Almost happened to me this morning. You'd think the dumb #### would have realized his lights were off when he couldn't read the speedometer in the dark. People are braindead these days.
Surprise at night.
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Trucking in Tennessee, Aug 24, 2020.
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Well, it sure looks like the driver was overdriving his headlights, if not outright speeding.
Anyone on the oncoming side give a hollar on the CB about the lightless truck?
Driver in the accident vehicle even HAVE a CB to hear such a warning?
Driver of the flatbed even THINK about pulling over and setting out triangles, as already mentioned?
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No reason to stop in the middle of the road even if the truck looses all power and just shuts down right on the spot. You can coast onto the shoulder.
Unless maybe you are climbing a 6% grade only doing 15mph when it shuts down.Bud A., LoSt_AgAiN, FerrissWheel and 2 others Thank this. -
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Maybe it had truck lights, but the pigtail came out. I have seen several of the bottom feeder mega's driving down the road with no trailer lights on at all...and they don't train their drivers to look in the mirrors anymore to see if there is an issue.
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That is quite scary.
Sometimes can predict things like this by seeing other lights vanish and reappear, but doesn't seem to be the case here.
But...dashcams don't see at night as easily as people. And they will dim the overall picture so a bright light shining at them (such as headlights) is reduced to an acceptible level for the sensor and video. Sorta makes me wonder if fatigue or distraction caused a delayed reaction.
However the human eye can do the same thing. Light shining in your face, you wont see what is right behind it.Bud A., mjd4277, LoSt_AgAiN and 2 others Thank this. -
Wait. There are rear view mirrors? I wasn't told that.
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