Huge Truck Pile-Up on Interstate

Don’t forget the amount of vehicles on the road has increased. Now with the ELDs more Trucks in the day time. That’s why, night time is the right time for Me.

 

I don’t know who is worse the “let’s run 80mph into zero visibility conditions” or “let’s slow down to 5mph on the interstate”

 

It ain't ELDs causing these wrecks. Even in paper log days, these types of accidents happened. It's people not recognizing the conditions they're in. Its icy so they should have parked or slowed down. It's no counter for ice. Folks blaming drivers stressing over the ELD is horse crap. The clock is all in a drivers mind. It shouldn't change the fact that one sho hi ld be wary of all weather conditions. After seeing this wreck, drivers wonder why PA puts out commercial vehicle bans in snowy and icy weather

 

BS!!! The FedEx truck is in the thick of it-front and rear!

 

I tryed to keep the driver ahead of me on C/B and when they called back that its a white out ahead i could slow down so we were all running the same speed and the line of cars running behind me could slow down?

 

You can't always blame idiocy on these wrecks boys. Just last night the CB weather alert siren came on and announced severe and dangerous white out conditions were imminent. I slowed to 52mph and 2 minutes later got hit broadside with a huge gust of wind. Within 3 to 4 seconds there was a complete and total loss of visibility. (And it had not been snowing previously).
I could not get my wipers and defroster on fast enough and downshift and find the cars that were in front of me. With in 30 seconds there was almost an inch of snow, and there was no way to differentiate between the snow covered road and the ditches.

15 mph was too fast, but maybe not fast enough for those in back of me. My headlights literally didn't penetrate 20 feet. The wind gusts were sufficiently strong that had i not been heavy i would have broken loose on that fresh snow. That's how these wrecks happen, one guy brakes loose and the vehicles behind him don't see it until they hit them.

I'm from northern NH and have lived this weather for over 60 years and for those of you who ridicule the drivers in these wrecks, all I can say is you would think differently if you have ever been in a COMPLETE AND INSTANT ZERO visibility situation.

We've all been in heavy snow storm s, this is not what I'm talking about. A SQUALL is a completely different animal. Comes in 4 seconds, leaves in 5 minutes.

One more reason to have a CB in your truck and leave it on.

 

Because of my home base, I rarely go through that section, but I'm very familiar with it. It's one of the highest altitude passes on 80, it's miles between exits, and INTERMITTENT CELLPHONE SERVICE!

Frankly I'd be terrified to have a breakdown there on a warm summer day. An accident in freezing winter?

NOPE NOPE NOPE.

 

Yep, been in a few of those. Fortunately in light traffic.

 

Agreed,
Since this restrictive eld was introduced, i feel a negative stressful vibe floating along the interstates emitted from drivers behavior, everyone is rushing , speeding, passing blocking fuel pumps for stupid 30 min break, fighting for parking spots.
Have to control our reactions to pushy eld , dispatchers, client ;safety first is our life and people around us in play.

 

If only there was some sort of radio one could use to get warnings about conditions and accidents ahead of you when driving. I hope everyone's phone made it through the disaster.