2 dead I-24 Nashville

When a truck crosses the median and hits another truck head on, it has nothing to do with the emissions.

 

Joe you beat me to it.

 

I believe he was referring to the explosion and fires.

 

Good grief people. When a respondent talks about emissions in this context, it seems obvious he's talking about the result of a crash, not the possible cause. I was going to reply the same way. When is somebody going to ask for a review of these emissions systems and [fiery] crashes? Used to be, a truck involved in a severe crash rarely burned, now it's almost expected. Are we're just supposed to accept this (being burned alive in a fire subsequent to a crash) as part of the cost of doing business in California? To hell with that notion!

... Oh, so long as we don't end up involved in a crash, we don't have to worry about being burned alive? Ok

 

How many trucks have caught fire as a result of the new emissions systems? How are the new emissions systems causing a fire after a crash? It doesn't matter if the truck had a pre-EPA or post emissions system. Two trucks hitting each other head on at highway speed will cause an explosion and fire. It's happebed before the new engines and after.

 

Joseph while you make a valid pt about crash fire.....the newer dpf systems create much more heat Under the truck....in fact all the major ag manufacturers had to make changes to farm equipment due the high #s of fires being caused in fields....along the same lines I have a close friend who's an engineer at Mack(along w/3 brothers in law)They spent over 5years Trying to develop a dpf system to meet NYC requirements for the specialty equiptment they build for the city&still can't come up w/one to meet the gas/oil tanker order since those trucks do some much inside/underground work......

 

Bull Sheite. You can NEVER convince me a new truck is no more likely then an older truck to catch fire following a serious crash. And you can NEVER convince me these fiery incidents we see more of today are just coincidence or bad luck. Fuel hitting these regen systems is instantly at the ignition point and you've got what we see here and many times elsewhere where a truck's emissions system makes contact with fuel following a crash.

Just read the boards here and peruse the news reports and see how many crashes result in complete burns of late. This was a rarity 6 years ago and you'd have to find brake or tire failures that resulted in fire to find a complete burn up, now if it's a DPF truck(s) involved, any time a fuel tank is ruptured or over-turned, fire ensues.

 

Rip to the drivers

 

I am thinking back 30 years and it was rare to see a tractor on fire, or burned, until the last ten years or so.

Now I'm seeing at least one a month.

 

I know it. I'd like to see a class-action and civil suits brought against the state of California and the EPA for the dangers and costs caused by new emission requirements, as well as to compensate the many surviving family members where a spouse died a fiery death where the occupant(s) might have otherwise survived.

Enough is enough.