A Moment Of Silence For Those Killed In Indiana Today.
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If anyone had rolled through any part of iN that day or the surrounding days yall would understand that they didn't do crap to the roads. I was on 80 that day and they were horrible but just in IN. IL and OH were fine. Indiana has done such a horrible job with the roads this year. I hope they get sued.
If anyone had rolled through any part of iN that day or the surrounding days yall would understand that they didn't do crap to the roads. I was on 80 that day and they were horrible but just in IN. IL and OH were fine. Indiana has done such a horrible job with the roads this year. I hope they get sued.
Sued how? Ok the roads were a mess. We drive on them all the time in any condition. The drivers knew before the accident that the roads were bad and they bunched up to close anyway. They should have slowed down and allowed for more space and adjusted their driving for the winter road conditions. So yes the drivers and companies might get sued but the courts can't fix stupid
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Several points on this. First, yes it was tragic, and second, yes, too many truckers drive to close to one another. My company sends out warnings about various bad areas and accidents, and from I hear the conditions went from not too bad to white out almost immediately. Not a whole lot you can do in that situation. I employ the smith system when driving. I try to stay out of the packs of vehicles, aim high in steering and slow down in bad weather. I try to only drive as fast as my sight will allow me. If I see situations where the road become non visible, I slow down or even exit the interstate. Of course that does no good if I slow down, but the trucker behind me keeps the hammer down. Finally, I also heard the roads not only went immediately to white out conditions, but also the road was icy. A truck in the middle lane lost control, and jackknifed into another (or 2 other) trailers which then caused the back up. We are professional drivers, but sometimes stuff happens. Only drive in your vision, allow enough room to stop, and always always be careful. My thoughts and prayers to all that were injured, and all those that are safe.
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