Let's say traffic is rolling along at 65-70. Everyone sees the cop on the side accept a few tail gating four wheelers, and starts moving over. This copper color rig has his turn signal on, and is awaiting his chance to merge left to give the traffic stop it required space.
Just then, one of the impatient tailgating four wheelers whip out in front of the copper color rig missing the rigs bumper by mere inches. Then, the four wheeler sees the disco lights and lays on the brakes, causing the rig to have to slam his on to avoid hitting the four wheeler who just did something incredibly stupid. In locking up the brakes like he did, the rig jack knifes and slides off the road and hits the police car.
Possible?
The reason I ask, this is not a case of some truck plowing into the back of a cop car like the article suggests, and readers bought into here. This rig clearly hits the squad car in a jack knifed position... ...I drove long enough to know that it takes a little bit of a distance to place that rig, jack knifed in the position it is in....notice the front tires are barely in the driving lane...
**This rig clearly hits the squad car in a jack knifed position...**
I think you are right. The front of the average big rig is designed display lights, push air, and not much more. Weight is the issue in their construction. The lighter the truck, the more payload they can legally haul. The KW T600 in the pic is completely intact in front.
It probably slid sidways into the cruiser, pushing it under the trailer of the first rig. Then, momentum took over, the pulled over rig still rolling foward after getting kicked in the rear, away from the car and jack-knifed rig.
And yes, the unwillingness of many fourwheelers to yield to a rig trying to change lanes is a danger that most don't recognize.