# Tiger Woods in surgery with leg injuries after car crash in California **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400 "2021-02-23T20:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/1 "2021-02-23T20:16:33Z")
> **[Tiger Woods in surgery with leg injuries after car crash in California](https://journalstar.com/news/national/tiger-woods-hospitalized-after-car-crash-in-california/article_35eeb517-1d24-523e-9356-56e7a4b4e28a.html#utm_source=journalstar.com&utm_campaign=/newsletter-templates/breaking&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_content=6225a5094bb74f710bf3c5c0410651d874aeddb1)** > > Golf star Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in the Los Angeles area and is undergoing surgery. His condition isn't yet clear. Seat belts? ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/2 "2021-02-23T20:22:03Z")
And your point is… ❓ ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/3 "2021-02-23T20:25:17Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > And your point is… ❓ California EMS said some celebrities do not wear seat-belts and gain more serious injuries. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/4 "2021-02-23T20:30:10Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > California EMS said some celebrities do not wear seat-belts and gain more serious injuries Where did it say that in the linked article? ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/5 "2021-02-23T20:33:30Z")
It’s not as much what the article actually says, its more what you want the article to say 😜 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/6 "2021-02-23T20:39:09Z")
Darwin was right… especially when it comes to celebrities, apparently. 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/7 "2021-02-23T20:45:23Z")
I don’t know about seat belts but when I hear “a one vehicle accident”, rightly or wrongly I make certain assumptions until facts are published. Speeding, fell asleep, drugs, alcohol, seat belt, weather conditions, who knows? A fairly severe crash if he had to be cut out of the cabin and looked like it went down a ravine from the TV anyway. Seat belt or not, that would have been a wild ride. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/8 "2021-02-23T20:51:59Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > California EMS said some celebrities do not wear seat-belts and gain more serious injuries > > _Where did it say that in the linked article?_ Not in the article. When I was taking care of a patient in Newport Beach, paramedics there said many celebrities do not wear seat-belts. Often when they ride in chauffeured limousines they do not use the seat-belts. Princess Diana likely would have survived had she been wearing her seat-belts. We had two librarians die in an airport van when the cabbie went down an embankment on the way to the airport. The van was intact. The librarians would have survived had they been wearing seat-belts. The cab driver, wearing his seat-belts, was uninjured. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/9 "2021-02-23T20:59:53Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > Not in the article. Robert, in case you didn’t realize it, you are now on the list so that anything you say will be picked to death by the resident experts. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/10 "2021-02-23T21:01:27Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Darwin was right… especially when it comes to celebrities, apparently. 🧐 I stand by this statement. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/11 "2021-02-23T21:48:19Z")
More importantly, who cares? ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/12 "2021-02-23T22:41:56Z")
It looked like a suv. Not a car. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/13 "2021-02-23T22:44:19Z")
Yep, it’s the new Genesis SUV, the GV80. ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/14 "2021-02-23T23:29:21Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > California EMS said some celebrities do not wear seat-belts and gain more serious injuries. I just realized that we have never had a spirited debate between @Robert-Gift and @WheresRick. The shear amount of semi-outrageous and outright outrageous claims/theories would be amazing. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/15 "2021-02-23T23:48:47Z")
> [@FoDaddy](#): > > The shear amount of semi-outrageous and outright outrageous claims/theories would be amazing. I understand some of the comments of each over the years but please explain how the statement “California EMS says that “some” celebrities don’t wear seat belts” is in itself outrageous or dangerous or an unproven theory??? Seems like a perfectly logical statement that I have heard many times by local LEOs concerning young people especially. Certainly it is a statistical fact that some do not wear belts. Sheesh if you are going to argue, why not pick something more outrageous like drum brakes are better? ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/16 "2021-02-24T01:29:27Z")
> [@bing](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > Not in the article. > > _Robert, in case you didn’t realize it, you are now on the list so that anything you say will be picked to death by the resident experts._ That is fine. Glad to explain or clarify. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/17 "2021-02-24T01:45:51Z")
The NBC evening news (national) reported that Woods was wearing his seat belt. Seat belts and air bags don’t prevent all injuries or even death. They can substantially reduce them though. Woods SUV rolled several times, and the aerial pictures showed it was pretty messed up. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/18 "2021-02-24T03:00:27Z")
I can see the title now: “The efficacy of drum brakes for delivering blood in the middle of the night.” ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/19 "2021-02-24T03:11:37Z")
> [@old\_mopar\_guy](#): > > _I can see the title now: “The efficacy of drum brakes for delivering blood in the middle of the night.”_ Disc brakes be.tter. Drums getoo slippery when driving through flooded roads to rurahospitals. (First I walked through the water to see how deep it got.) Disc brake wear is easier to check and I can replace them in minutes. Donchate it when dat happens: You’replacing the front pads when the blood center calls for an emergentransport for an OB MTP (Mass Transfusion Protocol). (Was it NAPA who threw me out of their store when I asked to buy **one** brake pad?) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400/20 "2021-02-24T03:18:08Z")
After all the surgeries he has been through no big deal [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tiger-woods-in-surgery-with-leg-injuries-after-car-crash-in-california/175400.md?page=2)