I75 wreck

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  1. tommymonza

    tommymonza Road Train Member

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    I am back in Naples Florida for the first time in years taking care of personal business.

    All I can say is 75 has some of the Worst Speeders in cars weaving through traffic I have ever witnessed.

    Endless wreck less driving down here
     
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  3. Dna Mach

    Dna Mach Road Train Member

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  4. DustyRoad

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    God will have mercy on those souls plucked from this earthly tragedy!
     
  5. x1Heavy

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    I think that front end failed in steering OR the driver had some sort of stroke, seizure of a lethal kind horsing that wheel left all the way over. He probably is dead before he hit the van I probably if alive would have done anything not to hit it. Who knows what one will do in final life moments. It's permanent and not for discussion. I can only speculate.

    I do not like to think on what i see as children in the air falling in front of 3 lanes of rolling interstate.

    One more thought. I think the Company if possible should just orderly shut down, liquidate the assets, retire the logos and imagery present on that truck, colors as well. Insurance etc will have to pay out millions I believe to the children and their families. If the people are in the future go back into trucking they can open a new outfit in a different way

    I assign no blame on this one. It's unfortunate. If there is anything at all wrong, is the van in the far left hammer lane. I don't like to see that, but that's me.

    It is evening time here in the south.

    I leave you with this old time tune that remembers dearest friends departed.

     
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  6. Dna Mach

    Dna Mach Road Train Member

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    I believe you’re right. That driver was probably dead behind the wheel before coming across the median. Saw pictures of him last January and he was a big ol boy.

    That’s one of the worst over-the-air newscast videos I think I’ve ever seen. I hope that woman is able to find peace, if it’s even possible after such an event.
     
  7. stayinback

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    Drivers.....please,please pay at least weekly attention to your steering systems, make sure those A arms(Pittman) and drag links are tight with no play whatsoever, make sure your tie rod ends are also tight. Once you lose your steering......you can be the baddest dude in the world but your in for a ride wherever the truck takes you. And it wont be good.
     
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