Tiger Woods accident

[rpoffen]

The car that Tiger Woods was driving when he crashed was a Genesis GV80. Apparently he lost control at high speed, crossed the center median, crossed the opposite direction lanes, hit the curb and went off the road, rolling multiple times before coming to a rest.
All the air bags deployed, the bulk of his injuries were to his legs, compound open fractures as well as foot and ankle injuries.
They say he is lucky to be alive.

 

[vipeboy2000]

The car that Tiger Woods was driving when he crashed was a Genesis GV80. Apparently he lost control at high speed, crossed the center median, crossed the opposite direction lanes, hit the curb and went off the road, rolling multiple times before coming to a rest.
All the air bags deployed, the bulk of his injuries were to his legs, compound open fractures as well as foot and ankle injuries.
They say he is lucky to be alive.

the structure of the cabin looks like it did the job and held up well.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

Gee, he shanked that drive & ended up in the rough.

 

[Spaceme17]

Gee, he shanked that drive & ended up in the rough.

Nice.

 

[ZedsGT]

Probably drunk

 

[eljay]

Nope, supposedly sober, but he left the hotel angry that another guest, who was loading luggage, blocked him and made him late, so possibly driving agitated and too fast. And that stretch is a long decline that has emergency escape lanes in case of brake failures, so not safe for those unfamiliar with the road.

Gayle King on CBS This Morning commented that the excellent condition of the passenger cab after a rollover was a good advertisement for the car. Agreed.

 

[Kamauxx]

Gayle King on CBS This Morning commented that the excellent condition of the passenger cab after a rollover was a good advertisement for the car. Agreed.

And an added bonus, "GENESIS" was plastered on the two front doors for all the cameras to see.

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

This is good for Genesis actually. It shows, at least through proper advertising, how safe and strong their SUV's are. I find it pretty sad though that whenever a celebrity, politician, athlete, entertainer, etc... gets injured or killed everyone cries and is so "hurt and saddened" by the terrible experience... and yet nobody gives a crap or sheds a tear of the countless MILLIONS of ordinary people who suffer daily...

Tiger Woods (or anyone famous) gets hurt = oh no poor him! how terrible!
Random Person gets hurt = ?

lmfao sorry

anywayz... I think it's good for Genesis... if they're smart they will talk about how incredibly safe and secure their vehicle is... easy advertising and boosts in sales... Gotta remember that people are sheep... They see Genesis and the Genesis logo/icon and they flock to it...

 

[rpoffen]

And an added bonus, "GENESIS" was plastered on the two front doors for all the cameras to see.

I think these were loaner cars for the Genesis Invitational golf tournament which was just held the past weekend.

 

[YEH]

 

[Kamauxx]

I think these were loaner cars for the Genesis Invitational golf tournament which was just held the past weekend.

Yes, I believe that's what was written on the doors.

 

[YEH]

I think these were loaner cars for the Genesis Invitational golf tournament which was just held the past weekend.

Tiger was hosting the event.

 

[MerlintheMad]

All the air bags deployed, the bulk of his injuries were to his legs, compound open fractures as well as foot and ankle injuries.
They say he is lucky to be alive.

Gayle King on CBS This Morning commented that the excellent condition of the passenger cab after a rollover was a good advertisement for the car.

I am having difficulty visualizing this: How can the cabin be in "excellent condition" and Woods still suffer compound leg fractures?! Foot and ankle injuries I can understand. But wouldn't those be compound FIRST before legs? Or was he not buckled in? If he was buckled in, I don't see how a compound leg fracture could happen without a crushing impact on the leg or legs. If the cabin was mostly intact, this could not happen unless he was not buckled in.

 

[rpoffen]

They (LA county Sheriff) said he was buckled in, if not he probably would not have survived.
I imagine that most of his torso and head were protected by the air bags, but there are none around the lower extremities. Perhaps the engine/transmission got pushed into the cabin, or just the flailing of rolling multiple times caused the leg injuries.

 

[stoopid]

I am having difficulty visualizing this: How can the cabin be in "excellent condition" and Woods still suffer compound leg fractures?! Foot and ankle injuries I can understand. But wouldn't those be compound FIRST before legs? Or was he not buckled in? If he was buckled in, I don't see how a compound leg fracture could happen without a crushing impact on the leg or legs. If the cabin was mostly intact, this could not happen unless he was not buckled in.

Your legs are moving at 50, 60, 80 MPH and only have to move a few inches forward to impact the underside of the dash. If your feet are flat against the floor under the dash, as that impacts inwards even a little bit it will break bones since the rest of the body can't/isn't going to give any. The ankles and lower legs are often the first to get impacted in car crashes, some rock climbing accidents (hitting feet first), slipping off a ladder, etc.

His back issues are likely going to be the biggest issue in recovery, he had recently undergone surgery and who knows how far along his therapy was and what an impact like this has in complicating it.

 

[eljay]

I am having difficulty visualizing this: How can the cabin be in "excellent condition" and Woods still suffer compound leg fractures?! Foot and ankle injuries I can understand. But wouldn't those be compound FIRST before legs? Or was he not buckled in? If he was buckled in, I don't see how a compound leg fracture could happen without a crushing impact on the leg or legs. If the cabin was mostly intact, this could not happen unless he was not buckled in.

He was reportedly belted. I know from experience as the passenger in a relatively low-speed head-on collision that since your legs aren't belted, they bounce around a lot; I had a couple of bruises that were located in areas where I never could figure out what part of the car interior I could possibly have come in contact with. I shudder to imagine what would happen in a rollover. Gravity's a bitch.

Since a celebrity was involved, the only sure thing here is that eventually we'll get every detail of what happened, whether we pursue the info or not.

All I know is that I really want that airbag between the two front seats!

 

[stoopid]

... I find it pretty sad though that whenever a celebrity, politician, athlete, entertainer, etc... gets injured or killed everyone cries and is so "hurt and saddened" by the terrible experience... and yet nobody gives a crap or sheds a tear of the countless MILLIONS of ordinary people who suffer daily...

Tiger Woods (or anyone famous) gets hurt = oh no poor him! how terrible!
Random Person gets hurt = ?

lmfao sorry...

Celebrities are put on a pedestal. Sometimes earned, often not. Sports figures in particular seem to hold an artificially elevated status in our minds. They're just kicking/hitting things for a living. We should be crying when doctors, physicists, biologists, etc die. These people are truly impacting outcomes for humanity. Celebrities are literally just entertainment. Some rise above this, and use their fame to promote causes and fortunes to fund projects they feel passionately about, but most are just the meatheads/prima donnas everyone secretly hated (often with good reason) in high school. lol

I realize our feelings run contrary to how "we're supposed to think/feel" about people in tragedy, but your post did conjure the "here we go again" reaction from me as well.

 

[MerlintheMad]

They (LA county Sheriff) said he was buckled in, if not he probably would not have survived.
I imagine that most of his torso and head were protected by the air bags, but there are none around the lower extremities. Perhaps the engine/transmission got pushed into the cabin, or just the flailing of rolling multiple times caused the leg injuries.

Watch this:

especially at 3:52. They walked away. Something isn't being accurately reported about Woods' accident.

 

[stoopid]

Watch this:

especially at 3:52. They walked away. Something isn't being accurately reported about Woods' accident.

Did they walk away? (I assume you know this, versus what the video shows, which isn't anything regarding their condition after the crash)

The difference between the rollover you cited and the obvious damage to Woods' Genesis was the severe frontal impact on the Genesis. The car rolling over, while horrific, experienced a lower initial g-force impact than the Genesis. That front impact on the Genesis was an extreme event, I can definitely see his legs getting damaged just from that part of the impact alone. My best guess to Woods' accident is he ended up going off the road at speed, went airborne and impacted front-end first into the ground (or hit the guardrail at speed, flipped, and tumbled down the embankment). Most of the energy in Woods' vehicle met front-end first with an immovable object. By comparison, most of the visible damage to the rest of Woods' vehicle was 'minor'. That tumbling car was shredded but the momentum/energy spread out over more impacts. The biggest threat to the driver in the tumbling car would have been debris hitting them as the car peeled away and left them exposed.

 

[eljay]

It was a pretty complex accident. Here's the site:

The car jumped the median (from the northbound lanes on the right in this picture), crashed through the back of the wooden sign, then continued across the oncoming lanes and entered the hillside just before it would have hit one of the utility poles. There's a slight decline behind the trees, but then the terrain almost immediately goes uphill steeply. The car not only hit one or more trees and rolled more than once (maybe not in that order), but somewhere in all that it rotated so that when it came to rest, it was facing roughly southbound.

Probably more details than you all want to know, but the logistics of all the twisting and turning that happened before the car ended up stopping in the place and position it did both puzzles and fascinates me.