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Wrong way fatal

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Doealex, Feb 21, 2020.

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  1. Feb 21, 2020 #21
    buddyd157

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    i wish i can recall my drivers ed classes from when i was a kid, but i'll bet dollars to donuts, going to the right, is the right thing to do.

    in all my years of driving, and that's a lot since i was 15, i ain't never heard, "go to the left"
     
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  3. Feb 21, 2020 #22
    AM14

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    Pull a tanker... you don't swerve left or right. Problem solved. I have never heard of anyone being taught to swerve left though.
     
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  4. Feb 21, 2020 #23
    kemosabi49

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    In a tanker the best thing to do would be to step on the gas and have the power on when the impact came. To swerve or hit the brake would get the liquid in the trailer moving in a direction that could make you lose control when the hit came.
    But not in a tanker, I would go to the left to try to get impact on the passenger side.
     
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  5. Feb 21, 2020 #24
    Nobroker

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    And i thought you were going to say Trump was offering truckers more help.
     
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  7. Feb 22, 2020 #25
    chico9696

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  8. Feb 22, 2020 #26
    magoo68

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    08BC3E76-AE3E-4FD8-9B23-C0FC74D02308.png Currently sitting on road awaiting opening for what apparently is a double fatal crash between two semis.
     
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