Black Bear: Red Jeep Tumble - Manual with Parking Brake

[FINOCJ]

https://krdo.com/news/state-regional...-in-telluride/

[Tom]

Roll bar did nothing.

[derf]

Apparently, neither did the parking brake. Which is a known issue with the TJ and JK, and probably the JL as well.

[Blackjeep]

This is a video of the Jeep that didn’t have the parking brake set on Black Bear. I post it because they are asking for donations to help the injured.

https://youtu.be/2R5cLghSWGQ

[Brian]

Just wow! I saw the story, but the vid really hammers home the severity of the accident.

[ForumAdmin]

I pulled two threads together (one with the story [More Issues on Black Bear/Bridal Veil], one with the video [Be careful out there...]) and will also edit the opening thread title [Black Bear: Red Jeep Tumble - Manual with Parking Brake].

[Java]

Same video as above but slow. So scary, those poor people. I'm glad the Jeep didn't hit the guy that recorded this.

[Jim]

I question how/where it was parked. If I had the ready choice, it'd be parked (front wheels turned as needed) so that if it started to roll, it'd roll in the safest direction. I'm not pointing a finger at the guy - but I do question.

[Bob]

Turning the wheels appropriately when parking on a grade was a taught in driver ed back in the days of manual transmissions. I doubt it's even mentioned anymore.

[goSlo]

Bob previously posted:

[ForumAdmin]

Admin Edit - I carved off the parking brake mods posts to a thread of their own in General 4x4 Tech:
www.FrontRange4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?28361-JK-Parking-Brake-adjustment-mods

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