Yep. Blame it on the driver. It's like being a whale in a small pond no matter what you do something gets damaged because of your size
Ice on trailer roof blows off and hits our car
Discussion in 'Questions To Truckers From The General Public' started by Robert Gift, Feb 3, 2014.
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The attorneys can go pound sand, those lights are there for a reason.crb Thanks this. -
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--- and I was High Up in a tractor cab when I did. :smt045
They still blinded me with a bright light that stabs the eyes when it strobes.
And in betwixt the eye-stabbin' strobe that obliterated my night vision, about all I could see was darkness,
then the strobe-light stabbed my eyes again, then darkness and nearly blinded.
Upon approach to the pilot car runnin' behind the oversize load, the flashin' lights were highly visible.
Gettin closer to 'em is when they're blindingly bright when they strobe.
Of course, by then a driver should already be aware of the presence of the oversize load, :smt047
with full attention on that load as a slow, careful pass is executed.
But just when a driver's night-sight is needed the most, it's compromised by the ultra bright, blindin' strobe lights ---
required by law to be in operation for safety reasons. :smt104
I remember thinkin' 'bout the same as you, Bob, -- after that encounter.
A safety measure that creates a less than safe situation?
I recall bein' a tad perturbed 'bout that at the time.
And wondered if all those lumens were necessary.
Cowmobile and 379exhd are correct, :smt045 --- best solution in a case like that is to carefully pass,
or fall back if unable to safely make a pass at that time.
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^ Wow! I'm surprised such a device exists. Apparently the hazard IS REAL, yes?
I am surprised they don't have just a ladder and some garden rakes. Maybe they don't work well enough on hard frozen-on ice. -
That seems to do a good job on the snow, but what if there is a sheet of solid ice under the snow, how will it perform on that?
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Yes, we fell back.
You miss the point.
1. No need for such bright, strobing lights.
2. A very small chance exists that those lights may cause one to have an epileptic-type seizure.
3. The fault is the driver driving into something, but guess who will get sued? You don't want to be sued, even if you will win in court. -
So take your argument to the federal and state governments. They are the ones that created the laws that require the driver to illuminate the lights as well as enforce the standards for the same lights. Or are you simply a greedy weasel looking for a payday and you would sue the one party in all of this with the least ability to protect themselves... the driver?
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