Holy crap
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Post Fiend
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From: Livoina,La
Holy crap
This was a crew cab F350 that hit the rear of a stopped big rig. I've never seen a SD crumbled this bad. After I saw the truck I googled it and found the story
Man dies in wreck
Remember just cause you drive a big truck doesn't mean your safe.
Fleet Owner
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From: AZ
Oh my my my, where is the rumble bars to wake you up when you need them? Never did feel safe but I feel alot LESS safe now!!
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Cargo Master
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From: Yreka, CA
Has anyone seen any info on an estimated speed? That thing is completely crushed. I would imagine it had to be going darned fast to do that much.
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From: melbourne beach, fl
Seems as though the driver of the semi truck that had the load of Haz Mat, might not have had his 4 way flashers on when he stopped at the train tracks . Dot rules require that when hauling Haz Mat, ( hazardous materials) truck must come to a full stop within 20 feet from train tracks , and then if safe, continue forward without changing gears while crossing train trackx. OR simply the f350 driver just fell asleep at the wheel....
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From: Madison, WI
Flashers or not, a railroad crossing is an intersection, in many ways a more dangerous one than a road intersection. You should always expect that a vehicle could be slowing or stopped near a railroad crossing. A couple of friends of mine were on an Amtrak train coming back to Madison from Detroit a couple years ago when some kid in a hurry crossed the centerline on a crossroad to pass a car that was stopped for the train. Didn't even slow down, just assuming the car was stopped for no reason. Hit the tracks just as the Amtrak was going by. Everyone in the vehicle assumed room temperature.
So yeah, either the pickup driver dozed off, or he seriously misjudged what the HazMat driver was doing. Even if the HazMat driver failed to use his four-ways, when he stopped for the tracks, his brake lights went on. So at the very least, it's shared fault. The asleep-at-the-wheel supposition is makes sense; with that level of destruction, it's pretty clear the pickup driver was not decelerating at time of impact.
So yeah, either the pickup driver dozed off, or he seriously misjudged what the HazMat driver was doing. Even if the HazMat driver failed to use his four-ways, when he stopped for the tracks, his brake lights went on. So at the very least, it's shared fault. The asleep-at-the-wheel supposition is makes sense; with that level of destruction, it's pretty clear the pickup driver was not decelerating at time of impact.
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^^^^^ Yeah, I read that after posting. Energy is mass times the square of velocity; that put even more of an onus on the pickup driver to leave enough room in front of him for, well, just about anything. That's the downside, you might say, of a powerful engine like ours. You don't really feel when it's loaded until you go toward 10,000 lb, so you're fooled into false sense of security. We hauled a bed-load of firewood the other day; engine didn't even notice the extra 2-3K, but I knew to slow down on curves and brake early.
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