Indiana I80/94 mile marker 6

I think the other truck was stopped on the shoulder to have done that (or perhaps almost all the way on the shoulder).

 

Alas after a day there are no extra photos. Link only has one photo and a paragraph.

 

A red Volvo with a high DOT number (2100000 range). Chicagoland outfit maybe? Looks like he clipped one of JB Hunt’s day cab tractor trailers while running in “super trucker” mode.

 

You have to run in “super trucker mode” on that stretch of road just to try and maintain separation from the wild ones. It’s dog eat dog world there.

Between the broke down trucks and the drivers stopping on the shoulder to get a Coke, the 55 mph trucks, the 70 mph trucks, the cars weaving in and out, it’s Mad Max out there, any time of day.

 

No, you don’t. You just have to pay attention to what you’re doing,be aware of your surroundings and reduce speed if necessary-NONE of which what that Volvo was doing(and that stretch of I80/94 near the state line has a 55 mph limit anyway IIRC).
ISP is gonna have his nuts in a vise for this wreck. I used to live in Hammond a block away from the interstate near the Cline Ave exit and back then there wasn’t has many accidents as there is now.

 

I get that. Yes it’s 55 but what does that have to do with the reality. A lot of traffic gets funneled right there as several major cross country arteries converge for a time.

And lots of “white Volvo drivers” and can haulers who have no regard for speed or personal space.

 

There’s just a lot of drivers who have no COMMON SENSE that have forgotten the BASIC DRIVING SKILLS (such as DEFENSIVE DRIVING,CHECKING YOUR MIRRORS,maintaining safe following distance,etc). That is the reality..
And the fact of the matter is if you cause a wreck there-both Lake County Sheriff’s Department and the Indiana State Police will be waiting,with ticket books in one hand(and possibly) handcuffs in the other.

 

I run through there about twice a week. My company is all over me about doing the speed limit.
Scary riding along at 55 while you got trucks all blowing by you doing 75

 

That's one stretch of road where I will do what I can to run with the bulk of the traffic, to the extent I can. Those narrow lanes and inattentive drivers ... I don't like passing or being passed any more than is absolutely necessary and I refuse to ride in or behind those frequent 10-truck packs with barely a truck length between any of them. Even if you try and lay back a safe distance, that rarely lasts for long and it an exercise in futility to try and maintain a safe distance without slowing down to a dangerously slow speed.