Sumting Wong
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At 28 seconds into video. Lower right behind the JB Hunt container.
Set burned, driver ok….
At 28 seconds into video. Lower right behind the JB Hunt container.
Absolutely! A complete failure to adjust driving to changing conditions. That oblivious Swift probably never even disengaged his cruise control. If you just slow the hell down, it gives you options, like driving into the median or borrow pit to avoid a collision. Sliding tires have no directional control, rolling tires still do. At the worst, it will be a soft rollover, at best, you're stuck. I can't tell you how many times I have been in these situations. If you are driving slowly with flashers on under these conditions and struck from behind, it is not your fault. And it is better for both drivers if both vehicles are moving when the collision happens, because it reduces the impact forces. Pure and simple, it comes down to speed too fast for conditions. And STAY IN YOUR VEHICLE! Why the hell do people get out and stand there and watch vehicles sliding into them like that? If my car is driveable, I'm driving down the shoulder or median to get beyond the impact / death zone behind me. The dude with the cellphone camera whining about losing his Charger should have driven a couple hundred feet further down the shoulder and he would still be driving it...I have mixed feelings.
Typical Keystone Hubris celebrating that mess by some of the people standing around dookie while a man on a freaking CANE hobbled around inside a sea of cars about to be SLAMMED by oncoming semis. It will grind that old **** sure as shooting. But the big mouth stood there cheering the mess with the stupid phone. SHEESH. I just wanna slug him.
The whole damn mess is preventable. A spot of snow? Get parked and wait a while. Have a dinner. We cannot be that collectively stupid at Trucking. But here we are
******* what a WASTE.
oh yeah, they will.. they don't give a damn about these scenarios. Truck drivers to them are a dime dozen... You have to break some eggs to make an omelette, so said Lenin...I got caught in mountain white outs twice. The first scoured the paint off my tractor and the second was really dangerous. Got eastbound stopped by radio and last mile marker. Painted the windows white all around. -45 with 70+ mph winds narrowed down that chute valley between the peaks like a river across my interstate. That took a hour.
Drifted me axle deep too.
To this day I monitor the hell out of the weather in the USA. I think lives depend on this.
And we want robot trucks? Hell no. We cannot be that stupid.
I dont know Lenin too much and dont know where socalism will fit into our model of free enterprise.oh yeah, they will.. they don't give a damn about these scenarios. Truck drivers to them are a dime dozen... You have to break some eggs to make an omelette, so said Lenin...