Driver survives high-speed Yellowstone bison crash to buy Fusion again

[TomServo92]

Link

 

[Mark B. Morrow]

Built Bison Tough

[soupy]

Buffalo hunters everywhere will soon want a Fusion.

[Sherminator98]

The 55-mile-per-hour impact totaled the car and killed several of the migrating “American buffalo” on the snowbound highway.

 

WTF?

 

Isn't that a bit fast on a snowy road?

[Quiet Insider]

The best endorsement is always from satisfied customers. I like the list of vehicles she owns. About the only way this could of been better is if she borrowed the fusion and normally drove an import and THEN decided to buy a fusion.

[Hugh]

WTF?

 

Isn't that a bit fast on a snowy road?

It reminded me of going across Montana in a Civic in the middle of winter. I was lucky to get over 40 and everyone else zipping by....only to end up in a ditch a few miles down the road.

 

Mmmmm...Bison...yummy.

[suv_guy_19]

WTF?

 

Isn't that a bit fast on a snowy road?

 

 

No....depends on how slippery it is.

[suv_guy_19]

It reminded me of going across Montana in a Civic in the middle of winter. I was lucky to get over 40 and everyone else zipping by....only to end up in a ditch a few miles down the road.

 

 

Ah yes...the people who forget how to drive every time it snows...how I love them. One time, when it was really slippery, I drove home 350kms....it took over 6 hours. I don't know how many people I passed that were in the ditch. Sometimes you need to go slow...sometimes not. The problem for most people is learning when to do each.

[Hugh]

Ah yes...the people who forget how to drive every time it snows...how I love them. One time, when it was really slippery, I drove home 350kms....it took over 6 hours. I don't know how many people I passed that were in the ditch. Sometimes you need to go slow...sometimes not. The problem for most people is learning when to do each.

+1 Just this winter, driving home from Mt. Washington on Vancouver Island. We had a snow dump between Courtney and Parksville (around 80 km) and I could do no more then 40 km on balding tires. SUV, trucks and cars flying by in a unplowed lane. Sure enough I counted over 10 (including a touring bus) in the ditch.

[Sherminator98]

No....depends on how slippery it is.

 

I'm assuming that there was a covering of snow on the ground with no blacktop showing....55 is too fast

 

If was down to blacktop with it just starting to snow and not sticking to the surface, then thats ok.

[jpvbs]

the article references a "snowbound" road, not a snow covered road. Could this mean there were large piles snow along side the road and the bison were corralled onto the roadway?

[twintornados]

Just wait until P.E.T.A. gets a hold of this information...they will call for a ban on Fusions to protect bison

[matthewq4b]

I'm assuming that there was a covering of snow on the ground with no blacktop showing....55 is too fast

 

If was down to blacktop with it just starting to snow and not sticking to the surface, then thats ok.

 

 

If that was the case then we would not be able to drive faster than that for 5 months of the year.

Speed is not an issue on snow or Ice covered roads for the most part. It knowing what you as a driver are capable of and what your vehicle is capable of. And not exceeding either and leaing yourself a margin of error.

 

I have seen more wrecks caused by people trying to avoid some moron putting along at 30 and 40 miles an hour on the hyway on what we consider normal winter conditions that do not require drastic reductions in normal hyway speeds.

 

The big differance here is we do get months and months of what most further south would consider severe winter driving conditions. Here we are used to it and take it stride. It is the people that do not have the experiance that are in the most danger and those driving FWD's as they are inherantly unstable and unpredictable on slick surfaces at hyway speeds. Also the now almost standard AntiLock Brakes do not help matters either on ice or snow coverd roads with drastically increased stopping distances.

 

 

 

Matthew

[Critic]

Just wait until P.E.T.A. gets a hold of this information...they will call for a ban on Fusions to protect bison

 

Actually I was wondering WHY FORD put this out like they did. yes it shows a well built car, but FARLEY? Farley you old toyoda trickster, must feel news like this is good for their plan. Years ago I don't think you'd ever want to see something like this from a company. PETA ASPCA NIA CIA FBI UFO would be all over them for it.

[Hugh]

Actually I was wondering WHY FORD put this out like they did. yes it shows a well built car, but FARLEY? Farley you old toyoda trickster, must feel news like this is good for their plan. Years ago I don't think you'd ever want to see something like this from a company. PETA ASPCA NIA CIA FBI UFO would be all over them for it.

Well, depending on what happened to the Bison.

[NickF1011]

Well, depending on what happened to the Bison.

 

The article said not one, but several died. But really, that's like hitting a cow these days. They make burgers out of bison meat these days.

[twintornados]

The article said not one, but several died. But really, that's like hitting a cow these days. They make burgers out of bison meat these days.

Bison burgers ala Fusion....mmmmm, good!

[Critic]

Bison burgers ala Fusion....mmmmm, good!

 

Anyone find out what political party these Bison belong too?

[NickF1011]

Anyone find out what political party these Bison belong too?

 

Tsk, tsk.

[rmc523]

Maureen Edgerton, 51, of West Yellowstone, Mt., was driving home on the dark night of April 11, when she unexpectedly slammed her 2007 Ford Fusion into a herd of bison

 

:lol:

 

I'd certainly hope it was "unexpectedly."

[soupy]

WTF?

 

Isn't that a bit fast on a snowy road?

 

AWD?

[twintornados]

...into a herd of bison...

 

Herd of bison....!?!? What do I care what a bison heard......

[SVT_MAN]

AWD?

 

You bring up a good point.

 

FWD = 2 wheel go.

AWD = 4 wheel go.

 

FWD = 4 wheel stop

AWD = 4 wheel stop

 

FWD = less weight (less intertia)

AWD = extra weight (more intertia)

 

(4 wheel stop + less weight) > (4 wheel stop + more weight)

 

FWD > AWD when it comes to stoppping exercises (assuming ABS is equipped - my 2006 Fusion SEL doesn't have ABS .. grr)

 

That was just conjecture ... any thoughts on that logic?

[Quiet Insider]

If that was the case then we would not be able to drive faster than that for 5 months of the year.

Speed is not an issue on snow or Ice covered roads for the most part. It knowing what you as a driver are capable of and what your vehicle is capable of. And not exceeding either and leaing yourself a margin of error.

 

I have seen more wrecks caused by people trying to avoid some moron putting along at 30 and 40 miles an hour on the hyway on what we consider normal winter conditions that do not require drastic reductions in normal hyway speeds.

 

The big differance here is we do get months and months of what most further south would consider severe winter driving conditions. Here we are used to it and take it stride. It is the people that do not have the experiance that are in the most danger and those driving FWD's as they are inherantly unstable and unpredictable on slick surfaces at hyway speeds. Also the now almost standard AntiLock Brakes do not help matters either on ice or snow coverd roads with drastically increased stopping distances.

 

 

 

Matthew

 

I agree 100% with you.

[stpatrick90]

If that was the case then we would not be able to drive faster than that for 5 months of the year.

Speed is not an issue on snow or Ice covered roads for the most part. It knowing what you as a driver are capable of and what your vehicle is capable of. And not exceeding either and leaing yourself a margin of error.

 

I have seen more wrecks caused by people trying to avoid some moron putting along at 30 and 40 miles an hour on the hyway on what we consider normal winter conditions that do not require drastic reductions in normal hyway speeds.

 

The big differance here is we do get months and months of what most further south would consider severe winter driving conditions. Here we are used to it and take it stride. It is the people that do not have the experiance that are in the most danger and those driving FWD's as they are inherantly unstable and unpredictable on slick surfaces at hyway speeds. Also the now almost standard AntiLock Brakes do not help matters either on ice or snow coverd roads with drastically increased stopping distances.

 

 

 

Matthew

 

I don't know what kind of FWD vehicle you have been driving but I have never once experienced this so called instability and unpredictability that you speak of. From what I know and have experienced, ABS is always better than non-ABS in all situations except deep snow or a very heavily rutted road, and even some of the newer ABS systems I believe are starting to cope with those two situations better too.

I think that accidents happen in the winter because people just suck at driving. And anyways I certainly feel confident in saying that I see more RWD cars and 4WD pickups/suvs in the ditch each winter that I ever see FWD cars. I think this is because the 4WDs are cocky because they can keep moving better than other cars but they fail to realize that they don't stop faster because of 4WD. And I think I see more RWDs because while they are fun to drive in the winter when you want to have fun, the rest of the time they are just a hand full.