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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Another victim of the last winter blast . . . or was it?
The tracks from this truck were straight as the road started to take a gentle
bend. Maybe the driver was suffering from fatigue or tunnel vision and did not notice the bend till it was too late.
This region is notorious for white outs, so perhaps the driver could not see the bend in the road.
The driver may have been trying to look through a dirty or snow covered windshield.
Whatever the reason, the damage is done and it becomes another learning opportunity and an example of winter hazards drivers deal with in northern a climate.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
One of the hazards of winter driving are little (and not so little) chunks of ice from the tops of trucks and trailers. In this photo there are lots of little chunks of ice that just blew off the top of a truck maybe 1/4 mile ahead and the are all still moving and bouncing around amongst the traffic.
These little pieces of ice may not be too dangerous for vehicle control but they can do a number on a paint job, like stone chips, another thing auto insurance doesn't really cover well because of the deductible.
The big chunks can be extremely dangerous or even deadly, they can be large enough and heavy enough to go right through a windshield if struck at high speed.
A large layer of ice formed on a trailer can be a foot thick or more and can be as much as eight feet wide and twenty or more feet long.
A large chunk of ice can fly off a truck without any warning and break into a number of large damaging chunks that you can not avoid, unless of course you leave a good safe distance between vehicles.
Just another reason to keep your distance on the highway and keep your car insurance paid up.
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Forklift Safety at liftright.net
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
while exiting a busy highway
in a snowstorm
downhill on a curved exit ramp
and see
NOTHING BUT TRUCK
three feet from your bumper?
As Safety and Compliance guy for a trucking company several years ago, I took a call from a lady about our driver bearing down on her in heavy traffic, she was terrified for herself and two kids in the car, she said she thought she was going to die. She later wrote me a letter passionately describing her ordeal.
Unfortunately this happens all too often and does sometimes cause drivers to panic and make a mistake which on the highway can be deadly.
It doesn't have to be a truck though. Some drivers can be intimidated into making a foolish mistake they would not have made otherwise by a car tailgating them or it could develop into a case of road rage.
Don't Tailgate!
Most of the accidents I see (and I see a lot) are from people following too close! Unfortunately we all pay in higher car insurance costs because of it.
Without the stupid accidents, our auto insurance rates would most certainly drop.
Leave at least TWO to THREE seconds between vehicles - in good conditions.
More in poor conditions, better safe than dead!
More on road safety at http://www.ezee.ca
Forklift Safety at liftright.net
See Truck photos or my other photos at donssite.com
or see optical illusions or web animations