park on the other side when the corner of his travel trailer caught the corner of the bank awning. Next thing he heard was a rumble as the awning started falling against his driver's side door. Somehow he was able to unbuckle the seat beat and exit the other side of his truck as it was falling. Mark Ivy of Texas State Bank stated that the main lobby would be open for business while the drive-in is being repaired.[/align]
. The ram is a third gen so I think this is the right section http://i273.photobucket.com/flash/pl...s/camera21.flv
FROM SHELBY COUNTY TODAY: At approximately 3 PM, Tuesday, July 2, a 2008 Dodge Ram 2500, pulling a new travel trailer, hit the corner of the Texas State Bank Drive-In on Tenaha Street, causing the complete awning to come to the ground. Luckily, the driver of the Dodge, Mickey Miller, of Garrison and his 10 year old son were able to exit their vehicle uninjured. According to Miller he was circling the bank to park on the other side when the corner of his travel trailer caught the corner of the bank awning. Next thing he heard was a rumble as the awning started falling against his driver's side door. Somehow he was able to unbuckle the seat beat and exit the other side of his truck as it was falling. Mark Ivy of Texas State Bank stated that the main lobby would be open for business while the drive-in is being repaired.[/align]
All Star
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From: SC
RE: Holy Sh**!!
WOW!!! From the looks of it, he was lucky to get away alive... Glad there wasn't anyone else doing business in the drive-thru when that happened... All-in-all looks like luck was on someones side...
Now, in all actuallity building codes shouldn't have let that happen in the first place, those awnings are supposed to be designed to withstand impacts like this... I'll have to look it up, we have an awning over our front door at the shop, and I believe it has to be able to withstand a 40 mph impact, (there's some other technical term for the force of the impact, but that's how it was broke down to me)
Now, in all actuallity building codes shouldn't have let that happen in the first place, those awnings are supposed to be designed to withstand impacts like this... I'll have to look it up, we have an awning over our front door at the shop, and I believe it has to be able to withstand a 40 mph impact, (there's some other technical term for the force of the impact, but that's how it was broke down to me)
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RE: Holy Sh**!!
holy ****. that guy is one lucky man. i first watched the video and was like there was no way that guy lived, then i rwad it and was in even more shock when it said his 10 year daughter was with him, but i was then relieved that he made it out. that awning fell in a matter of a second or 2. that guy had amazing reaction timing to unbuckle and run out the passanger side.
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