Authorities are investigating after an oversized load came off its trailer, causing the death of two people and leaving one person injured Saturday morning in Temple, Texas.
Imagine being crushed by a 350k pound load while out driving. Holy moly Batman!
I saw a picture of that… and how the fuck does a load like that with a bajillion trailers not have police or road flasher crews in front and behind to make sure no one passes it?
(The answer is cheaping out on both cost and safety on the shipper and sender’s part)
Oh they exist in the US, but each state is different and Texas is one of the least regulated States because “MA FREEDUMS!” or whatever stupid shit idea Republicans sell in that state.
Well, it seems like this would be a super load in Texas. So pilot and trailing cars at least. With a route inspection ahead of time and permits. It would also probably be extra likely to be inspected by highway patrol. I can’t speak to Texas, but a load like this in California would usually have police escorts and probably even basically shut down the freeways during it’s travel and cars wouldn’t be able to pass.
It’s not like those pilot and trailing cars have any real enforcement for other drivers, though. They’ll be in contact with the truck driver to let him know what’s around him and the trucks position especially around corners.
Securing a load is usually ultimately on the driver and his CDL. That driver is going to be having a very bad day. It’s hard to say how much they will go after the company, because this is an unusual load.
And absolutely it should’ve had vehicle escorts. That looks like a very expensive piece of process engineering equipment. Whoever is culpable is going to take a huge financial hit.
People dying of course is even worse, but the people making decisions only care about money – so let them wallow in the financial loss.
I saw a picture of that… and how the fuck does a load like that with a bajillion trailers not have police or road flasher crews in front and behind to make sure no one passes it?
(The answer is cheaping out on both cost and safety on the shipper and sender’s part)
Texas
I thought the Army Corps of Engineers helped out with stuff like this.whatever this was it is far too big to be moved safely by regular folks.
Never seen those things without a police escort either but maybe that’s just different regulations that don’t exist in the US.
Oh they exist in the US, but each state is different and Texas is one of the least regulated States because “MA FREEDUMS!” or whatever stupid shit idea Republicans sell in that state.
Well, it seems like this would be a super load in Texas. So pilot and trailing cars at least. With a route inspection ahead of time and permits. It would also probably be extra likely to be inspected by highway patrol. I can’t speak to Texas, but a load like this in California would usually have police escorts and probably even basically shut down the freeways during it’s travel and cars wouldn’t be able to pass.
It’s not like those pilot and trailing cars have any real enforcement for other drivers, though. They’ll be in contact with the truck driver to let him know what’s around him and the trucks position especially around corners.
Securing a load is usually ultimately on the driver and his CDL. That driver is going to be having a very bad day. It’s hard to say how much they will go after the company, because this is an unusual load.
But, but, muh free market self regulation! Only the most moral of companies will succeed, because The People will demand it with their dollar!
That is a fucking terrifying sight.
And absolutely it should’ve had vehicle escorts. That looks like a very expensive piece of process engineering equipment. Whoever is culpable is going to take a huge financial hit.
People dying of course is even worse, but the people making decisions only care about money – so let them wallow in the financial loss.
how doea a truck drive with 6 trailers or whatever that is