Driver of car dies when he hits a stray trailer

That's just too funny! ... or sad...

Kind of like my predicament tonight. Can't get any sleep because drivers can't seem to figure out there's a flatbed trailer dropped a couple of spots to my right, deep in the hole. "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" However, they all seem to be able to accelerate quickly enough after hitting it as they leave the yard.

 

that being said. we used to travel from where we live to Lubbock TX, about 2 hrs away once a week for hubbys PT. we live in oilfield country.

his appts were always early in the morning and since we are on mtn time, and lubbock on central, required us to get up and leave sometimes 330 or 430 am

there TONS of trucks around here. we travel on a 4 lane hiway. lots of trucks crossing the road coming from lease roads. IF YOU ARE PAYING attention, you can see them...the clearance lights and or reflective tape on the sides of the tankers (mostly whats around here) granted if that trailer was "dropped" wouldnt have any lights, but would still have the tape. the speed limit out there is 75 most of the way.

IN TOWN in Anaheim. i doubt the speed limit was much... was prob around 45 ish...or under

i am very sorry this man lost his life, to the carelessness of this driver (not checking his pin) but he couldnt have been paying much attention either...

 

To be fair, driving around Eastern New Mexico and the TX panhandle on US and state highways, is not the same as driving on an urban road that you're "familiar" with. Driving on quiet rural roads in the dark, you see marker lights, you know something out of the ordinary is there. In the cities and urban areas, lights are everywhere, and one tends to "ignore" them and deal with them in their sub-concious, which often makes mistakes and takes things for granted.