[LibWhacker]

Y'all drive safely this weekend. From now on, I think I'll give the guy in front of me even more room than usual!

[null and void]

I hate it when that happens!

[VicVega]

Wonder if the trucker used his blinker before sliding into the ongoing lane and hitting the first truck.

[Seizethecarp]

The two trucks of approximately equal mass colliding meant that the truck in front of the camera went from about 60 mph to zero mph instantaneously on impact.

So how many seconds does it take for your vehicle to come to a complete stop from 60 mph? That is many seconds back you would need to be...plus a few seconds for reaction time, of course.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

A brilliant illustration of the coefficient of friction for ice.

[Cyber Liberty]

The road looked pretty slick, so I think I’d leave about a mile and a half....

[puppypusher]

He’s Right.He wasn’t tailgating.Be just wasn’t paying attention.If he was he could have avoided that collision.

[Cicero]

Not enough time to stop. But if he’d been focused, he could have swung to the left lane. Possibly he would have made it, or possibly he would have skidded and brushed the truck with his passenger side—certainly a lot better than hitting it head on.

[Disambiguator]

Things can happen pretty fast on the road.

[papasmurf]

Tailgaters should be publicly flogged, fined and ...