Not a smart move for a guy hauling Haz-Mat.

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Kapn, Jan 29, 2014.

  1. fairshake

    fairshake Road Train Member

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    Both at fault if you ask me.
     
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  3. slowpoke89

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  4. Marksteven

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    I hope that plow driver got enough info to report that idiot that tried to pass him
     
  5. Y2K

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    Well the driver forced into the guard rail was going a bit too fast but this was no way his fault.
    That semi driver should lose his job IMHO.
    What an idiot! passing a plow on a hill with a curve ahead....really?...really?!
    Then not stopping after causing an accident, this guy needs to be off the road, I sure wouldn't want to be in another semi with him coming the other way.
     
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  6. Dinomite

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    Ya I'm sure he didn't expect Evel Knievel to come around that corner with the dukes of hazard theme blaring. Ya he's going to stop. LOL that would be too much like right. Only on the Truckers Report does that happen.
     
  7. McCauley

    McCauley Medium Load Member

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    Wow, that was hard to watch. I guess I don't understand at all why someone would attempt a pass like that with a curve that close ahead. I feel bad for the guy in the passenger seat. Running on a rail like that and looking down at a steep drop, I probably would have had to change my underpants.
     
  8. Big Don

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    I watched that several times. It appears that the driver going down hill didn't even see the truck trying to pass the snow plow for at least ten seconds after the situation became obvious. What the hell was he doing that he didn't see what was happening?

    Of course the clown trying to pass the snowplow was a total freaking idiot. But the other driver was in over his head before he even knew it.
     
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  9. Guntoter

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    Everyone thinks the screamer has slow reflexes. Watch it again and imagine thinking "OK this guy coming at me was going to pass but he sees me and is going to drop back behind the plow"... "any second now, he will duck back in... dude.... WHAT THE H**L ARE YOU DOING".
     
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  10. Dinomite

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    Yes Guntoter, but he also didn't seem like he was slowing down any. Both had super slow reaction times. I'm sorry. I come around a curve and see 2 pair of head lights coming at me on a 2 lane highway. I'm slowing the heck down. Flashing some lights, honking a horn, and getting prepared to kiss my tail goodbye.
     
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  11. Y2K

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    Even on dry pavement that would be a butt pucker'n experience but on snow....yikes!
    I'd have been trying to slow down sooner I think but on the other hand you don't want to jump on the brakes down hill on snow.
     
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