So, you think truck crashes are something new?

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by 201, Dec 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM.

  1. OLDSKOOLERnWV

    OLDSKOOLERnWV Captain Redbeard

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    Lot more communication between drivers back then….
     
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  3. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    The current insanity of trucks running full speed into a pile of cars & trucks? That's largely a post cellphone development. That's not to say there weren't multi-vehicle pileups, but they were quick and not a 5-10 minute ongoing event.
     
  4. Trucker61016

    Trucker61016 Road Train Member

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    If only they were 10 minutes now .....more often they are hours long to clean up....
     
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  5. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    I wasn't talking about clean up time. There's still trucks crashing into those pileups at full speed minutes after the initial incident.
     
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  6. Trucker61016

    Trucker61016 Road Train Member

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    Oh I understand now.....
     
  7. Cattleman84

    Cattleman84 Road Train Member

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    I'm reminiscent of a time before my own... a time when men wore collared shirts, and often even a brested jacket along with a belt and boots or nice leather shoes. None of this slothful laziness of sweat pants, flip flops, and the like... sadly I doubt those fashions will ever return.
     
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  8. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    I raised some eyebrows in 1978 when I came to work in tennis shoes, now they all do it!:p
     
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