hmm

Kind of hard to tell on the video; was it turned around and facing you? Or did it cross the median?

Any time I see something like that in the night, I slow right down anymore. I was first on scene to this, one summer night, just west of Jasper.

What you see in the first picture is a better view than what I saw as I came upon the accident. Although this pickup had just passed me, less than 15 minutes before, I didn't see the accident happen due to a curve in the road right before the bridge he is on and the trees. I did see the headlights through the trees, but because the lights were vertically stacked I thought it might be a signal light on the railway tracks that run right near there. Then the lights got extremely faint because of the angle I was approaching from. By time it registered what it was, there was no way I could stop. That's my truck in the background of the first picture.

Did you know there is nothing reflective on the bottom of a vehicle?

In the second picture you can see the gap I had to thread. I was 11.5 feet wide and literally had inches to spare. After I got stopped I went to check for the driver and any passengers. He wasn't in his truck. He had gotten out and was sitting on the outside of the Jersey barrier (seen to the left)... inches from falling off a cliff into the Fraser River. More concerning than that was the fact he was extremely disoriented from hitting his head and it was only pure luck that when I went through he wasn't still wandering in the road.

The third and fourth pictures give you a better idea of what the scene looked like.

I took a pre-scheduled two week vacation right after this load. Ironically, the fifth picture illustrates another first-on-scene in Saskatchewan on my first load after my vacation.

That one I did see happen as it occured right in front of me as we were heading towards each other.

 

With the convoy from Alberta rolling through northern Ontario this weekend I suspect it will be a crazy ride unless opp escort from behind you know the speed demons won’t run posted

 

I usually call 911 and report the incident. I must admit I have never stopped to check the situation. I kind of assume a four-wheeler will stop. Stopping in a big truck can be dangerous, especially at night. I think the time I will stop is if the accident happened right in front of me.

 

This is why I like 2 lanes more and more.

Not 1/500th the traffic.

I'll take me versus the road over me versus 10,000 dimwits anyday.