Brakecheck for non CB users.

Yesterday, while driving through Nebraska, at the 233 yardstick, a truck on the westbound right shoulder decided to cut across the bigroad and go back east. He took a 4 wheeler and a bigtruck with him. The 4wheeler got pinned underneath his trailer and the other rig completely blocked the eastbound lanes.
I was listening to the IPOD when I heard a driver yelling BRAKECHECK EASTBOUND! BRAKECHECK!!!
I hit the brakes and hit the hazards and start scrubbing off some speed. I came to a complete halt and set my airbrakes. A couple trucks behind me, a CRST truck was in the right lane, came to a complete halt and hit his hazards.
Somehow, a Werner truck missed seeing the stopped traffic nailed the CRST trailer. I heard an explosion and saw CRST's cargo of beer go everywhere. Werner swerved at the last moment and hit the trailer with the right side of his tractor. The impact peeled the entire cab away from the driver. The guy was hurt bad, but lucky as hell to be alive.

ANYWAYS...people, if everyone in front of you has their hazards on thats the universal sign of a full on brakecheck. STOP YOUR TRUCK in the lane you are in! And for your safety, do not get out or remove your seatbelt until you are sure the person behind you has come to a complete stop. The CRST truck had a team and one of the drivers was in the sleeper. Talk about a rude awakening.

Speaking of CBs, have you ever noticed that the largecars are rarely in these type crashes?

 

Oh, in case you want to know why that westbound driver decided to cut across the median, well, you cant always expect foreign drivers to know the customs and laws of this land.

 

The CRST driver did everything right. He was at a complete stop, centered in the right lane. I wonder if your safetyman will tell that particular driver that this was a preventable.

There were 2 trucks in the median. One was a white Columbia, the other a maroon cornbinder. The white truck is the one that made the left turn from the right shoulder. The cornbinder was sitting completely across the eastbound lanes. The cops had a wrecker pull it back into the median so that eastbound could move.

 

They had a wrecker yank the maroon truck into the median. He was sitting completely across the eastbound lanes. They moved him into the median to let traffic flow.