[TheForge] Shots fired? - YAK

Fri Nov 15 22:22:59 2002

For what it is worth,  I had   my drivers side door- window  "explode" 
and  crumble into bits of glass on  my own car in 1977.  This happened on a 
"farm to market"  gravel / crushed rock road.   We owned and farmed the 
land on both sides of the road.  It was broad day light on a  May morning 
and the field crops were just corn and soybeans: not tall enough at that 
time of year to hide a sniper.  It was not hunting season, and this is 
basically treeless, flat land:  there are no easy places to hide a vehicle.

It happened just as a gravel truck met/ passed me going the opposite 
direction.

I figured that a rock had caught in the tread of the tire and then 
released. What ever it was came too hard to just be a rock falling off the 
truck's  load.  I  didn't even think to try and  chase down the gravel truck.

Dann Johnson
Thompson, Iowa

At 02:55 AM 11/15/2002 -0600, you wrote:

>Walter
>I would suspect a small stone from the trucks tire over a gun shot . If a
>shot had it the window I would thingk that there would have to be an other
>hole in the car or the bullit lodges in the car somewhere.
>
>
>Dan Rathburn
>Elgin, IL USA
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Walter L. Mullett" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 9:04 PM
>Subject: [TheForge] Shots fired? - YAK
>
>
> > Allright - for some of you physics buffs...
> >
> > I was traveling on a 2 lane paved highway in the country and just passing
>a
> > semi coming in the opposite direction when WHAM .... my driver's side,
>door
> > window was fully crazed.  At first, there was a 2-3 inch x 1/2" slot in
>the
> > window ... just about head height and right beside me, then the whole
>window
> > slowly fell apart into my truck.
> >
> > When it happened, I realized the truck's cab had just passed but I was not
> > yet beyond his duals.  I looked at my mirror and could also see the trucks
> > mirror and they were both ok.  Thinking maybe something came off the truck
> > or possibly that his wheel had blown, I turned around and caught up with a
> > truck.  Nothing was apparently wrong with the truck and it may be it wa
>snot
> > the same one I had passed since there were two cross roads between where
>it
> > happened and where I caught up with him.
> >
> > When I had the window replaced, the repair shop suggested that I report it
> > to the police because he thought there were some shootings in the area.  I
> > went ahead and did that but the deputy kind of thought I was mistaken ...
> > maybe he even thought I was nuts.  BTW - The deputy said there was a
>problem
> > a couple of years ago in that area but nothing lately and that person was
> > not found.
> >
> > I have done some thinking about this and there are two things that concern
> > me.  First is the slot that was cut in the window right beside my head.  I
> > saw nothing in my side vision and I have a wide vision area.  To cut this
> > slot, the object would have to match that size or be moving very fast at
>an
> > angle.  Second is that there was glass on my dash on the opposite side of
> > the truck.  That seems to mean that the trajectory of the object was in
>the
> > same direction I was going.
> >
> > My questions.
> >
> > What kind of force does it take to break this window?
> > Do you think anything thrown up from the front wheels of the truck could
> > have enough power in the limited angle it would have?
> >
> > I think maybe someone behind me and facing the truck was aiming at the
> > truck's windshield and missed.
> >
> > Any comments?
> >
> > Walt
>
>
>
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