Semi Loses Ice Off Trailer On I88

If he wasn't tail gating this wouldn't have happened, but of course, lets lot look at that lets just say its the trucks fault for failing to do the nearly impossible.

 

Iroc beat me too it..... So I'll refrain from commenting!

 

Tailgating? going opposite directions?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ice-crash-07-jan07,0,6727077.story

 

I can see another bullcrap law approaching!!

 

They already have it in NJ . http://www.thetruckersreport.com/nj-mandates-snow-free-tractor-trailers/ .
But they can't fine you for snow that has accumulated while you were driving . How could they determine whether it was there when you started or not ?

 

They will simply look at the log book see where ya been, how long ya been driving and check the national weather service for precip....use some great mathematical formula and decide it is old or new accumulation.

 

I knew about the Jersey law. That is why I mentioned it for Illinois! Now since I as well have an aviation background.... To deice a aircraft properly in a timely matter you need 2 deicing trucks. These trucks cost more then a class 8 tractor not count the the glycol or the 4 men to operate the truck.... 1 man in the truck & another is the boom!

It is impossible for companies or cities to financially afford the equipment let alone going to every shipper/reciever to deice trucks. Airports can do it mainly for 2 reasons..... The smallest bit of ice will cause a plane to fall from the sky & kill many people... And, all the planes congregate at the end of the runway. When they are staged for take off, they get sprayed down, they power up, and they are gone!

 

Ive seen sheets of 1-2" thick ice/snow that looked bigger then a 4x8 sheet of plywood come off trailers and sail all the way across a 4 lane basically ditch to ditch without breaking up.