Rider Saves 25 Year Old Girl From Overturned Car With A Knife!

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In today’s sea of negative news and people trying to bash one another at every turn, it’s rather refreshing to see someone take a little bit of time out of their day to stop what it is that they are doing in order to lend a helping hand to someone that really appears to need it.

This time, we ride along with a helmet mounted GoPro camera that captures the action as this rider is heading home from work on the San Diego 163 northbound when he comes across a car that happens to be overturned in traffic.

In a series of motions that look almost instinctual, the rider pulls over, hops off of his motorcycle, and runs over to the car to see if there is anything that he can do to help out in a situation that has probably completely destroyed somebody’s day if not more. Luckily, it turns out that the rider had exactly the tools needed to help the job out as he pulls out his knife and helps to cut the seatbelt from the girl onboard so that she can get out of the car.

We’re able to watch in the video below as this good Samaritan does a deed that is rather simple but somebody probably immensely appreciates. We give this guy one giant thumbs-up for being on the lookout for his fellow human being who ended up being ok. Perhaps more of us should take notes from this fine example.
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Nice to see that.

I am wondering why the cops and EMTs on the scene lacked knives? I used to work in a municipal court, and EVERY cop, fireman, and EMT who entered the building had a knife of some sort.
 
Don't remove someone from a car unless necessary - fire , spilling fuel etc. . because if untrained you may further injure the victim !! Wait for the EMT
 
SCWillson said:
Nice to see that.

I am wondering why the cops and EMTs on the scene lacked knives? I used to work in a municipal court, and EVERY cop, fireman, and EMT who entered the building had a knife of some sort.
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I'm sure they do/did. EMTs will always at least have those heavy-duty sheers that can cut through clothes, seatbelts, leather belts, etc. But the motorcyclist arrived first (benefits of lane splitting, I guess), and the EMTs arrived mere moments after the girl was cut free. You can hear them using their sirens to get through the traffic and see that they were only slightly behind. The motorcyclist was probably unnecessary, but you never know, and in those situations seconds can make all the difference.
 
why the cops and EMTs on the scene lacked knives?
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I may have missed it but it looked like the Motor rider got there BEFORE the rescue.

Kind of interesting all the illegal ? ? ? maneuvering through traffic between lanes. Could he see way down the road that the car over turned and planned on helping? Or is that his normal solution for heavy traffic . . . hahaha.

Good vid thanks.

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. . . hmmmm a 25 year old isn't a girl and especially that one . . . looked a little red light district to me . . . wondering what was ACTUALLY going on in the car before the roll over . . . freek'in rolled it on a straight flat road ! ! ! !
hmmmmm . . . I'm just saying . . .
 
Lane splitting is legal in CA.
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Now I'm educated. I'm way out here in the Wild Wild West of Co so what do I know about the city.

Sounds really confusing and dangerous for the the auto drivers trying to flow all together to have little narrow vehicles flitting through the gaps. But then I think texting and driving is ludicrous so what do I know.

Side question :
do modern vehicles catch fire much after roll over ? The officer seemed to have no concern that this could possibly happen and was TELLING the person to stay where she was. I'd be a half a block away just as soon as I got out of the car . . . but I am kind of funny about having large hunks of hard stuff flying at my body at high velocity.
 
The ambulance was already on the scene before the guy came around to the other side of the car to cut her loose. If he had waited about 15 seconds the medical team would have been right there by the car and could have handled it.

In my younger days I worked as a first responder and dealt with a number of traffic accidents, including overturned vehicles with people still seat-belted in. Correct answer - let the paramedics extricate people. They do things like stabilizing the neck (as you can see, that was the EMTs big concern with that woman) prior to moving them around.

I used to carry a large folding knife on my uniform belt specifically to cut seatbelts in such a situation, but the only time I would have done it would have been if there was significant immediate danger and the paramedics were a long way out. Never, ever needed it. Paramedics always got there pretty quick.
 
jc57 said:
The ambulance was already on the scene before the guy came around to the other side of the car to cut her loose. If he had waited about 15 seconds the medical team would have been right there by the car and could have handled it.

In my younger days I worked as a first responder and dealt with a number of traffic accidents, including overturned vehicles with people still seat-belted in. Correct answer - let the paramedics extricate people. They do things like stabilizing the neck (as you can see, that was the EMTs big concern with that woman) prior to moving them around.

I used to carry a large folding knife on my uniform belt specifically to cut seatbelts in such a situation, but the only time I would have done it would have been if there was significant immediate danger and the paramedics were a long way out. Never, ever needed it. Paramedics always got there pretty quick.
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Ordinarily I'd agree, but if the victim was responsive, oriented, and moving her head and all four extremities I wouldn't really have too much worry about an extraction. Of course, since it didn't really seem like there was a huge risk of fire and traffic was fairly well blocked, there wasn't a huge rush to extract her either.
 
Ya, it looked like she was already trying to get out of the car, but was stuck on the seatbelt.

The question is, what knife was it, and should it have been able to slice through the seatbelt more easily?


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In my LEO days, never had to use my knife for an extraction but this is exactly why I carry one. Yes, the paramedics were there pretty quick but many times, they are still aways out.
If that car caught fire, you'd have to move pretty quick.

btw, the knife looks like perhaps a ZT or Kershaw.
 
Mecha said:
The question is, should it have been able to slice through the seatbelt more easily?
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That's what I was thinking.

I've tested knives cutting through seatbelt material. If the knife is sharp, it goes pretty quick.

But it will also depend on how good an angle he got on it and whether it was all twisted.
 
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Wowbagger said:
Now I'm educated. I'm way out here in the Wild Wild West of Co so what do I know about the city.

Sounds really confusing and dangerous for the auto drivers trying to flow all together to have little narrow vehicles flitting through the gaps. But then I think texting and driving is ludicrous so what do I know.

Side question :
do modern vehicles catch fire much after roll over ? The officer seemed to have no concern that this could possibly happen and was TELLING the person to stay where she was. I'd be a half a block away just as soon as I got out of the car . . . but I am kind of funny about having large hunks of hard stuff flying at my body at high velocity.
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^^^ Unfortunately, I have to drive from the North County, down the I-5 to the 805, to the 163 South in the a.m., & back home again in the afternoon. The traffic here in S.D. is almost always very busy & can be a real hassle at times...& it's unbelievable how many idiot's you see texting, especially when the traffic is stop & go.
As far as lane splitting is concerned, almost all motorcyclists do it, including the cops!
 
knarfeng said:
That's what I was thinking.

I've tested knives cutting through seatbelt material. If the knife is sharp, it goes pretty quick.

But it will also depend on how good an angle he got on it and whether it was all twisted.
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Yep considering the non-ideal circumstances, it cut through well enough, though I got the impression the blade was a bit on the dull side.
 
Its nice that the biker rolled up and was able to help the lady get out of her car. And none of the other people that preceded him on the scene had a knife?? Seriously don't understand how anyone ever leaves home without one.
 
Thumb stud, partially serrated, coated, heavy recurve. I thought CRKT M21 but the stud doesn't touch the scales.


Edit: partially serrated Kershaw Blur?


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Nice job. My Case peanut would have sliced through that belt like butter. Haha.
Who knows, maybe that guy used the crap out of his knife at work and dulled it down.
 
I have as truck tools a Benchmade rescue tool [ 440C IIRC ] and a large automatic center punch !

Is Mecha OK ? he didn't say he would make titanium rescue tools ???
 
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