Rust?... What is rust? ... If you look at the sky condition in the video.. that's what it looks like here for 360 days out of the year... ;)) .08 inches of rain last month.. it was a "wet month"... haha..
Trailer hitch ball sticking out the back of a vehicle is almost required here.. If you bark your shin on one.. you will remember next time to give some space to other vehicles.. On closer inspection of the wreck damage, looks like the hitch mount and sturdy receiver hitch with ball took the hit, returned major damage to the attacking car and helped reduce the sheet metal damage. If you look on the site that sells the Black Box cameras, there is a "people who bought this also bought" list below it.. One of those items is a 12V to 5V hard wire power supply, and beside that is a listing for wiring connectors to tap into your fuse box for a "key on" power. The power supply has a generous 15 ft power cord. Cost is less than $10. I bought one.. have not yet installed it.. for now, a duplex power plug for the lighter port has been working. After this event.. a dedicated rear facing camera is on my list.. as is an on board digital hard drive, in a locked compartment. Off to talk to lawyers and doctors... and body shops.. and the police.. busy work.. On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 7:22 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I was surprised when the first one mentioned it, most trucks have one > sticking out. My biggest reason for removal is not Johnny Law but: > A. Keep it from rusting into placeand2. Keep from busting my shin on it > Actually #II is probably the most important reason... > -Curt > > From: Joel Cairo via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: Joel Cairo <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 10:16 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dash camera crash video > > Might be the case in nanny states but around here a hitch is a normal > part of the attire for a truck. And Truck Nutz too! > > --JC > > > On 6/8/16 10:10 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > Careful where you go with that hitch sticking out, AFAIK in most places > its illegal to have a shin buster installed unless you've got a trailer on > it. > > I've never been seriously hassled but I've had a couple different cops > point this out. > > Also I've had a couple trucks where the hitch got rusted to the > receiver, keeping the receiver in the pickup seems to solve that problem as > does grease... > > -Curt > > > > From: Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > To: "mercedes@okiebenz com" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Cc: Karl Wittnebel <atypical...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 9:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dash camera crash video > > > > Hope you are ok G Mann. > > > > I put one camera in my car and one I my wife's right after Wilton > accident. > > She has already been rear ended once (second time since that car was new > in > > Jan 2015). Unfortunately, she had unplugged the camera to keep her phone > > charged, which is actually more important due to her job, so I don't > blame > > her. But I will have to find a way to hard wire the camera. > > > > Fortunately I insist that she keep a double ball drawbar in the hitch > > receiver at all times, which seems to fold the offending vehicle nicely > up > > the middle while slowing it down enough to not contact the Touareg much. > > One time it was a 4runner and one time a kia, both at about 25 MPH while > > she was stopped at an intersection waiting for cars in front of her. Both > > times young femae drivers. Clearly people are texting and driving a lot. > > Looking for a hitch for the 124 wagon now. > > On Jun 7, 2016 10:18 AM, "G Mann via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > >> OK.. thanks to everyone. Let's try this and see if it works. > >> > >> Video from Black Box dash camera from 5 days ago when I got hit in the > rear > >> while driving at the speed limit. Car that hit me is certainly a total.. > >> entire front crush area "crushed" .. my car may be repairable, the > process > >> has only started.. but it and I are hurt... I left the scene in an > >> ambulance, the car on a flatbed. > >> > >> The camera only gives a "forward view" of the crash.. I had made the > >> decision to purchase a second camera for the rear.. just had not ordered > >> it.. best plans of mice and men. I would love to have had a rear view > video > >> of the crash.. I suspect driver was on a cell phone or distracted.. > >> > >> On impact the car was driven 800+ feet, across oncoming traffic into a > >> block wall.. First 45 seconds of the video cover all that happened.. it > >> runs 2min 16 sec, before I shut the camera off. > >> > >> I think the camera just paid for it's self.. Thought I would try to > "share > >> the experience" .. Special thanks to Wilton.. since your crash event > >> triggered my decision to install the camera. Like you, it could have > gone > >> so much worse, for example, if there had been oncoming traffic.. I > missed > >> the next opposing car by about 12 seconds.. 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