http://www.boston.com/video/viral_pa...id=17735942001


Jon,

The above link is some training underway in a bus simulator. I really don't know if there are any available to the public at large but I certainly see a benefit. The airlines have used them for years, they also used for ships and other large equipment. Emergencies of all kinds can be demonstrated and practiced.......... While simulators cannot prepare one for every eventuality things like front tire blow outs at 75 mph certainly can demonstrated and trained.

I have no idea what actually happened to Sawdust, however we should all learn from this incident. A little initial or recurrent training, at least in the mind, really is a requirement. Personally I have attached little stick on goodies to both my jake brake and my cruise control...one has one bump, the other has two. The logic behind that is that I do not have to look at the switches, I have learned them by feel. I recently read of a gentleman who had a stuck wide open throttle on his car, he did nothing and ran into someone else causing serious injury. Did it ever enter his mind to put the car into neutral....no it did not. Turning off the ignition would also have been an alternative, just enough to stop the engine then back on to avoid the steering column lock up....instead he drove right into the car in front of him.

While the mechanical aspect of what went wrong is very important, I feel it equally important to review what we would do in the same situation.