Excursion crash caught on tape
Cargo Master
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Watching "The Notebook" on in-dash DVD player, fell asleep, drifted over the fog line, woke up, saw exotic cars, thought he saw Christie Brinkley in a red Ferrari, rubbed bleary eyes, looked over at his wife who looks nothing like Christie Brinkley, wife yelled at him to SLOW DOWN, he swerved back to the left and induced the sway.
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Watching "The Notebook" on in-dash DVD player, fell asleep, drifted over the fog line, woke up, saw exotic cars, thought he saw Christie Brinkley in a red Ferrari, rubbed bleary eyes, looked over at his wife who looks nothing like Christie Brinkley, wife yelled at him to SLOW DOWN, he swerved back to the left and induced the sway.
Stewart
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The electric brakes were not working or he/she didn't press the e-brake slide switch! Anybody who has towed in the snow/ice know's to hit the e-brake to straighten your load out. That driver wasn't informed on what do do in that type of emergency situation!
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Can someone put some light on this for me??? I have an electric brake controller and have no idea what you are all talking about. Sorry for my ignorance... I adjust the electric brakes so I can feel them pulling the truck as I slow down... But am not aware of this (spike) brakes??
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Can someone put some light on this for me??? I have an electric brake controller and have no idea what you are all talking about. Sorry for my ignorance... I adjust the electric brakes so I can feel them pulling the truck as I slow down... But am not aware of this (spike) brakes??
Here's a pic of the bottom of the unit which gives a perfect view.
When that trailer first started swaying, if the driver had a controller like the P2, he could have just slid the lever over to activate the brakes on the trailer and it would have created enough drag to pull the trailer out of the uncontrolled sway.
Stewart
Last edited by Stewart_H; Nov 22, 2012 at 10:31 PM.
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Oh yeah one of my controllers has that but it normally snatches the brakes rather hard.. I want to say that I use it to set the brake controller up normally at low speeds in my neighborhood before hitting high speed roads
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Its hard for me to reach my controller on the fly. Although when I pull the train I have it set pretty high and to come in fast so just tapping the brake peddle activates the trailer brakes enough to take a sway out.
See it way down by the gas peddle.
See it way down by the gas peddle.
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Much like when I was a LEO and continually practiced holstering and unholstering my weapon, I also continually practice reaching for the brake controller to activate the brake switch, trying to create muscle memory. That way if I ever get in a situation needing it, I'll hopefully react before the trailer comes around.
All it takes is that split second moment where you recognize what's happening, realize how you need to react, look down for the controller, and reach for the lever, but the trailer has now gained enough sway that even if you activate the lever, it aint gonna help. It's still gonna come around.
Stewart