LEXUS_KID

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JessePS

sorry an H2 or H3 is not a true Hummer

hass

I was so bored that i researched and found the story, horrible drivers http://www.theindychannel.com/news/10402840/detail.html

PureDrifter

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for the lazy ones

trukn1

Yes,, hitting the rear end or a school bus is like running into a brick wall, especially the ones which have a flat face and no nose(hood) on the front, since the engine is in the rear of these vehicles. I really am glad that the driver was only minorly hurt, but I mean who cant see a bright yellow school bus from like a mile away. School bus driver was at fault for not having at least her 4 way flashers on, but cmon she was againt the curb and not in the middle of the road like the report suggested. True, she could have used alot better judgement on where to stop to take her call. Just goes to show you that anyone who has a commercial license, I know b/c I have one as well, can be penalized for even the stupidest acts the someone else commits. Not saying that the school bus driver wasnt at fault but think about it; you just hit the rear end of a big,YELLOW, school bus that wasnt moving. How can you even justify not being able to see this thing from like a mile away.
Also agree with another members comment about the H2 and H3 not being real Hummers. These are just overpriced, differently paneled versions of the Suburban, Tahoe,, and GM builds them off of this platform.

PIMPALA-SS

#1 that is a terrible thing to say.

#2 "american cars are build to suck" wow.. nice way to put it buddy. i'd like to see a similar vehicle.. like a RX330, or MDX maybe slam into the back of a school bus at the same speed. i'm sure the driver would just have "minor injuries" like the article states..... right?

PIMPALA-SS

thankfully, he wasnt driving a H1. if he had been, there is a good chance that children would have been hurt due to the height, and structure of a H1.

bitkahuna

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You are WAY out of line with that comment. I think you should apologize.

Kaban

I am sorry, it wasn't my intension to sound like that or be insensitive about other peoples accident.

I am just venting that GM could of made something safer for everyone rather than that thing called hummer. Imagine if wasn't a school bus, instead it was a family of 5 in a Camry or mini van. Someone would be hurt because of the way the front end of hummers are made, it's "bumper" would just go throu the windshield of a car instead of hitting the cars bumper or even trunk.

DriftNsc3

Umm..isn't Bluebird an american company? Bluebird is the compnay that makes 75% of buses.
And yeah that was way out of line but you did apolgize, gotta give you that.

Threxx

American cars aren't 'built to suck' - cars are supposed to fold up like a tin can AROUND the cabin of the car. Take a physics class or two and you'll understand why if that hummer looked as good as the bus in that picture, the driver would actually have MUCH worse injuries, if not be flat-out dead, as the force of impact would have been many many times what it was for him with it folded up like that.

Granted, it looks like it would have killed any passenger in the vehicle, but there's only so much impact a vehicle can take - hitting that bus was worse than running into a solid concrete/metal wall because the bumper of the bus was high up enough to not allow the hummer's bumper to act as intended for a head on collision.

Have you guys never seen any of the pics of the Lexus LX looking bent up after some relatively low MPH impacts?

Again, it has nothing to do with how it's made - in fact if it's made well, it WILL look effed up - and consequentially, the occupants won't.

bitkahuna

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Thanks. I don't know a whole lot about the accident, but I thought 'good' crash protection is when the front of a car *DOES* crumple up to ABSORB the impact. If the front of a vehicle is completely stiff and unbendable the OCCUPANTS become MISSILES on vehicle impact.

mkorsu

I think that the "point" here, aside from being a terrible crash, is the irony. Too many people think they are purchasing tanks when they buy an SUV, let alone a Hummer.

This goes to show that the simple fact of being in a Hummer does not guarantee safety.

GS3Tek

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TIme and time again that people need to pay more attention while driving.

Seems like the hummer driver fiddled a little too long on the radio.
Doesn't the hummer have radio controls on the steering wheel?

I hope he's not changing a cd disc

PRSUIT460

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Wow, what a horrible accident! That Tahoe got messed up!