That would be my best guess also. Since air bags are designed to immediately inflate, then deflate, upon being triggered by the sensors, it's not hard to imagine that the "barrel rolls" (with the bags deflated) allowed his legs to flail around while tumbling. It's also possible that his left leg was against the door, thus reducing the flailing, while his right one was less secure. After seeing the massive damage to the car, he is lucky that he is still alive and is in my opinion, a real testament to modern day cars and their safety designs, features and crush zones.

His foot probably caught by the gas pedal. When I broke my ankle falling down stairs, the doctor told me it was because I had boots on. The boots restricted the movement of my foot. The body is designed to move so as to not break bones, unless restricted. I think design of the airbags save lives, however, cannot prevent something getting caught and thereby restricting movement and causing bones breaking.

You think so? My wife and I were traveling in N. Carolina 2016, 55 mph speed limit on a two lane rd just outside of Brevard a Postal delivery truck crossed the center line and hit us head on, both vehicles traveling 55 MPH. All 10 of our air bags went off. We were bruised all over but basically walked away. I had a concussion from the airbag and a burn on my arm from a different air bag. My wife broke her collar bone and a rib from the seat belt. We were driving a 2015 Lincoln MKZ.

Yikes, Opus, what a crash!

I’m personally always surprised to see F1 drivers walk away after crashing into a wall at 250 miles an hour and the car bursting into flames. Safety features have come a long way.

Stomping on the brakes, in a front end collision, with cause the very type of lower leg and foot injuries Tiger sustained...

A possible Lis-Franc dislocation of the midfoot was sustained as well as the open fracture of the leg...

I've treated this type of injury to the foot...

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thanks. Initial crash evidence indicated NO skid marks before leaving the road. And it was confirmed he was buckled in. Evidently SOMETHING happened to his right leg to cause all those severe compounded bone breaks. And I must ponder that perhaps that brake/accelerator area may heve been compromised during the rollovers. Time, and evidence, will tell.

Yes, thankfully he survived - that's #1. I just hope that he can survive the painkillers, possible depression, physical recovery, and looong difficult physical therapy.
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Yes, I do.

Which vehicle weights the most counts and not all head ons are the same. The Ford did exactly as designed saved severe injuries and death in you’re case. I wouldn’t want bet on it again? Did the postal worker survive? There probably thousands of others that didn’t? IMO thankfully you were very lucky 🍀 and nobody would want go through that.

Look up Ben Hogan car accident. And remember, Hogan was driving a 1948 Cadillac that was hit head on by a bus.

He has a history of wreckles behavior. Let's start with the drug tests, etc. Also, any recent behavioral issues that would affect
his driving? At 7am where was he going at wreakless speeds? Or where did he go? More questions than answers.

Tests confirmed he had no drugs or alcohol in his system.
He was on his way to a morning tv shoot.
Hope that helps in your investigation.

PS. He was not wreckless either.
He had quite a famous argument with a fire hydrant some years back!:icon_wink:

An orthopedic surgeon interviewed by the New York Times (reported in the Thursday edition) said that in accidents that lead the driver to brake hard, the sort of right foot, ankle, shin injuries Tiger suffered are very common. The connection between the front end, engine, brake pedal, etc. transfers the force through to the right foot on the brake pedal. Because the driver is trying to straighten out that leg with maximum pressure, it doesn’t give much, so the bone breaks and muscle fibers tear and bruise. The left leg is fine because it’s not pressing down. The air bags provide cushioning to many areas, but not to the right foot. That takes the force of the collision. It’s such a shame. At least he was wearing his seatbelt, it seems.

A history of "reckless" behavior???? Where? When?? What???

He's had a few incidents in his life. For the most part he has been a great father and upstanding human being.

People like Tiger live under a microscope and the press blows up every little incident making them seem much bigger than they are.

1) He cheated on his wife with multiple women. If you think that he's the only celebrity to do this, you're naive. I don't mean to justify it, it was wrong, he fessed up and apologized and voluntarily sought counseling.

2) He had a car accident while under the influence of drugs. He has had multiple back surgeries and knee surgeries. He was given pain meds by his doctor and mixed some without realizing the effect they would have. Again, he admitted a mistake and never did it again.

Please list all of the rest of his history of reckless behavior.

Tiger Woods has accomplished much in his life and has done a lot of good for a lot of people. His TGR Foundation supports community-based programs that improve the health, education, and welfare of all children in America. Currently, the foundation has established several programs and events such as the TGR Learning Labs, Hero World Challenge, Genesis Open, The National, and Tiger Jam which all benefit and impact the lives of millions of children.

Millions of African Americans, mostly young people have taken up golf because of Tiger.

The Tiger Woods Foundation is about empowering minorities, especially underprivileged minority students. The TGRF’s goal is for these students to be given the support and resources needed to be successful in school and beyond. In over the 20 years that this foundation has been opened they have served more than 175,000 students, as well as employing 1,000 educators each year. The foundation has been so successful due to its goal of “developing self-advocacy skills in young people,” that their students have a 98.7% college graduation rate, which is one of the highest graduation rates of a scholarship program in the country.

And people want to hate this guy because he is human and made a few mistakes. He's used cuss words on the golf course and tossed a club on occasion, as have many golfers at every level including the PGA Tour. The difference with Tiger is that he's on camera way more than any other player so he gets caught more often.

Other than that, he works as hard as anyone that has ever played any sport in and effort to become the best that ever lived. That is a great lesson for your people. In fact it's a great lesson for all of us.

On top of all that, he's a great father to his two children. He spends a lot of time with them in spite of the fact that they live with their mother, with whom he gets along very well these days.

Tiger is human and has made a few mistakes, but the good that he has done for the world and pleasure that he has brought to millions of people worldwide far outweighs a few "reckless" incidents.

A history of reckless behavior? I don't think so.

Who cares? I have more important things to wonder about and wait for answers to. An air bag protects you from an impact. Theres always a possibility that an arm, a leg may get wedged in somewhere and snap. They said he had a compound fracture. Thats not a crushing injury from impact. And I hadnt really thought much about it untilI saw this post because as I said, who cares? Unless, you intend to buy a vehicle just like his which I seriously doubt

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oh boy. "Who cares"? Well, apparently I do. And the reason for my post. So now a person cannot question something and ponder 'Why'? Are YOU not interested in something and ask a question? Perhaps not... But that's how interested people grow and converse and learn.

I DID learn, thx posters, about the stress on the right leg and brake etc. If I didn't 'care', and didn't post, and others respond, I would not have learned this. However that would make more sense to me if there was evidence of hard braking by Tiger. No tire markings on pavement. But time will tell - for interested people who care.
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From what I have read, severe right leg injuries are very common in this type of accident. It could be due to many reasons, but I'm not an engineer so I don't know all the details.