Truck Stopped In Traffic Lane

I came upon this the other day. The truck was completely stopped. I clipped some frames from my dash cam video to show here. Anyone recognize an issue with how the driver set up/placed his reflective triangles?

I could not move to my left bc a car was right beside me. Luckily I was able to use the ramp to the right.

It looks to me that the triangle closest to the trailer is too close and over to the right too far, rendering it useless. First triangle should be 10’ behind, second 100’ behind and third 200’ behind, if my memory serves me correctly.

Also, they need to be standing up and the face of the triangle presented to oncoming traffic. If the triangles are not turned 90 degrees from the base, the wind from oncoming traffic will blow them over, again rendering them useless.

Hopefully the driver had his emergency flashers on.

Bummer to break down and not be able to get off the road.

For him to stop in that right lane and not get off the roadway could it be an air pressure problem and the spring brakes activated. The only thing is I did not notice any skid marks. At least none visible. The triangles are not in the right spot. 10 100 and 200 feet. This would definitely be an oh no moment.

Maybe stopped there instead of parking on a ramp?

That gave me a better laugh than any of the funny photos posted in a long time.

I think this might also be unsafe and unprofessional and a result of poor planning.

One time my sensors detected water in the fuel and gave me about 10 seconds before engine shut off. It was a 3 lane highway and I was in the right lane. I just barely managed to get the rig off onto the shoulder. Had I been in either of the two left lanes, I would have been stopped in a travel lane.

It turned out that antifreeze was leaking into the fuel system. But it definitely was an emergency triangle deployment situation.

Maybe stopped there instead of parking on a ramp?

Maybe stopped there instead of parking on a ramp?

Feasible. It would be consistent with the mindset of rampers

Maybe stopped there instead of parking on a ramp?

Feasible. It would be consistent with the mindset of rampers

That's us dummies.

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I thought I was going to be broke down in the travel lane once when I instantly was losing all my power. I quickly got from the right lane mostly onto the shoulder and couldn't move. I was able to fight through the problem enough to get all the way onto the shoulder, throw my triangles, and call Roadside. A hose that connects the air tank to the tandem axle sheared off. Didn't hit or go over anything so not sure what caused it, maybe just wearing out over time.