You've just described my ex-husband. High IQ, post grad, masters, professional qualifications, yet no common sense. He literally blew himself up twice. Once, by spraying a flammable spray onto a hot gas pipe and once by sticking a screwdriver into the motor of a vacuum cleaner that was still plugged in 🙄 Intelligence doesn't always equal sense.

@jbuckley2546

Ай бұрын

And married unwisely.

@KayBacci

Ай бұрын

Yes, shamudogsmith, you have described my father perfectly. He stuck his fingers into the blades of an electric grass cutter while it was switched on! He was lucky! His fingers survived intact and healed up! That was only one incident of many!

@carpediem4512

Ай бұрын

That’s a fact. Most people who are easily conned, are also highly intelligent.

@EXROBOWIDOW

Ай бұрын

My parents knew a firefighter who was messing around in his garage with gasoline, and there was an ignition source present. Of all the people who should have known better! As I recall, his choices that day were fatal.

@PureNapture

Ай бұрын

@@jbuckley2546 typical anonymous troll with nothing to add to the conversation.

Who else thought this video about a woman sneaking into the back of a tractor trailer to hitch a ride to the eclipse

@FitforLife2024

Ай бұрын

😂guilty

@NickyBlue99

Ай бұрын

I did lmao

@corneliusdenise

Ай бұрын

100 percent what i thought

@feanorian21maglor38

Ай бұрын

Yes I did.

@jacobfromallstate4963

Ай бұрын

Just opened the video and thought that's what I would be watching lol.

When cars had doors that opened like that, they were called suicide doors. This story illustrates why.

@theageofisgone

Ай бұрын

That happened to my ex-wife when she was a small child. For whatever reason the door opened and she fell out. They said if she had not been clutching her dolly at the time it happened her injuries could have been much worse as the doll helped to cushion the impact as she fell onto the pavement.

@aegisofhonor

Ай бұрын

yeah, back then it was more dangerous to sit in the back seat due to the risk the door would fly open and you would fly out; also almost no one wore seatbelts back then making the whole thing that much more dangerous.

@blogengeezer4507

Ай бұрын

Sucked out of rear passenger four door Nash 'bathtub as child in 1949. Same design..

@678rwhp

Ай бұрын

​@aegisofhonor what? Lol. Very very few cars had doors that opened that way.

@raybates3119

Ай бұрын

The story illustrates why dumbasses die in weird ways!

Riding in a small trailer can also disrupt the weight distribution, which can destabilize sway control.

The one thing this incident shows us is that we are here one minute and gone the next.

@pamigreenway

Ай бұрын

But much more likely, it teaches us that you NEVER, NEVER, NEVER ride Ina trailer. Besides being stupid, it's against the law for just such reasons.

@jlllx

Ай бұрын

only if you're dumb

@Heywood.Jablome

Ай бұрын

Such a profound thought. Thanks for sharing 😂🤣🤪

@ronniemead805

Ай бұрын

Comment of the day. I bet this point was missed by 99% of people watching this video. We must live each day like it is our very last; because it may very well be.

@user-yr5ee9vm9e

Ай бұрын

@@ronniemead805 u never know it's sad though

Such a sad story. One instance of poor judgement ended a life, destroyed a couples plans for retirement and left two adult daughters motherless. 😢

@themister3865

Ай бұрын

This is a very sad story.

@TheSentry66

Ай бұрын

May God comfort this family, so very sad. ✝️

@deathpunch23

Ай бұрын

444

@ahanadiri5330

Ай бұрын

Three adult daughters * very sad

@johngreydanus2033

Ай бұрын

And while he assigns much blame on her, I think the driver should also be held responsible; so now there are 2 intelligent adults making poor decisions.

The last 20 minutes of the trip has the same risk of the previous 8 hours.

@derekhough-jm9gc

Ай бұрын

Exactly -- it's like jumping to your death from 10000 feet -- the first 9998 are fine

@christinehutchins123

29 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@WalkingOneLegAtATime

29 күн бұрын

The first 20 times I played Russian roulette were fine😉it was that last one😵

@grahvis

29 күн бұрын

My son used his bike to go less than half a mile. He didn't bother to put his helmet on properly and needed his jaw screwed back together as a result.

@sonquatsch8585

14 күн бұрын

not when we analyze it from a time perspective. speed, yes. it is risky behavior whether it is performed in the first 8 hours or the last 20 seconds,.the behavior does however become riskier as the speed of the vehicle increase, because there is no risk when the camper is stationary.

WOW! Two people with doctor's degrees couldn't prevent a death from a simple safety violation. Moreover, the daughter still blames the door for being installed in the wrong direction. A family without the common sense.🙄

@ArtistCreek

15 күн бұрын

That is ridiculous. The cause is the fact they were riding in a trailer!!! She wouldn't have died had she been in a car!! The only one to blame is themsrlves.

Sad but avoidable. It's sorta like people that take their chances riding in the bed of a truck. It's okay until it's not.

@757Princess

Ай бұрын

I can’t believe this is legal where I live 😮 If it’s illegal to drive without your seatbelt how can it be legal to drive with people in the bed of a truck

@ericpetersen8155

Ай бұрын

I’ll take my chances. I don’t live in fear

@TheFakeyCakeMaker

Ай бұрын

​@@ericpetersen8155neither do I but I look both ways before I cross the road, that way I can not live in fear for a little bit longer.

@dozzer009

Ай бұрын

⁠@@ericpetersen8155 You go do that lol

@WilsonLeee

Ай бұрын

@@757Princess it's legal in my state too and you'll see teenagers sitting in the bed of their parent's truck on the interstate. I'm just looking at them like man they're going to fly if there's an accident.

So sad how one small moment and lack of good judgment could end a life.

@nakedkitten

Ай бұрын

I don't feel it was a lack of judgment at all. What are the chances that she would be hurt in a trailer. 600, 000 to 1? Something like that. I was hit by lightning and I am still here to talk about it. It was just bad luck.

@peachespendergrass1112

Ай бұрын

​@nakedkitten I'm so sorry you were struck by lightning, and I'm happy you lived to tell about it. But chances are you weren't breaking the law when you got struck- you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. This doctor though was breaking the law and put herself in a dangerous position she wouldn't have been in if she obeyed the law. I still feel sorry for her; but there is a lesson to be learned from her mistake. That's just my take on it...

@disbelief3911

29 күн бұрын

​@@peachespendergrass1112 She also put her own daughter at risk! If someone still doesn't believe being in trailer is risky just go watch accident videos and take a look at what's left. Now imagine someone being in there.

@peachespendergrass1112

29 күн бұрын

@@disbelief3911 So true- I forgot the daughter was with her. She could've lost her life too if there was an accident. I completely agree with you! I really hope people learn from this😔.

@misterg1157

28 күн бұрын

@@nakedkittenThe chance of being hurt in a trailer is slightly higher than the chance of a car being involved in ANY accident, including a minor one. A minor accident in a car can easily be fatal in a trailer. This law is there precisely because trailers are inherently dangerous on the move. I can see why she made the mistake with the door - it is very sad and would catch many people out - but most people wouldn’t ride in a trailer. No mention is made that the weight of two adults can destabilise a trailer, causing it to snake and crash - invariably the trailer overturns and often takes the car with it. So the mere presence of passengers in a moving trailer can directly cause a very dangerous accident (though it didn’t here).

I had no idea you weren't supposed to ride in the trailer. This is a great public service announcement.

@sanna9062

17 күн бұрын

Same here

@zxyatiywariii8

12 күн бұрын

Same! I used to ride in the bed of pickup trucks when I was a teenager, too...

@smellyfanelly

Күн бұрын

Same here!

@Treblaine

16 сағат бұрын

RTFM

Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing you don't put it in a fruit salad.

@estherbrown4084

29 күн бұрын

Maybe unless the tomatoes have a sweet flavor?

@samtung83

29 күн бұрын

​@@estherbrown4084 No!

@ratdad48

27 күн бұрын

Well, you're almost right. It's closer to a fruit than a vegetable, but botanically, it's classified as a berry.😁

@ntme9

26 күн бұрын

knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence & wisdom are knowing you don't put it in a fruit salad.

@ratdad48

25 күн бұрын

@@ntme9 tomato is botanically a berry.

It is illegal to ride in a towed trailer because it is DANGEROUS.

@melistasy

Ай бұрын

What makes it so dangerous?

@statementleaver8095

Ай бұрын

Only Illegal for the "Normal" people. CLDS man had 7 people in a Uhaul trailer......No Crime committed 🤯🤯

@pgtv14

Ай бұрын

Well for starters there are no seatbelts.

@joeylamp_holder2013

Ай бұрын

WRONG! Its illegal because it fun!

@katc2040

Ай бұрын

​@melistasy did you not just see the story this video is about?

This is a sad story. So sorry for her family’s loss.

@alexandramail930

Ай бұрын

This may be a bit harsh, but clever sillies can do their bit towards survival of the fittest - they will pass away before being able to breed. (Although in this case that didn't happen)

@statementleaver8095

Ай бұрын

I keep stating to folk.......When You fall the Floor will always catch You!

@vaneast411

Ай бұрын

just so very sad for them...

@MsAchampion

Ай бұрын

I am not trying to be hateful when I say this, however I've noticed that some people are most happy when they are doing whatever it is that they want to do no matter how bizarre it is just because they can. This was a doctor who did this and I personally expect a person like this who is educated, a mother and a wife to be able to decide not to do things like this and to know better. It's hard to feel sorry for people who cause they're own demise. Also her family is in heavy denial of exactly why this tragedy took place, trying to cover up that this was they're own fault. It makes me angry to see people behave like sheep, following they're own understanding and losing their precious lives in the process.

@Truth-fk3vp

Ай бұрын

@@MsAchampion If she was behaving like a sheep , she wouldn't have been in the caravan while it was being towed . most people would not do this so its not sheep like behaviour lol

RIP. My heart goes out to her family, especially her daughter, who witnessed her demise.

I had an experience with the same situation. Driving out to Berkley from Boulder for summer school with two other students, I came upon a young boy covered in blood and sand on the side of the road in western Colorado. He had been riding in the towed trailer with his younger brother who dared him to lean out the door. So he did. The trailer went over a big bump in the road and he fell out onto the side of the road, tore his hand partially off at the wrist and skinned himself up pretty badly. His wrist broke off at the outside, leaving the main artery intact, luckily! I put him in the front seat, made him drink a coke to keep his blood sugar up because he was in shock. Then I turned around and drove back east to ask some cowboys I had seen along the road herding cattle what to do and where to go for help. One of them jumped in with us and we drove back to Grand Junction to the hospital. The police found the parents. The parents and the sheriff thanked me. I said, "If you need help, ask a hippie!" We laughed and I was off again to California. That night I broke down and cried. Luckily, one of the boys with me was studying medicine and could explain the bones and structure of the bloody wrist, scientifically speaking, which helped to calm me down. I'm a farmer's daughter, so it wasn't the blood, but the broken limb that freaked me out. We were lucky that God provided all the help we needed in that situation. Don't ride in trailers, and teach your kids not to accept a dare from anyone!

@28105wsking

Ай бұрын

@@Cold_Hard_Truth LOL! I can never remember how to spell Berkeley correctly! I'm hopeless! Hope it gave you a giggle! Intensive summer Japanese.

Dr Grande, you have done a great public safety service with this video.

@ursodermatt8809

Ай бұрын

yes, now hundreds of muppets will try it out too

@craigfinnegan8534

Ай бұрын

​@@ursodermatt8809 Funny, but in fact her death probably saved others from a similar fate, including children.

@melistasy

Ай бұрын

​@@craigfinnegan8534exactly!

@melklausler

27 күн бұрын

Agreed!

Owned a trailer camper for years and the way those things move... would never have dared risk travelling in it.

@MotJ949

Ай бұрын

Same! I towed to totality last weekend and when I saw this… my first thought was how uncomfortable it would be. There is *no* suspension! I’m sure the manual said not to ride in the trailer!

@OtisFlint

Ай бұрын

There was little risk travelling in it, she opened the door and yeeted herself down the road.

@MotJ949

Ай бұрын

@@OtisFlint I can’t speak for all travel trailers, I can tell you that my travel trailer bounces enough over potholes and rough seams and curb cuts that you would not be safe riding in it even if the doors were secure. Probably not fatal, but probably could fracture something, including your head, if you were positioned wrong when it hit a bump.

@v12alpine

Ай бұрын

​@@MotJ949 5th wheels actually ride pretty good. I admit to riding in them a couple times (5th wheel passengers are legal in my state as long as you have radio communication with the driver). Personally I cannot fathom messing with the door at all while in motion either way it opens... lack of common sense was a big issue here.

@brucesmith9144

Ай бұрын

Wouldn’t dream of allowing a pet to ride in the trailer let alone a person.

I feel like almost any of us can make a fatal decision or judgement call. It happens. It's very sad. I personally would never have rode in the trailer. But I could see myself - not thinking - and trying to shut that door. So sad. Rest in peace.

@usethenoodle

Ай бұрын

Very true. I've kept my guardian angel busy saving my skin plenty over the past 68 years.

@nakedkitten

Ай бұрын

You are one of the most honest people to post here. Almost everyone else is acting like they have never or would never do anything similar to this yet they ALL have! Thanks for telling the truth and not punching down just because it's easier than telling the truth.

@jasonlongie1659

Ай бұрын

That was very nicely said. Thank you.

@lauralaforge558

28 күн бұрын

​@@nakedkittenit's kind of the psychology behind victim blaming. People want to believe that we live in a fair and just world and nothing bad could ever happen to them. Therefore when things happen to other people, they don't want to believe that something like this could happen to them, so they have mindsets like this. I seriously doubt we could look at all of the events in any commenter's life and fail to find at least one stupid decision that could have led to death.

@EB-wl9st

27 күн бұрын

@@jasonlongie1659 ❤️

I opened my office's outside door, not realizing how hard the wind was blowing. The door turned into a sail, and jerked me outside so fast I couldn't turn loose of the door handle. It was about a 10" drop down to the sidewalk. I was really lucky not to get hurt.

@redmage777

12 күн бұрын

During Hurricane Katrina, I stopped at the store on my way home from work. When I opened my car door (while parked) the wind ripped the door wide open... Mind you this was several hundred miles away in Atlanta.

The fact that the doctor was responsible for her accidental death does not diminish the great loss to the patients she served or the immesurrable grief to her family, friends and colleagues at Stony Brook Hospital. RIP Doctor and thank you for the many children you dedicated your professional life to.

@FakeMailElection

Ай бұрын

Yea I don't think anyone said otherwise or would disagree.

@Cinder_311

Ай бұрын

​@FakeMailElection people calling her stupid isn't nice though. She's dead. No need to point that out. It's rude. Everyone makes mistakes and most just get lucky.

@ybrueckner5589

Ай бұрын

Thanks Respectful observation

@diannew6066

Ай бұрын

@@FakeMailElection Recently this channel has become a place for knocking everyone no matter what. Lots of people in the comments are being asses and I think that's what tamedshew was referring to. Dr. Grande needs to start exercising his responsibility as the owner of this channel and start blocking or stop thinking everyone is his to comment on.

@OttoNommik

Ай бұрын

@@diannew6066this is why I refuse to read comments. Most people are asinine. You should do the same.

Very tragic and an outstanding example of what can happen in an instant when you make a risky decision. There is a reason riding in a hitched trailer is illegal.

@benniedeckard9909

Ай бұрын

Really? you don't say...

As an ex ambo and mortician, sometimes it amazes me what some people think is a good idea, at the time.

All three made a regrettable mistake and the surviving family realize it. No need to deride them any further. Rest in peace, Dr. Monica.

@mas5867

Ай бұрын

What. If getting the word out involves ridicule, then so be it. It is no longer about her. It's about the people that will learn it is ILLEGAL.

@alexlindsey6446

Ай бұрын

@@mas5867 I think the message is out and it doesn't have to include ridicule.

@Megan.eco-Instinct

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I couldn't agree more. I'm so appreciative of the kinder comments I see. I think many of the comments here are so needlessly cruel. This disheartening era we are in when people see themselves as ultimate judges --- casting harsh judgement on *everything* . This was a split-second poor decision that in the moment seemed completely innocuous. Someone lost their life in an accident and people believe the public response should be cruelty and disparaging commentary. If that doesn't perfectly sum up what is wrong with human behavior right now, I don't know what will.

@Megan.eco-Instinct

Ай бұрын

@@mas5867 Ridicule. Really. Over someone losing their life. I think I feel sorry for you. I cannot even imagine lacking sentiment to this level.

@mannyechaluce3814

Ай бұрын

@@Megan.eco-Instinct over being stupid, why not?

This reminds me that in Japanese we have a term 専門バカ (senmon baka). It refers to a specialist who does stupid things. For example, a doctor spent all of his younger years immersed in studying and nothing else, then continued to be immersed in his or her field. Because they're so sheltered from the rest of life outside of their field, they're pretty stupid about really basic things sometimes. "Senmon" refers to being a specialist, and "baka" means stupid. Also, it's like how George Bush Sr. was once in a photo op at a grocery store and was bewildered by the barcode scanner. That technology had been around for years, but he had no clue about it because he lived in his own world apart from the common person.

@angelatheriault8855

Ай бұрын

I once saw an episode of Oprah where she went on a roadtrip. She didn’t know how to use the gas pump. Also, when she went to Walmart for the first time, she entered the front of the store through the short door designed for the cart handler to return the shopping carts.

@MusicAdmirer

Ай бұрын

In French : 'Idiot savant.'

@Dr.Pancho.Tortilla

Ай бұрын

She was Polish, a people not famous for their intelligence

@scurvofpcp

Ай бұрын

I am going to guess that she never spent any time working in the ER, most doctors and well anyone that does ends up really well grounded in the ways things can go wrong.

@elitegamer8351

Ай бұрын

its like our prime minister raising taxes on common household items like milk, the outcry was so intense he had to admit he didnt think it was a common item that everyone bought daily, he thought only the upper classes could afford milk. truly disconnected. He even admitted after a string of card fraud crimes in the country, that he had never used an ATM in his entire life.

An old friend of mine in high school…her dad was a brilliant doctor but had no common sense. Interestingly enough, the daughters of his that also became doctors, didn’t either. I went on a weekend trip with them once, and they brought their bikes. The dad rope tied them to the car….running the rope all under the car, side-to-side, never once realizing he was roping his door closed. When it came time to get in the driver’s door, obviously he couldn’t because it was roped shut, all the while, we were all sitting in the car waiting for him to do this job, then get in and start the journey. I was the only one that spoke up and asked his wife how he was going to get in. She was clueless. She had to roll down his window so he could climb through. And when we got to our destination, he climbed through the sunroof and slid down the windshield. I remember thinking this exact thing….that the family was so smart, intellectually, but lacked tremendously in common sense.

@wmluna381

Ай бұрын

I couldn't help but LOL at all those visuals. Man.

@EXROBOWIDOW

Ай бұрын

Oh, that's funny!

@rumblehat4357

Ай бұрын

That’s not smart, it’s overeducated past their true ability.

@WildNightBloom

Ай бұрын

If Clark Griswold was a doctor...

@gunnerm1

Ай бұрын

Perfect example. Thanks for sharing.

It's a very sad story, there is no going back, it's final. This video is a good warning.

One of my college professors was a lawyer, and when we studied product liability he touched on this very phenomenon. He noted that people who go from high school to college to graduate school learn about their specific fields in great depth, and that they're often "stunted" in other areas. One of my wife's relations married a Ph.D. with an impressive C.V. They guy had no clue about things like currency conversion for travel or financing a car. He's an real-deal genius ... in one _highly specialized_ area of applied science. Both of his parents are also Ph.D.s, and they took care of all his education financing and bills until his late 20s. Outside of academe he's been know to to make huge errors in judgment.

@cameronno6039

12 күн бұрын

Your statement wets the bed when you realize the absent judgment of people without degrees also. Pay-day loans aren't likely targeting the doctor/ lawyer class for a reason. Common sense is often a misnomer.

Whether the incident involves cars, trucks, trailers, aircraft, or firearms, I always appreciate the objective attention to technical details.

My ex-husband is a genius and a moron. He taught himself IBM mainframe programming in his spare time. He also ran my lambs' wool sweater through the dryer and ruined it. He asked me how he was supposed to know it was wool and I showed him the tag and said, "It says 100% lambs' wool in five different languages, all of which you can read. Which of those five languages did you not understand?" His response was that he doesn't need to read tags because they're for "stupid housewives." This goes a long way towards explaining why he is my EX-husband.

@goldbrick2563

Ай бұрын

Damn sorry about ur sweater. He could have just admitted his mistake and apologized and i'm sure you'd be fine about losing the sweater. My dad dried a linen shirt i had and it shrunk to the point of not fitting anymore. I got mad but he said sorry he didnt know about linen shrinking and i really didnt care b/c i love him. He is a lawyer, a very smart man

@sondragramse1770

Ай бұрын

Isn't it funny the sweater shrinks, the lamb doesn't.

@elizabethmaday5263

Ай бұрын

Omg……you made me laugh out loud. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ArtU4All

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 This should have been on I Love Lucy!!!!!

@EXROBOWIDOW

Ай бұрын

I used to ask my engineer husband to please not leave his brains at work. Seems like he never listened to me, and left them at work anyway. When they let him go, I think he still left his brains at work. One way to explain his dementia, I guess... I won't divorce him, because I don't want to foist him on someone else.

One of the things people new to travel trailers soon learn is that they are indeed rough riding. After having to put things back in their place that fell off shelves and out of kitchen cupboards on the way to the campground, these new owners often find themselves having to invest in various organizers and restraints for their dishes and other items. My parents' first trailer had "positive" latches that required you to manipulate them to open and close the cupboard doors. They couldn't just swing open, so we didn't really experience the effects of motion on the trailer contents. The door latch for the entry door was another matter. After our first night sleeping in our brand new trailer hundreds of miles from home, we woke up to find that the entry door would not open. It's a good thing my brother and I, being curious, had earlier discovered the emergency exit window. Dad sent my brother out the window with the car keys to fetch tools from the car. The latch was fixed, and never gave us trouble again. The advantage of the trailer's vigorous motion is that you can put your dirty clothes in a bucket of soapy water, suspend it in the shower on a bungee cord, and at your next stop your clothes will be thoroughly agitated. I believe you're supposed to close the shower door for this operation.

@Bassingal

Ай бұрын

Good post, and I agree with you. We've owned a mid sized, duel axle camper for 8 years, but before we even set foot on a sales lot to look at campers, we spent a few months researching EVERYTHING about owning a camper. It's similar to buying a second home- you need to know ALL about it. When we were ready to purchase, we knew exactly what we wanted, including price range, and guess what? That's right, we got exactly what we wanted, in our price range! We would NEVER own a single axle trailer, even our boat is a duel axle trailer.

@EXROBOWIDOW

Ай бұрын

​@@Bassingal My parents actually had a leaf spring break while they were headed home on the I-5 in the mountains north of Los Angeles. They lucked out, and were able to pull over in an extra wide area meant for semi trucks. Somehow they were able to get repairs made at that location, but it took several hours to arrange everything. The advantage of having a breakdown with a trailer is that they had a place to relax, enjoy a snack, use the toilet, etc.-- because they had everything they needed in the trailer. Their trailers weren't huge, but big enough to need two axles.

@lapalmeal

28 күн бұрын

I dont understand why Airstream chose the unsafe door design other than it makes entry more convenient when backed into a campsite. Known as suicide doors ,this type of door has been eliminated from most all automobiles. The the majority of travel trailer door open to the rear.

@geriroush8004

17 күн бұрын

@@lapalmeal The trailer was not designed for passengers, so for safety reasons it doesn't matter which way the door opened.

@lindymerry38

10 күн бұрын

@@lapalmeal If the company capitulated & reversed the opening direction of the door, that would provide tacit encouragement for owners to engage in the foolish activity of travelling in the trailer. My first thought was that this family were doing this because they didn't have enough seats in their vehicle, so to hear that they chose to do this despite having enough seats in their vehicle is remarkable to me.

A tragic accident. Nothing more, nothing less. My heart goes out to the family. I express my deepest condolences.

@nakedkitten

Ай бұрын

Exactly! People love to judge but most wish they could do the same. People love to look down on people.

@nonamegivenatbirth

27 күн бұрын

@@nakedkitten Do you see the irony in your statement? YOU are looking down on people and judging them. It's human nature. Deal with it.

@scanspeak00

Сағат бұрын

Sounds like your minimizing the victim's role in the sad event.

I've known not to ride in a trailer since the age of 4 or so, after watching that Disney cartoon where Goofy takes a rough ride in a camper trailer, which becomes unhitched and out-of-control.

@Vietnamthwcountryhuman

Ай бұрын

The trailer company should make every potential buyer watch the this Disney video. My daughter in law had to watch a “shaken baby” video before her newborn baby and she were released from hospital. I would just like to say nowadays, we have to go to such great lengths to prevent people from making obviously stupid moronic choices

@melistasy

Ай бұрын

I didn't know that. Never been in a trailer before though.

@helenmcdonnell2585

Ай бұрын

Oh by golly.. you have jogged my memory.. I remember seeing that Goofy movie . Laughed my head off.. 😂

@loridavis5699

Ай бұрын

Disney should go back to making those kinds of movies. Their stocks might improve if they did

@doloressanchez3891

Ай бұрын

This video reminded me of that exact cartoon 😅, I still own it as a cartouche of hand movie player , it’s great.

Here in Australia there is no way that you are allowed to be in a moving caravan , and nobody does it as far as I know . Its so ingrained in us as a 'no no'

@josiecoote8975

Ай бұрын

Same here in the UK.

@twentyrothmans7308

Ай бұрын

We all used to ride in the back of a ute, but a caravan or trailer is just asking for it.

@alexandramail930

Ай бұрын

I had no idea re this law but I've never had a trailer or a need to consider this (as an oz).

@calliopec544

Ай бұрын

It’s illegal in most if not all states in the US also. It shouldn’t have to be a law, but here we are. 🤷‍♀️

@twentyrothmans7308

Ай бұрын

@@alexandramail930 It's common bloody sense, you shouldn't need a law. Next time you see a car towing a caravan or a trailer, watch how it bounces around, and swerves. Even if it was legal, would you enjoy it?

Terribly unfortunate. My wife and I differ widely in formal education, yet she frequently points things out to me that I did not come even close to realizing. Wonders of the brain.

A very judgemental perspective by Grande in this video-particularly the caption in the thumbnail. There is little respect or sympathy shown in the cool clinical analysis of this unfortunate woman’s demise. We are ALL capable of momentary lapses of reason. My sympathies to the family of this woman.

@FarginhoodMcBastage

23 күн бұрын

Agree completely

@BHarris25

22 күн бұрын

He’s trying to keep people from dying the same stupid way.

@elongatedwing

3 күн бұрын

Finally someone who sees they’re is something strangely sadistic about this guy

Former limo driver here. Who's to blame if I know my passengers stood up out of the sunroof and got injured? Me! I got a ticket for them doing that. 😡. I fought it and the case was dismissed. I told those clowns not to stand up like is done in the movies. 😐. They got citations too....😏

@saltiestsiren

Ай бұрын

If I was a limo driver I'd be tempted to put a padlock on the sun roof if it wasn't a viable emergency escape option in a worst case scenario

@28105wsking

Ай бұрын

But you are the one who opened the sun roof! Close it, problem solved!

@eastcoastguy7914

Ай бұрын

I’m surprised people are still in the limo business, there seems to be so much liability associated with passengers idiotic behavior now a days ….

@maninscrubdallas8694

Ай бұрын

Always have a form to sign. No case.

@calfencer

29 күн бұрын

@@28105wsking No. They can open and close it. Most cars the driver can control everything including the power to the back. You have to remember. It's a service. Driving a 30 foot limo is a skill, dealing with drunk people is the challenge.

Also, sometimes when we get too excited about things, such as when on vacation, we forget to use our common sense.

@ursodermatt8809

Ай бұрын

really?

@craigfinnegan8534

Ай бұрын

The grandfather who held his toddler granddaughter out the cruise ship window in San Juan.

@melistasy

Ай бұрын

​@@craigfinnegan8534I don't think he held her out the window, but I get your point.

@craigfinnegan8534

Ай бұрын

​@@melistasy He had to have held her out the window - that's the only way she would have dropped all the way down to the dock instead of onto the floor inside the observation deck. And that's why he pled guilty.

@melistasy

Ай бұрын

@craigfinnegan8534 interesting, I didn't hear that before. I thought he lifted her up to lean against the glass, and it was opened and she fell out.

The driver also holds some responsibility. He never should have allowed it.

@TheShahkulu

29 күн бұрын

Where I live, the driver would be held criminally responsible.

@elibennett6168

29 күн бұрын

That's what I told my mother-in-law when she wanted to ride in my car without a seat belt. I wouldn't put the car in gear till I heard the click. At one time she asked to hold my young son in the car's front seat on a short ride home and I, respectfully, said hell no.

@jmbmata

28 күн бұрын

Absolutely right!

@_PatrickO

28 күн бұрын

Yes, lets invent criminal charges and make families criminal acts. Good grief, you people are sad. How do you grow up not wanting to undo these nanny laws that are used to harm normal people? No one knows why this woman opened the double locked camper door mid drive, but that is not the driver's fault in any way. We going to lock up a bus driver if someone pulls the emergency release and jumps off a bus? People should be doing things that undoes the silly laws from the past like lowering the drinking age back to 18 and stop trying to use laws in ridiculous ways like jailing a husband because his wife did something stupid on her own. How does anyone grow up wanting more nanny laws? I cringe every time you conservative nanny staters pass a new nanny law. You are creating a police state against normal people while ignoring real problems like low wages and unaffordable housing.

@elibennett6168

28 күн бұрын

@@_PatrickO No one is making families criminal. When there is a death due to negligent actions, justice requires an accounting.This family is likely to sue the manufacturer for their own actions.

As a child, I remembered Lucy and Ricky in the movie, The Long, Long Trailor.

@daveh5635

Ай бұрын

Amen & Amen! I do NOT remember many movies from my Childhood, but Baby, that was THE MOVIE!!!!

@johnc2438

Ай бұрын

Yup! Remember that one well when I was a kid. Thanks for that reminder! You could feel trouble coming around every bend in the road or driveway. Lawn fences and garden bushes: STAY AWAY! 😀

@tedecker3792

Ай бұрын

Me too…

@nakedkitten

Ай бұрын

Yep...and they didn't die...and neither have millions of people who have ridden in trailers.

@daveh5635

Ай бұрын

@@nakedkitten I do despise that “Suicide Door” on Airstream. Seems counterintuitive from an engineering perspective. It is not the cause of the fatality: it was trying to open and slam it! But it just defies common sense to open backwards.

To those wondering why its legal in some states: When transporting horses it is common for an animal handler to ride with the horses in the horse trailer. This is done so that they can keep the animals calm and can have the vehicle stopped if there are any problems. Many horse trailers are specially equipped for this.

@manal-hh3xh

Ай бұрын

Why is it illegal in the first place? I don’t understand US law

@HalooINC

Ай бұрын

@@manal-hh3xh It's illegal because there are no seatbelts or safety considerations should the trailer become unlatched or impact something, it's just unsafe so it's not allowed. Driving on public roads here like most places is a privilege not a right so there are tons of things that are considered dangerous to the occupants of a vehicle or the people in the other vehicles (if you hurt yourself in your vehicle its not uncontrolled and dangerous so they're more or less the same thing) and are illegal, In most states you can't ride in the back of a pickup either.

@TonyCox1351

Ай бұрын

@@manal-hh3xhmost road laws are in place to keep other drivers safe. It’s perfectly legal to ride in the back of a trailer, on your own private property. But on a public road, falling out a trailer causes a danger to other drivers who may swerve out of the way to avoid you

@Lee-tt2yb

Ай бұрын

​@@manal-hh3xh It's illegal because the state is exercising common sense in case the driver and/or passenger are not. The state is protecting you from yourself.

@LilyGazou

Ай бұрын

I never considered riding in the horse trailer to keep my horse calm. Only did it once when the trailer was on a ferry in rough weather. There are horse trucks that do have a safe space for the handlers.

So incredibly sad. Terrible tragedy and loss. Regardless of IQ, many of us have made bad decisions. This story reinforces the importance of checking and considering every safety precaution.

@ursodermatt8809

Ай бұрын

what are you suggesting? before doing something really stupid to do a check list?

@ceilconstante640

Ай бұрын

@@ursodermatt8809 what I suggested is plain and clear! Before doing something that could be dangerous, think about potential dangers. You aren't some super being that never did something stupid!! Everyone has. When people are excited they don't always think.

@ursodermatt8809

Ай бұрын

@@ceilconstante640 the problem with your statement is: if you do not recognize the danger, you will not do a safety assessment. plain and simple. whether you are excited or not. we are opening doors all the time. without doing any thinking.

@christinab9808

Ай бұрын

@@ursodermatt8809You open doors on the highway while your car is in motion?

@ursodermatt8809

Ай бұрын

@@christinab9808 yes, i am opening the door all the time, step outside and then catch the car again to step inside. all without doing risk assessment first!

I am so sorry for the family's loss. My heart breaks for them.

Interesting analysis, Dr Grande! I just love how you offer such an interesting variety of cases/topics that you cover here on your channel! ❤️

Reminds me of the CA couple who went hiking with their baby and dog in triple digit temps.

@pamelastevens1609

Ай бұрын

Or the scientist who gave his son a Mike's Hard Lemonade at their first baseball outing together (his son was probably 5-7 years old). The man had a PhD and was not ever into drinking/drinking cultures and had no idea it was an alcoholic beverage. His son was fine - he was taken to a hospital because he felt funny (obviously), but he wasn't hurt - no long term damage or anything near that. However, CPS did not really believe him, at least at first. Not sure how long his son may have been removed from the family, but I believe he was for a period of time. Couldn't help feeling bad for the man.

@TranscendentaLobo27

Ай бұрын

@@pamelastevens1609damn. I can totally see that happening on accident. Meanwhile my crackhead sister who’s been arrested numerous times, including for child endangerment, still has all of her kids. 😒

@mikebarker6979

Ай бұрын

​@@pamelastevens1609That's messed up they took the kid away for a simple mistake.

@marygoff3332

Ай бұрын

And they went camping with very little water...😢

@PInk77W1

Ай бұрын

I remember that story. 100+ degrees and like 3 miles straight down and then back up

My grandfather used to take me with him went he transported camp girls to events in his flatbed truck with slat sides, a vinyl covering, and benches nailed to the floor, mid-1960's. Even as a young kid I worried about their safety. Now they travel in nice safer busses, thank goodness!

Your channel has been added to my top 5 channels,great work dr. Thank you for your time

i used to babysit for a gal who was from a rich family. In the 50's and 60s, they had a limousine and chauffer. The limousine had suicide doors, which means the front passenger door opens in the regular way and the back passenger door is hinged to open in the opposite way. She told me they were driving down the highway (so probably at 60MPH) and she tried this exact scenario described. She was thrown from the car, catapulted through the ditch, and was pretty banged up with only a broken arm. She was about 14 yrs old at the time, so was probably in better shape to sustain such an accident. However she did admit she was extremely lucky to survive. My family had a motorhome, and the door opened correctly to prevent such an accident. It appears that Airstream could mount the door on the opposite side as well. No amount of laws will prevent illegal and careless behaviors. Humans like excitement and will often ignore sense in order to meet their desires.

@ursodermatt8809

Ай бұрын

natural selection i suppose

@blake_lively_matters6553

Ай бұрын

Airstream decided that advising customers against riding in a moving trailer allowed them to mount the door any way they chose.

@helenmcdonnell2585

Ай бұрын

So by this logic everything must be designed with stupid in mind..

@darylyost7273

Ай бұрын

​@@helenmcdonnell2585ever stick your fingers in a running lawnmower! Manufacturers have to by law make their mowers safe from that! Stupid is as stupid does!

@Schnauzerpatrol

Ай бұрын

Stupid people will always find a way

We travel with an RV for over two years now. NOT once did we ever ride in it while being pulled. Too dangerous!

@karenpoteet751

Ай бұрын

You should ask yourself...."what if it comes unhitched?" I always try to anticipate things that MIGHT happen. Why I've managed to survive to be 70, I guess. You should approach life like a chess game and always try to think 2 or 3 steps ahead. On another note, I worked at a Fortune 500 company where there were several engineers, people with Master's Degrees, PhDs. They almost all lacked common sense. My boss had a Master's in Accounting and Business but didn't do his own taxes. Made no sense to me.

@suzerick75116

9 күн бұрын

@@karenpoteet751 Anything is possible to happen in life. It’s using wisdom that’s important to help prevent some of those bad outcomes. Doing everything you can do to be safe..including extra measures to make sure your RV is correctly attached to your truck lol.

@karenpoteet751

9 күн бұрын

@@suzerick75116 Critical thinking skills should be taught in school. I always think....what might happen...does this make sense? Which is how I've survived to be 71. People DO NOT have common sense.

My first ex was the smartest person I've ever known, but had absolutely no common sense at all. Her friends were the same balance of book smart and common sense. I have come to the conclusion that the more academically smart you are, the less common sense you have in day to day living.

The daughter asked why the engineers would be so stupid to design the doors that way? The seeds do not fall far from the tree. I don't care if she is a doctor.

@KittyQueenMeow

Ай бұрын

Helena sounds very entitled and someone who does not practise self-accountability

@AwfulDog1

Ай бұрын

My dad, a highly quailed specialist, almost shot his foot off with a rifle he kept for euthanising rabbits with myxamitosis. I am scared of guns but I don’t blame the gun for his potential amputation.

@Smachfest

Ай бұрын

​@@KittyQueenMeowStop. The girl just lost her Mum. You don't need to put your paddle in. I hope that helps.

@smorris281

Ай бұрын

If she really believed that, she would be running down to the court house with her attorney to file wrongful death suit. She knows, they weren’t supposed to be riding in there.

@elliotgillum

Ай бұрын

​@@SmachfestOh look at the comment police. Go fly a kite.

My first thought after hearing you describe this was--you NEVER ride in a trailer being pulled. This is another example of why.

@stargazer7644

Ай бұрын

This is an example? So your example of why you never ride in a trailer being pulled is that if you fall out of the moving vehicle you can be killed? Isn't this true of ANY vehicle? Why is this only an example of why not to ride in a trailer being pulled?

What a damn shame. They seem like a lovely family. RIP.

Hello Dr Grande. Very interesting video, My heart goes out to the family. ❤

Thank you, Dr. Grande! Almost every time i take in one of your videos, I learn a new term. Clever-sillies!

I think of the thousands of dollars and thousands of hours that Monika spent getting her medical degree, and thousands of hours examining children to determine their individual treatment without serious error, and then making a careless mistake that cost her her life and left her family with the traumatic loss of their wife and mother, to say nothing of all those families she helped with an allergic child

@ronniemead805

Ай бұрын

When your time on earth is up; it is up, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Julius Caesar was told: beware the Ides of March, do not go to the capital because death awaits. He went anyway and was killed; his time was up; nothing he or anyone could do to stop the march of death.

@carpediem4512

Ай бұрын

To watch an eclipse. A useless event.

@LygerTheCLaw

Ай бұрын

im unsure if the intent was to make her seem very smart or very dumb. the truth is, most people are a lot of both, depending on the time and day. what i am tired of though is the continual blame game everyone plays when something bad happens, when i was younger we quite simply called them "accidents" and we didn't try to put everyone in a bubble to save themselves from the world. if you slipped on a sidewalk on a rainy day, you quite simply learned to walk better in slippery conditions and to examine the way a door opened before opening it while travelling 70mph.

@francinesanchez5402

Ай бұрын

We all make mistakes. Depending on where people grow up and their own experiences and innate personality, some people are more comfortable with risk taking than others. It sounds like she’s lived a meaningful life and helped many. More than most of us will achieve, honestky. I'm glad they didnt hurt anyone else and am sad for her family and friends.

@lalathebenificent1335

Ай бұрын

​@LygerTheCLaw yes, time and unforeseen occurrences befall us all. It's not "karma" or, my personal favorite "everything happens for a reason".

Smart and stupid come in many flavors and we’re all different compositions. Not gonna lie, I could see myself getting killed in a momentary lapse of judgement like this. At least her death was quick. But how awful for her daughter to watch her mother vanish in a blink and suddenly have a fun vacation turned into one of the worst days of your life. I have immense empathy for this woman and her family.

@craigfinnegan8534

Ай бұрын

The trick is to listen to that quiet voice in you just seconds before you try something stupid - that voice simply says: "Don't do it."

@ursodermatt8809

Ай бұрын

the worst thing is the daughter is still in denial

@craigfinnegan8534

Ай бұрын

​​@@ursodermatt8809 I always see a connection between the denial of the surviving kin and the irresponsibility of the family member who screwed up - because denial is a form of irresponsibility in itself. So it runs in the family.

@esteemedmortal5917

Ай бұрын

@@ursodermatt8809 it hasn’t even been a week, I’d say denial is normal.

@esteemedmortal5917

Ай бұрын

@@craigfinnegan8534 taking my adhd medication helps 🤣

Thank you Dr. Grande for detailing this case! I've been wanting to know more about it because it was so tragic and it happened to someone so accomplished. I see these events as cautionary tales we can all learn from. Things can happen in an instant, and we don't always get second chances.

“clever sillies”. great theory. my brilliant brother’s physics degree did not prevent him from falling down a mountain crevice in northern Italy when he was only 24 (44 years ago ). Totally preventable in his circumstances. no common sense. it is hard for the rest of the family to accept when a gifted and good person is gone forever and it could have been preventable. my heart reaches out to this family in their grief.

In my professions, I dealt with many specialized highly educated people. Just because a person is very smart in their profession it does not mean they are smart in other areas. But many of these people over estimate their abilities in areas they really know nothing about.

@helena3631

Ай бұрын

This is true

@scotabot7826

Ай бұрын

So, so absolutely true. I've seen this trait in many individuals. Very, very common!!

@hamsterama

Ай бұрын

Absolutely true. I have a couple people in my family who are specialized, highly educated people (one's an engineer, the other's a physician). They do or say stuff so dumb, that it's a mystery to me how someone who's so smart can be so stupid at the same time. All I can say is, the Dunning-Kruger Effect applies to smart people as well.

@NLR759

Ай бұрын

I've seen this trait in highly intelligent people as well. I work in an engineering consulting firm, and can always spot the engineers with no common sense. They have no business sense, get distracted with minor issues, and can't meet a deadline to save their life. Needless to say they don't last long in consulting.

@gregbuckley7596

Ай бұрын

A few years ago in California three doctors were killed as they were jogging on railtoad tracks while wearing headphones.

This is a heartbreaking story!! Her poor daughter saw this happen. I can’t IMAGINE how traumatic this must have been 😢

Thanks Dr Todd I think you hit the nail on the head.

I'm very sad for this family. I'm praying for comfort for them.

If you tow, you know a trailer can easily get out of balance and start fishtailing. The only thing you can do then is hit the gas and hope hard. That thing will turn both vehicles over unless you can divert the energy.

@Lobonova

Ай бұрын

Thats not what happened here.

@ursodermatt8809

Ай бұрын

if you have a swivelling tow hitch the towing vehicle will not turn over.

@alwaysrecycles365

Ай бұрын

​@@Lobonova perhaps he is simply commenting on how dangerous they can be while being towed

@kaypeany5141

Ай бұрын

@@Lobonova The point is, it very well could've happened, which is why they shouldn't have been riding in it.

@enjoystraveling

Ай бұрын

@@alwaysrecycles365 yeah I agree. I think he was just telling another reason why you shouldn’t ride in it.

I was married to a physician for over 20 years. Brilliant but no common sense. He was in the yard one day doing 'something'. I walked over to him and noted an extension cord connected to the skillsaw. He had a roll of string...one end tied to some and his hand on the other end. I thought "he's not gonna use the skill saw to cut the string but before I even finished that thought, he used the skill saw to cut the string...it was his lucky day and did not cut off his hand or fingers but did have a minor laceration which he promptly sutured up. Still, nearly 30 years later I cannot unsee that moment. Now, I learn there is name for this....Clever Sillies? Wow!

@waynemanning3262

Ай бұрын

I have heard it said the Doctors don’t have to be smart, they only have to have a good memory!

@ArtU4All

Ай бұрын

A fresh baked MD in his first year of residency built the crookedest gazebo in their yard…..

@iricandescence

Ай бұрын

@ArtU4All That's probably more a skill issue, not intelligence, but still amusing!

@jaytee2642

Ай бұрын

That reminds me of something an acquaintance told me about his sister. She was highly educated, very intelligent, but one day when there was a power outage, she was concerned that they wouldn't be able to flush the toilet. I dropped out of high school, but I know a power outage doesn't affect the toilet.

@EXROBOWIDOW

Ай бұрын

@@jaytee2642 Unless it's one of these Kohler units that has a night light and sensors and other silly "technology." Or if you have well water, and need an electric pump to get the water to the water tank, so you'll have water to flush the toilet.

My heart goes out to the family, I can imagine how they are feeling . Which reminds me of the saying “what you don’t know could really hurt you. “ So, so sad.

Excellent presentation!

That's way in the olden times we called them suicide doors!

@lesflynn4455

Ай бұрын

Doesn't make them any less dangerous.

@jerrystauffer2351

Ай бұрын

​@@lesflynn4455suicide is generally dangerous

@mastermnd22

28 күн бұрын

​@@lesflynn4455 doesn't make her any less ignorant

@lesflynn4455

28 күн бұрын

@@mastermnd22 I'm not going to argue, iwould have thought she knew better. Alas .... It would have been a horrible way to go.

Thank you Dr Grande for analyzing this case. It’s very sad that this happened to this family.

@FindLiberty

Ай бұрын

Yes, and RIP - hoping the entire family and friends recover from their tragic loss.

@user-gi6cj5fs2k

Ай бұрын

What was there to analyze?

I definitely agree with what you say about very smart/brilliant people not having any common sense. It amazes me.

"It's almost like a total eclipse... Of common sense" OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH 🗣️🔥💯💯💯

I read about this accident last night, and I couldn't help but wonder why would grown-up ever consider riding in a travel trailer while it's being towed, since there's so much that could go wrong if you just consider thinking about it for five seconds. I couldn't believe a physician would do something so dangerous.

@ronniemead805

Ай бұрын

Not to mention the fact that the husband was also a doctor. Why would he allow his wife and daughter to do this; they were almost at their destination. I guess when your time is up; it is up and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

@steelhurricane4041

Ай бұрын

Well, her husband should have said no to his wife and daughter. I'm sure he thought it may not be a good idea, but he saw they were excited and just hoped for the best.

@emmily9586

Ай бұрын

The whole set looks very unstable during drive. Seems to me there is some kind of arrogance here at play. And the same arrogance from the family to claim that this was no ones fault, when actually, anyone of them could have and should have questioned the idea. On both parents must have been aware of the safety guideline. They took a risk and paid for it dearly.

Unfortunately, People seem to want to Blame the manufacturers and never take any accountability.

@go4ride

Ай бұрын

That's where the money is.

@montsesalazar6457

Ай бұрын

Agreed. It sounded like the daughter was trying to blame the manufacturer. Next thing we know they are suing them trying to profit from this tragic accident…

@davidk3567

Ай бұрын

Dude shes dealing with her mothers death and replaying a million different ways things could have been different so that it didnt happen down to every detail of the day or things that happened years ago so chill the f out

@PhilLesh69

Ай бұрын

Well, there's a reason why they call doors that open like that on automobiles "suicide doors" and they pretty much stopped making cars with doors that open backwards in the 1960s before they even had seatbelts or stopped making dashboards out of solid steel. Because they knew how dangerous it is to have doors that open into the wind on moving vehicles can be. They literally pull human beings out of moving cars. This used to be a known danger that engineers learned to avoid.

@viper1431

Ай бұрын

@@PhilLesh69 And yet it's so dangerous that even cars in 2021 were being released with suicide doors. Can't be that dangerous if manufacturers are still allowed to make and sell cars with them.

I agree with your assessment. It's the most logical explanation. I also have a fascination with campers and RVs, im planning to buy one as soon as I find a job. Im glad i saw this video, so my kids and myself will be safe on the road.

Not one person on this planet is immune to a moment of lack of common sense. We're all guilty of it, it is part of life and it is arrogant to think 'i am better than that'. I think its safe to say that most people with some years behind them have all had at least one moment in their lives where they've looked back and cringed at the dangerous situation they placed themselves in through lack of common sense. She was just unlucky with the risk she took in that moment.

@tinareaume7484

Ай бұрын

No kidding! We grew up in the '60's and '70's. Drugs, alcohol, hitchhiking, protesting, muscle cars, no bra... most of us realize we are lucky to be alive.

@JugglingG

Ай бұрын

@@tinareaume7484 no bra ! I still attune to that! Exactly it's just called living on the edge but we didn't have the critical eye and oppressiveness of the internet which honestly I think is far more dangerous!

How sad😢. May Monica rest in peace❤.

I can understand her not imagining the worst, more being absorbed by the getaway with her family in that lovely little camper. Hopefully this will be a lesson learned by many so that they will never make this mistake or to warn someone else who purchases a camper that they will not get caught in this type of disaster. I'm sincerely saddened for the family for their loss. Their mother seems like a free spirit, not an idiot. This could have easily been prevented, that's the sadness. I too take chances once in awhile. So far, I've been lucky.

@gregbuckley7596

Ай бұрын

This was a tragedy. It was clearly her fault, but I hope the family sues airstream. If the door opened the other way it would have been pushed shut by the air instead of being pulled open. This is actually why suicide doors are no longer made. All fatalities are caused by someone making a mistake, but most often it is more than one made by several people. She made the mistake of riding in the trailer; but if the door opened the other way she'd be alive today.

@tw8464

Ай бұрын

Well said.

@tw8464

Ай бұрын

​@@gregbuckley7596 truth

@Meela234

Ай бұрын

@@gregbuckley7596 If she had ridden in the truck like she was supposed to, she'd be alive today.

@SmolPotatowo

Ай бұрын

@@gregbuckley7596 Even without anybody in the trailer if you forget to shut the door it could rip your door off. Unless they have some very specific reason to do it that way I don't get it.

Wow! Well said my friend

Whoa 😢 My Condolences... God Bless 🙏

That's why they call them "suicide doors". Very sad story.

@Rockoblocko

Ай бұрын

Well you’re not supposed to ride in the trailer when you’re towing.

@movienut710

Ай бұрын

I must confess I never properly understood why those doors had that name. Thank You, it makes sense now. Deepest Sympathy to the Family

@saraha5847

Ай бұрын

@@movienut710same! So sad now that I have a story and mental visual to explain. 😢

@DroneStrike1776

Ай бұрын

Old Lincolns and Rolls Royce Phantoms. Now they call them something else because "suicide" doors is politically incorrect.

@DroneStrike1776

Ай бұрын

Hemmings motor wrote an article a long time ago and called them suicide doors because it was easy to throw someone out the car. Mobster days.

Reminds me of the McCanns: 2 physicians who should have known better.

Hi Dr. Grande, excellent analysis. Not only are there no seatbelts in trailers, there are no seatbelts in living quarters of RVs. I refer to people like Monica as smartstupid. As always I learn something new from your videos.

Its a very good thing to be well-read, well-educated, and well-traveled. But nothing can compare with street-smarts and people-smarts. That's why we MUST limit screeen time for our kids and keep them actively learning lifeskills of all types with other kids.

Dr. Grande has a good point: It seems that Monika may have been “seeking novelty” just by wanting to sleep in the trailer even while at home.

@wilhelmhagberg8854

Ай бұрын

So what. Seeking novelty is part of leading a life.

@Readytoflyhome

Ай бұрын

Not everyone has the same mental profile. Neither is better or worse. Stop trying so hard to do a psychoanalysis to make yourself feel superior

@mishaa7263

Ай бұрын

my parents have a similar trailer I like to sleep in when I visit, rather than stay in the house, do i have to worry ab seeking novelty now? lol....

@mangafq8

Ай бұрын

​@@Readytoflyhome he's just doing his job which is the point of this channel.❤

@hannahmitchell87

Ай бұрын

@@Readytoflyhome I didn't think op ascribed any positivity or negativity to novelty seeking, did they?

When I was a kid in Wyoming I learned all about what wind can do to a car door regardless of the orientation of the hinges.

@goatgirl5968

Ай бұрын

I've only driven in Wyoming once and learned this lesson when my truck door hit the gas pump when the wind caught it. Still have the truck, still have the dent.

@wmluna381

Ай бұрын

I've heard so many times about the wind in Wyoming being constant and excessive. To the point where it can start to affect your mental health if you live there.

@EXROBOWIDOW

Ай бұрын

Not all of us live in Wyoming, LOL. My son went to college in Rapid City, South Dakota, which has some of that same kind of weather, so he explained to us about the wind.

This was utterly devastating, and while laws were unquestionably breached, the sheer improbability of such an event unfolding is staggering.

@themacker894

Ай бұрын

I don't know about your experience on the roads in the US, but in my experience I've seen all kinds of scary trailer antics. I would think anyone with any time on US highways would think this is a bad idea, despite it being illegal in most states.

You are a smart man and I appreciate you teaching critical thinking skills

My grandfather would never let us ride in the trailer, no matter how much we would beg. He would explain to us all of the dangers and somehow this wasn't even one of them that was mentioned. That poor woman and her family.

@tw8464

Ай бұрын

Sounds like you had a wonderful grandfather. ❤️

@tylahchambers-brennan627

Ай бұрын

Just a normal grandfather…by people stating that someone is great for doing what ALL parents and adults should do is what lowers the bar for standards and whats excepted and acceptable behaviours! I say no Great Special grandpa just a stupid person who knew better, and didnt care thinking she would be safe! She knows its unsafe! I would be questioning her diagnoses and treatment plan if she was my childs physician! She doesnt follow rules and makes bad choices and knows better shes used to getting away with doing what she wants as many often think because she is a doctor (for allergies,lol) that shes special or great and superior to others! Hence why they do it! Its just an accident unfortunately…i dont even blame her for what she done, everyone does things and makes allowances for themselves etc at some point most of us are lucky enough to get away with it! An accident is that!

@OutdatedGalaxy

Ай бұрын

@@tw8464 He was

I said "your not suppose to be back there!" the second I saw the article, 3-days later Airstream said the same thing.

@mightymouse1005

Ай бұрын

My dang parents drove thousands of miles with us kids being in the travel trailer....dang

@linsioux217

Ай бұрын

@@mightymouse1005 It is illegal in most states. I've been camping for over 50 years and it's also common knowledge that is could be deadly.

@666cemetaryslut

Ай бұрын

Did they also use the incorrect "your"?

@melistasy

Ай бұрын

​@linsioux217 wow, I didn't know that, but I've also never been in one before.

@mikegarippo7815

Ай бұрын

Why did you [incorrectly] hyphenate "3-days"?

I've always been fascinated about the clever silly just never heard it called that before.

I'm very sorry that this happened. Pray peace for this family.

Once again, Dr. Grande saves immeasurable lives with a video in a time that matters: just before summer/ high level of travel trailer use…

@troyk4452

Ай бұрын

Calm down…

Well said Dr. Grande. Condolences to Monika's family and friends.

Heartbroken for the family Everybody needs a mom sometimes. And they permanently lost theirs.

This is heartbreaking.

What an extremely sad story. Poor family.

@learjet1246

Ай бұрын

Their daughter is unhurt, and I'm sure they had good insurance.

I was told to never allow passengers on a trailer that is being towed. It's dangerous and uncomfortable. Regardless, a terrible loss to the medical community and to the people she dedicated her life to serve.

@AlphaGeekgirl

Ай бұрын

But you shouldn't HAVE to be told. You could not pay me a millions bucks to be that stupid and ride in a trailer or the back of a truck.

This is so sad. What a terrible misfortune. Just when she could relax and enjoy the fruits of her labor.

Education does not equal intelligence.

I’m a trainer of high risk industrial machinery and one thing we are told when we first start training is that there is no such thing as common sense anymore, it’s now known as acquired sense. Meaning that the amount of people who lack basic understanding of how things work is the common ability of people these days and they are in danger of injury. A lack of role models and father figures is leaving many young people in a bad situation.

@ArtU4All

Ай бұрын

That is quite profound. Indeed, what used be common, especially for people in the countryside with the agricultural machinery, domestic and wild animals - what’s left of that in the city?…. The cars are pretending to selfdrivw

@EXROBOWIDOW

Ай бұрын

@@ArtU4All Oh, so that explains the "tourons" who try to pet bison in Yellowstone! Even though there are signs everywhere telling you to stay far away from them.

@EXROBOWIDOW

Ай бұрын

My brother-in-law, who owns a motorhome, classic cars, and a bunch of other nifty stuff, once commented that not as many people buy RVs these days, because people lack the skills to maintain them. I've also heard that the manufacturers of said RVs are mostly doing a shoddy job these days, and a purchaser of a new RV may spend months or years trying to get their new toy working right.

@alphakevin687

Ай бұрын

IDK, moving your body at highway speeds should still trigger an elevated sense of danger, especially if you consider all the noise and bumpiness. IMO this was good old thrill seeking plus bad luck

@kayjay7585

Ай бұрын

Even with common sense, there are infinitely many unforeseen things that can happen. It says a lot about a company's concern for safety if they choose the "all bets are off if you don't follow the manual" approach.