The Adventures of Dummy, Dingleberry and Stupid (the Darwins)

I had flares on the pavement, and a cone near the side of the truck,
and they drove over the flares - and flattened the cone?
Sorry; but you're right.
Lemmings over the cliff.

 

I have a feeling that some of those trucks had CAS in them.
All of our new trucks have both CAS and lane departure in them,,, the number of accidents has gone up. The reason is complacency.

 

In the pre cellphone/gps days the CB would be going nuts with warnings to back it down. Most 4 wheelers would notice the trucks slowing down and they would start doing the same, at least the smart ones would.

 

Not today. Everyone is so fixated on their phones or whatever. Even if they aren't, most still only stare 15 feet in front of their vehicle and are oblivious to everything else. Ever notice how if you react to a sea of brakelights or obstruction in your lane a long ways up the road by making a lane change or slowing down, what does everyone else do? They whip around you with a F### you attitude and blindly fly right up into the situation and react at the last second, like its some huge suprise.

 

There was a flatbedder kinda following me a little close, I chose to veer right to allow him some braking space. I got a few butthurt viewers worried why I didn't stop right there but the dashcam does not show all the speeding traffic behind us. Already enough stopped traffic in the danger zone in the middle of the freeway; no need for me to block the road even more. Plus I could see the woman's face and the realization light bulb that lit up over her head how close she came to being a pancake under my truck. She was just welling up tears as I went by.

Here's another video I captured a crash and did stop but up past the bridge and looked back there were 50 cars stopped on both sides of the freeway, again no need for me to run back to help as there was plenty already. Plus the road was backed up in both directions full of do-gooders blocking emergency vehicles. Best thing is to keep moving.

 

I think I'm going to skip buying a dash cam!
All the years I have been driving I think I can count on one hand how many wrecks I have seen happen in front of me! I have pulled up on many but it was after the dust settled.
And I hope it stays that way!

 

The road is full of people who don't look any farther down the road than their hood ornament. They're easy to spot and avoid if you pay attention.