Another pileup on I-80 in Wyoming

HAHAHA! Joseph is the Crash Roll Stunt Team. 10/10 would watch again

 

#### got real at the :15 second mark. Speaking of white volvos....

 

Apparently the Swiftie went into the median to avoid hitting the pile in front of him. If so, that was a good move.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Several rigs took to either the median or off to the right to avoid either rear ending another vehicle or to clear out and avoid getting hit.

On another note if two drivers with CB's were aware of the situation ahead it might have been a good move to get side by side and slow ALL the traffic behind them to try and approach the pile up at a slow enough speed to get everyone to a safe stop. I've done that before, especially if approaching an oversized load that is having difficulty with 4 wheelers AND trucks jumping in to pass in a construction zone.

 

That's the way it should be to many push because they need the check it's sad really.

 

No, a good move would have been driving for conditions and being aware of the situation... There for if he or she was doing that they would have been traveling at such a slow speed looking for the next exit to get off on or ready for such thing that would end them up off the road in the median. Avoiding being in a stupid position on the median stuck in the snow like a real steering wheel holder

 

There's a couple of things that are wrong with your statement. First, at least a dozen trucks in both the pileups were filmed traveling at a safe speed for the conditions and coming to a safe stop in the road or on the shoulder and then getting hit hard from behind and shoved into the mess in front. The fact that YOU can come safely to a stop in a situation like this still puts you in danger. Getting AWAY from the road is the better option of you see more bone headed "professional" drivers barreling toward you.

Second, traveling at a speed appropriate for conditions doesn't equate with having to exit the freeway. All traffic should be traveling at speeds appropriate for conditions. Besides which, west of Laramie there is precious few exits. The next exit with services is 40 miles west. The rest area is closed for the winter (and slippery to get in and out of that one in those conditions), leaving a couple of exits with marginal parking.

The fact of the matter is most of the truckers that came into that collision hard were going WAY faster than 45 mph. The CRST driver commented a tailgating pack of five trucks blew by him when he was going about that speed. Many of the drivers hitting the pileup were also going much too fast.

"Avoiding being in a stupid position on the median stuck in the snow like a real steering wheel holder"

The most embarrassing episode of looking stupid holding a steering wheel in the median I ever witnessed was the super trucker with all the chicken lights pulling a reefer eastbound on I-70 two winters ago in Indiana, talking smack at me because I was doing about 45 mph in icy conditions, blowing by me at least 65 mph. Saw him a few miles farther on. At first I thought he was parked on the shoulder as I rounded a curve. Nope, he had somehow dropped about six to eight feet down into the median, still upright.

Oh... but maybe he wasn't really a steering wheel holder after all. Maybe THAT was the problem.

 

Wholly cow! I finally got around to checking out all these vids. It was just insane.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=14a_1429378266

I didn't see a link to this vid, horribly filmed but, WOW!

I couldnt help help but laugh at the CRST trainer, but I'm quickly sobered by the reality of those affected.

 

just a heads up to all, this is going to happen again this weekend.

from the NWS

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN ACROSS
NORTHERN COLORADO ON FRIDAY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS BY SUNDAY. THERE IS INCREASING CONFIDENCE THAT
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...BRINGING
OVER A FOOT OF SNOW TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FT...AND SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FT. THIS STORM SYSTEM OVER
THE WEEKEND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT TRAVEL
ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING.


Sherman Hill, between cheyenne and laramie is 8600 ft, cheyenne is 6100 ft, laramie is 7200 ft, rawlins 6700 ft,

This will be a heavy wet snow, hard to plow, with lots of slush on the road ways.