70 W near IN state line

Yes skinny lanes , no shoulder or acceleration ramps. I guess this ones pretty bad also listening to the scanner they have flown one patient and "products " all over roadway

 

http://wdtn.com/2017/02/13/semi-crash-kills-1-closes-westbound-i-70/

Link to the local news about the crash, swift with all of it's technology. Sad

 

Not suprised at all. We had one swift dtiver roll on its side couple weeks ago, here in Tomah, WI and Dont even get me started on l/O for swift, no control lane what so ever. I had better luck with CR England. Very few who can actually drive there

 

It says the truck was traveling 70 mph. Swift trucks are governed at 62, owner ops and lease ops are governed at 65. I think that place is flat there????

 

I think they just are just estimating the truck was going near the speed limit, not considering that particular truck was most likely limited to 63-65. And I know they are not discussing data related to any data extraction from the ECM blackbox or Omnitracs, that takes time for them to get to that point in the investigation and would not release this information to the public at this point. But 63 or 70, and assuming maybe got slowed a little before impact ... not a lot of difference in the final outcome.

 

Lease and owners are 68mph. That's a company 680, but it might have been a lease truck before that. And they probably forgot to turn it down. Happens from time to time, and any company guy that gets em will brag insufferably when they get one.

 

This is a good reason to leave room even in stopped traffic. 50 ft of cushion could save your life