He chose unwisely, but he's probably too old for a Darwin award. What kind of electrician does not understand that this could be a bad idea?
Posted on 03/09/2018 4:53:02 AM PST by lightman
A driver in New Jersey made a fatal mistake when he ignored a road closed barricade Thursday morning and drove on, only to run over live electrical wires downed by this week's nor'easter storm.
As 6ABC in Philly reports, the driver's SUV erupted into flames in on Summit Avenue and Route 208 in Franklin Lakes just before 9 a.m., as the vehicle hit those live wires.
In fact, the inferno was so bad, the driver had not been positively identified as of last reports.
Fire totally gutted the vehicle, and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation continues.
He chose unwisely, but he's probably too old for a Darwin award. What kind of electrician does not understand that this could be a bad idea?
I agree. Unless he actually stopped on wire it should have not done anything.
Was he electrocuted or did he burn to death? Wouldn’t the tires have insulated the truck?
One would think that — I recall a similar event and it boiled down to the tires being worn down enough where the steel-belted radials were exposed which allowed the electricity to flow through and killed the driver.
Remember one thing, no matter what anyone tells you:
EVERY WIRE IS A LIVE WIRE.
Plus, momentum alone should have pulled the car well past the wires. Not sure what the actual story was here.
So he’ll still be on a ghost payroll and a voter.
He didn't feel anything.
Seems that those tires would have blown.
True, I forgot that aspect of NJ Democrat voters
...about 20 miles northeast of me...
#1...ignored road closed sign
#2...electrician, I know better so there attitude
#3....highway portion of road is 95% exits and entrance ramps no addresses...short cut
#4....POOF!
EVERY WIRE IS A LIVE WIRE.
Exactly. Unless you personally have disconnected, locked out and tested the circuit, IT IS LIVE!
The tires did insulate the guy. That's why he bured to death instead of being eletrocuted to death.
A shocking story.
That area of N.J. has a lot of conservatives.
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Plus, momentum alone should have pulled the car well past the wires. Not sure what the actual story was here.””””””
Once that much juice touched his vehicle it would have wiped out all electrical components in the vehicle and it would stop immediately.
Each year I go to a seminar for people who dig in the dirt put on by the utility companies. They show pictures of accidents that happen when excavators hit gas or electric lines. This guy knew better than to drive over hot wires. We all make mistakes but this could have easily been avoided.
Was that 1981? Or 2005?
You probably mean primary transmission cables in the order of 500,000 volts. These cables are not insulated because no amount of insulation would be of any use.
Distribution cables (the ones running down your street) are sometimes insulated; sometimes not- depending on the voltage.
An electrical shock would cause the brakes to seize and make the car jolt to a stop?
I was on a jobsite once when a guy who I worked with punched through a gas main with a power post hole digger.
No fire but gave us all a huge scare. The gas line was 50 feet from where it was supposed to be and 2 feet less submerged.
It was a horrible jobsite. A couple days later, a plumber lit a couple condo’s on fire sweating pipe.
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