Early 911 crash in NH

[PabloX]

Sad. I hope he recovers well.

Is it possible to retrofit shoulder belts in the early cars?

[Hugh R]

Ouch, here is to a speedy recovery.

[ironhorse]

Originally Posted by PabloX

Sad. I hope he recovers well.

Is it possible to retrofit shoulder belts in the early cars?

Hoping that good news will be forthcoming.

I think there are imbedded nuts in upper section of the 'B' pillars, but don't remember when they started installing them. I believe it was '68 on.

Anything can happen within a split second. Sounds more and more like installing a GoPro on the dash is a wise decision ... maybe he did swerve to avoid some sort of obstacle that didn't stick around for the aftermath ?

Get Well sir.

[Jays72T]

Very sad indeed. Hoping the best for George and his family.

[pete3799]

Originally Posted by deanp

Rt 16 near the Pontook Reservoir is near an area called 16 Mile Woods. This is an area known for heavy moose activity. The article says speed was involved, but if memory serves the speed limit through there is at least 45mph on a two lane road with locals frequently above that. Not sure what time of day this happened but at this time of year moose are frequently in roadside wallows (within 20ft of the roadside) around there. The article definitely got the injuries wrong, and like Aigel, I wonder if there was a health issue or wildlife issue that caused this and not necessarily speed. The road runs along the river, which would be on the right heading north, from the position of the car, it appears he was heading south. Wishing the best for a full recovery.

We had to stop for a moose in the road on last years ride right about that same area. Just came through an S turn and there he was.

[Juggino]

Originally Posted by willtel

He must drive it hard, he's completely sideways in that pic!

Willtel, and all others. Please do not make assumptions when you have no idea what the hell you are talking about. That is a photo of George crossing the road from the parking lot where we were staying to the one directly across. He is not sideways!!!

George is a senior, quite reserved and a very accomplished driver. Instead of just trying to just have something to say you should be supportive as no one knows exactly what caused this tragic event. This could have happened to any one of us.

[catuck]

I think willtel was joking. Perhaps not a well thought out joke, but I don't think he was serious.

[willtel]

Originally Posted by Juggino

Willtel, and all others. Please do not make assumptions when you have no idea what the hell you are talking about. That is a photo of George crossing the road from the parking lot where we were staying to the one directly across. He is not sideways!!!

George is a senior, quite reserved and a very accomplished driver. Instead of just trying to just have something to say you should be supportive as no one knows exactly what caused this tragic event. This could have happened to any one of us.

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Chill out.

[Steve Carlton]

Yep.

[sm70911]

This is not a subject for brevity however you dress it up

Think about it, This is a sobering event Both Joe (Juggino) and I were among the group that was with George for lunch and saw him walking around healthy and well very shortly before the accident happened.

Both He and his family need our support as do the other two drivers who were with him, and whose actions saved his life.

instead of blithely writing 'chill out' you should think about what other people who were on the run and therefore close to this feel.

[KNS]

Originally Posted by PabloX

Sad. I hope he recovers well.

Is it possible to retrofit shoulder belts in the early cars?

My '68 Volkswagen came with lap belts but the bolt holes were in the B pillars for the addition of shoulder belts (which I added).

Perhaps Porsche followed what VW was doing in that time period...

Hoping for a speedy recovery for George.

[AFC-911]

While you guys are a bit hypersensitive at the moment, it was OBVIOUS that Willtel wasn't being serious. It was obvious to anyone (unless you were blindly emotional) that his comment was not a character attack on George.

Juggino is reading between lines where there aren't any to be read.

Yes, it is a heavy subject, but people cope and react differently. Some choose to lighten it up a little instead of writing depressing posts.

Attacking other posters by reacting like Juggino and yourself isn't any better, imo.

[72doug2,2S]

Prayers out to George.

[sm70911]

Hypersensitive ? ... blindly emotional ?
Nah I'm just smart enough to know when something is appropriate to bring facetious or otherwise humor to and when its not. One look at the pics at the top of the thread and its blindingly obvious to my hypersensitive, blindly emotional self what the timbre of the thread should be ... Ooops looks like i'm attacking you now, yikes !

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by 72doug2,2s

prayers out to george.

+1

[willtel]

Originally Posted by sm70911

Hypersensitive ? ... blindly emotional ?
Nah I'm just smart enough to know when something is appropriate to bring facetious or otherwise humor to and when its not. One look at the pics at the top of the thread and its blindingly obvious to my hypersensitive, blindly emotional self what the timbre of the thread should be ... Ooops looks like i'm attacking you now, yikes !

The thing is, you don't get to tell me what is funny. Ever.

I don't know George, I'm not a doctor, and I'm not religious so besides adding a little brevity to a crap situation there is nothing I can do. So you can either have a chuckle at what any sane person would realize is a comment made in jest, or you can stuff it.

[AFC-911]

Originally Posted by sm70911

Hypersensitive ? ... blindly emotional ?
Nah I'm just smart enough to know when something is appropriate to bring facetious or otherwise humor to and when its not. One look at the pics at the top of the thread and its blindingly obvious to my hypersensitive, blindly emotional self what the timbre of the thread should be ... Ooops looks like i'm attacking you now, yikes !

Was it 100% appropriate? No. I can agree with you on that. However, I don't think Juggino's response was necessary. It was a knee jerk reaction that he took it as a character attack on your boy.

[mikesride]

Oh Yikes!!! Those pics make my stomach turn..... I hope this fellow pulls through OK. My thoughts are with him and any of you guys here that know him as well.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Good luck George, the rest of you can all suck eggs.....geez get a grip.

Unsubscribed.....

Yep. I was talking to a member since departed from these forums today by phone. His take exactly. 'Cept he unsubscribed from the whole mess that we are.

[TRE Cup]

Good luck and get well George
all the best