Bad rollover accident makes me think about a roll cage in my crew cab

[brycebba]

I have seen these roll over accident articles a lot where I live and it makes me really wonder about having someone do a roll cage in my crew cab. My wife and my son and the new baby boy are my life and I always try to keep them safe but rollovers can happen because of me or someone else and seem to have a low survival rate.

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Has anyone ever done a cage in a crew cab? It doesn't have to be a full race cage but something that would give us a good chance of survival if something like that picture happened to us. That poor young girl at 29 died in that truck.

What would you guess the cost would be?

 

[phule]

Just remember that vehicles with roll cages also have harness so your body doesn't move around. If you roll a vehicle without a harness and have a roll cage there's a strong chance of hitting your head on one of the bars cause serious injuy or death.

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[Ruger_556]

Pretty much don't drive a pickup truck... Most every other vehicle on the road does better in a roll over.

 

[Horns]

Roll cages will kill you without a helmet on. That's the simple fact of it. Don't put a cage in unless you plan on you and your kids wearing a helmet every time you enter the vehicle.

Vehicles are made to crumple like that. That's what saves your life during a hard impact.

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[polar]

The cabs are meant to crumble when rolling to prevent the passengers from getting a sudden shock. With a roll cage, your spines will be taking the force instead

 

[brycebba]

Haha these are all very good points that I didn't really consider except the don't drive a pickup truck one... I guess I will just keep driving smart and hope that others will do the same. Hopefully I won't get into an accident like that ever with my family in the car. Thanks for the insight

 

[polar]

Now I will be getting a cage in my truck within the next couple years. Once you get in 10s on the drag strip they like you to have a cage

 

[camoburban]

You could always go Exo cage !

 

[thz71]

You could always go Exo cage !

Exactly

 

[sewlow]

I've been in 3 rollovers. Youthful exuberance, stupidity, & physics!
One was so slow that we actually had a conversation as the car was rolling over. 3.5X!
"That was one! We going over again?"
'Yup! Here we go! Hang on! Watch out for that speaker!"
A sapling kept us from ending up in the ocean. In January! First day of school after Christmas break.
Walked away from all of them. Not completely injury free, though. I have scars! As do some of the others involved. But no broken bones!
No rollbars in any of the vehicles!
Looking back, I can just shake my head. No one was killed or suffered any life altering disabilities.
Just dumb luck, or angels on our shoulders.