High Winds Blow Over 7 Semis in Tennessee River Bridge

So are we going to be late with that damage freight? Preventables to be sure.

All this technology in place and we still do stupid stuff like going into a storm on a bridge.

 

Love the 4 way flashers on, as if the trucks on their sides isn't enough. Note to newbies, use caution crossing open bridges empty in a gale force wind,,

 

The possibility exists they were stopped with their flashers on, then got blown over. If that is the case I don't know what the drivers could have done to prevent what happened.

 

Theres always that "Oh My God" coming out of a broad or a snowflake in a car witnessing a truck on its side

 

Not be there is a good way to not get blown over on the road. Kind of hard to be given a preventable if your parked in a legal parking spot loged in as off duty.

 

This happened to me once. Not on a bridge, but a major storm came and all traffic stopped. I was stationary and a big gust of wind shoved me over.

 

This is going to make me look at weather forecasts more detailed than just precipitation

 

That's a tricky spot, with high hillsides on bother sides of the road on either side of the bridge it's hard to tell how the wind is blowing until your actually in it.