Helium truck overturns and ruptures in Houston 10-12-15

Squeaky voices for everyone!!

 

So much for this quarter's safety bonus.

 

Let's slow down guys. Many of you are out there tailgating and nearly bumper to bumper on the second lane trying to push the 1mph-slower guy off back to the right lane. We don't need to be doing this. My family is out there driving on those roads and so are yours. You keep safe distance for mine and I'll keep safe distance for yours.

 

Houston residents were doing their impression of oopaloompas for hours.

Maybe he had too much helium in the tank and the tires kept coming off the ground (this was said jokingly by the way)

 

Not so loud, DOT will be mandating helium detectors on everybody's valve stems before next Tuesday!

 

Had a driver try to make me believe that a company was making bubble wrap filled with helium. He said he had a whole trailer load. Claimed it was so lite that the company had to strap sand bags to the cross members to keep it on the ground....his story shoulda started "ya'll ain't gonna' believe this"...was good for a laugh.

 

Truckers...some days I'm just so darned proud to be one <sniff>

 

I'm a witness DOT officer in rural WY POE asked helium tanker driver why vehicle so heavy. I's helium, it should be light. No joke!

 

The fire dept said "traffic in the area is expected to be LIGHT in the vicinity of the accident"

Helium is neat, its only mined near Amarillo.