Trucker plows through 2 highway patrol cruisers, going to fast for conditions

Daaaaaaam. What a bad set of circumstances to be confronted with. I hate dry snow that blows up from others and creates a mini whiteout condition if the wind is just right. You’re dammed if and dammed if you don’t. Could have happened to anybody in that same situation.

If I’m not mistaken, that one cop was caught off guard too from the same whiteout, and crashed.

 

Guy should have backed way out of it at the start. Especially when the powder brought forward visibility to zero essentially.

I won’t say what’s really on my mind, I’d get banned. But I think it’s safe to say there are a lot of drivers in Alberta that would agree with my thoughts. Regardless of where this happened.

 

Yup, the one he hit directly had slid out and was blocking the road. I done a screen grab. You can see where he slid out trying to avoid the other police car.

 

That was some poor planning by the officers on stopping traffic, and of course it goes on the truck driver. They pretty much blocked the whole road and they must have know about it being slick and no sight being had . The truck driver should have backed off a bit seeing them flashing lights.

 

Jesus that driver is an idiot. Driving waaayyy too fast for conditions. Road completely covered and can’t see a thing. I slow way down and use my four ways if I have to when I’m impeding traffic flow.

 

I’m not so sure they actually planned to stop where they did. I’m of the opinion they came up on it “to fast for conditions” themselves.

 

and then those who just get out and do not try to get out of the way, there should be a law.

 

He wasn’t going that fast and the cops were going nearly twice as fast as the truck. You can argue he was “driving too fast for conditions” but it’s not like he was driving recklessly. It’s easy to Monday morning quarterback with dash video that never sees things the way a driver actually saw things.

 

Never drive faster than what you can get stopped in your visibility. (That was hard to word)
He definitely was gouging on it.
1)Vis was terrible on the get on ramp.
2)The 5-0 cruisers should have been the second alert to be extra cautious.
3) At speed on highway, you couldn't see 100-200ft.. and there were no visible lane markers.
WAY OUT OF CONTROL.

Not very proper accident control by the LEOs, either.
I know they just got there, but white cars in a whiteout... ehhhh

It all goes back to Too Fast For Conditions.