i didnt say it was an excuse, i said thats the way people are driving, not making an excuse for him just pointing out how drivers are running around like idiots
Trucker plows through 2 highway patrol cruisers, going to fast for conditions
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by H3R3T1C, Jan 21, 2019.
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sealevel, Rubber duck kw and bigguns Thank this.
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Doesn’t matter if you were following someone who came to sudden stop. You are required in any vehicle to maintain proper distance for any situation which no one does. So I’m just curious as to which circumstance you have come across where someone that rear ends someone would not be “at fault” -
When you see this with road conditions like this you slow way down, shut the music of and go in to full heightened protection mode like something could go horribly bad at any second.
You certainly don’t go beboping down the road with music blairing like it’s a 80 degree sunny day.Tombstone69, Bud A., tucker and 5 others Thank this. -
I saw the extended version of this video which shows the preceding several seconds of footage of the police cruisers going along the highway with their lights on and the truck was merging onto the main highway with the police cruisers. Now that I have seen the full clip, the trucker definitely should have been slowing down in anticipation of something he was going to be coming up on. Trucker probably thought the activity the police were responding to was several kilometers up the road-- mistake!
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I see road conditions that aren't bad. Traffic is very light. Looks like the plow hasn't been by for a while and traffic has been mostly following the same path which is why the road surface is visible in parts. It's not likely very slippery. Normal highway speeds would be fine when visibility allowed.
At the time the first cop car disappeared into a cloud of snow dust the truck driver likely could have seen the vehicles in the accident had he been looking. The truck got on the highway and was still accelerating until the point he saw the cars on the side and started moving over.
I spend more time that I'd like in conditions like that and it's not hard to stay out of trouble. Accelerating into a cloud that wasn't there until the cop created it isn't the way to stay out of trouble. The second cop and the truck driver both failed to observe/react to things that should be obvious. -
It's possible for you to momentarily "follow too close" and its not your doing. I just need to hear you say you will accept responsibility for the actions of others.Rubber duck kw Thanks this.
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