Sunday, July 2, 2023

Bad Decision

 


13 comments:

  1. It's like women elbowing someone out of the way at the 75% off all mumus sale in a "Full Size" thrift shop.

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  2. I suspect he was going too fast to stop, rather than making a deliberate choice to go around.

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  3. That's usually my question : what happened before?

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  4. The tanker looks like it might have slid into his path, and he just didn't have the reaction distance to avoid hitting him. I probably would have avoided hitting the tanker too, especially not knowing its cargo.

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    1. Yes. The tanker was in his lane. He would've been fine otherwise.

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  5. could also be the driver was simply in too much of a hurry. Ignoring condition of the right shoulder, driver tried to bull his way through. Rig keeling over must be what it's like to see an elephant go down hard.
    Comments suggest why witness accounts are usually conflicting.

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  6. Look at the trees in the background, they're covered in ice due to freezing rain. The back end of the tanker slid downwards into the other lane due to the cambered road surface and the other truck, which was on an icy downhill slope, couldn't stop in time.
    One of the things you have to watch for when driving in those conditions is where the snowplow runs out of salt or turns onto another road. When that happens a drivable road can become a skating rink. Don't ask me how I learned that.
    Al_in_Ottawa

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  7. The video starts too late to tell just what was the driver doing. Did the tanker just now slide in front of him? Had the tanker been there long enough for him to stop. Was he just self inportant and didn't want to wait for the road to be clear? Seeing that all other draffic is stopped I will go with he did not want to wait for a clear road and now he will wait a much longer time for an expensive recovery.

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  8. It looks as if the oncoming driver chose to chance the unknown shoulder condition, and chose poorly.... The Hazards Of Hurry?
    Mike in Canada

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  9. I grew up driving icy roads in a ‘63 Chrysler 300 with bald tires. I’ve been there, man. I think the 300 weighed over 5000 pounds and it went where it wanted to go.

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  10. I remember creeping up on a red light doing maybe 1 or 2 mph in really icy conditions. There was a very slight downhill grade and I just couldn't stop the car and slid right on through the intersection. Luckily there was no traffic, but I had my hand on the door handle and was ready to bail out if I had to.

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