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I got this off of another site, hence the caption at the bottom. Can you tell they don't like SUV's. Anyway I thought it was great to see how well the 2nd gen held up. Looks like it destroyed the H2 :rolleyes:





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I would have to side on the H2 side, like I typically do.



Due to the publics total mis-understanding of reality, the H2 is designed to crush like that. There is no if ands or buts about this.



Look at the cab of the H2. It's intact. I'm sure people walked away. Look at the dodge, Same deal. I'm willing to put money on the fact that there were LESS critical INJURIES due to the H2 collapsing like that, say vs. 2 dodge trucks in the same situation.



I'm sure my 3rd Gen will crumple like a twig up to the cab just like the H2 when it's in a head on collision. This is by design, not by weakness. The 2nd gen trucks and first gen trucks were never designed the same way to break apart and absorb energy.



The F-150 commercial with the front end loaders crushing it front to back comes to mind here also.
 
The Ram was the 4th and last vehicle the Hummer hit.



The article that accompanied that photo.



Rodney Udd, who owns the Hummer of Alaska dealership in Anchorage, was treated at and released from Providence Alaska Medical Center on Monday after he drove his Hummer through a red light, hit two vehicles and then sped down the road, where he hit two more vehicles, police said. (Photo by Bill Roth / Anchorage Daily News)



Source: http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/1672787p-1789726c.html



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Hummer wreaks rush-hour chaos

CRASHES: Driver runs light, hits four vehicles, police say.



By Peter Porco

Anchorage Daily News (Published: August 27, 2002)

At least two people were injured Monday afternoon after a motorist drove a new Hummer through a red light, slammed into two vehicles and then sped down the wrong side of the road and hit two more vehicles, police said.



One car hit by the Hummer caromed into a van, making for a total of six vehicles in what looked to other drivers like a demolition derby.



The man behind the wheel of the Hummer was Rodney Udd. He owns the Hummer of Alaska dealership on Fifth Avenue, according to salesman Howard Castle at Anchorage Chrysler Dodge, Hummer's parent company.



Udd was treated at and released from Providence Alaska Medical Center, a nursing supervisor said. He could not be reached for comment Monday night.



Police Sgt. Gil Davis said police are still investigating.



"There doesn't seem to be any alcohol involved," he said. "It may be some kind of medical problem, maybe a seizure. "



The crash tied up rush-hour traffic on DeBarr Road. At 6:15 p. m. , two hours later, the maroon Hummer lay crossways in the eastbound lanes of DeBarr, its front end mashed to an unrecognizable tangle, its door alarm ringing and radio playing.



"It's still got that new-car smell," Davis said.



The 2003 Hummer, Castle said, was Udd's demonstration model, worth about $60,000. It was totaled, police said.



The Hummer, southbound on Airport Heights Drive, had stopped for a red light at DeBarr. The driver sat through the green light, Davis said, and when the light changed again to red, he took off into the intersection.



Tammy Morse, a 32-year-old delivery driver westbound on DeBarr, was behind the wheel of the first vehicle struck by the Hummer, a white Pet Pantry van. She braked hard and the Hummer opened a hole in her front bumper but bounced away into another vehicle, she said.



"He just plowed through everybody else," said Morse, who was uninjured. "He ignored me, hit the extended-cab (truck) and turned and headed down the sidewalk. "



The Hummer spun around after striking the second vehicle and then sped west down the eastbound side of DeBarr, she said.



"I couldn't believe it," Morse said.



It seemed even more shocking to Jenette Jemison, a 21-year-old student driving east in her sister's late-model Mazda sedan.



Heading up the hill outside Alaska Regional Hospital, Jemison found the square-nosed, wide-body Hummer -- the civilian version of the military's Humvee -- coming straight for her.



"He was on the sidewalk, and I'm thinking, 'What the hell!' " Jemison said. " 'He's going to turn away. ' But he doesn't. He just keeps coming. "



Jemison said traffic was heavy and drivers around her were blowing their horns and trying to get out of the way. She squeezed left but not far enough. The Hummer came off the sidewalk and smashed into the Mazda, spinning it into the left lane, where it was hit by a van.



A few car lengths later, the Hummer smashed head-on into a Dodge Ram pickup. "That ended it," Davis said.



The pickup driver, unidentified Monday evening, was treated for minor injuries at Providence and released, Davis said.



 
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