Apparently the comcast workers complied with the company’s and state’s regulations. I don’t understand why they were called ‘lazy’. I didnt watch the video because i’ve reports about this already, it happened in the area. They could have done a better job but they did, allegedly, do what they were supposed to. Not taking their side, just sayin’.
Comcast should be held responsible for all the damages. I believe they’re employees should be held responsible to use a little common sense.
See why 4 wheel drive is useless on ice!
Witness how much larger and less maneuverable school buses easily drive by without problem because they are not driven by morons!
SilverSociopath 23 hours agoLegally, Comcast was in the wrong. This occurred in Indiana. On a two lane road, if you were to block one lane you MUST have flaggers.
https://www.in.gov/indot/files/WorkZoneTCH.pdf
Page 24 describes it. Even if the drivers were idiots in your opinion, Comcast is STILL wrong in a LEGAL sense.
I think nearly every single person in this filmed encounter is either a dummy, a jerk, or both.
The only person I feel bad for is the person driving the gray sedan that got rear-ended by the black pickup truck.
Dummies, standing on the side of an icy road, gawking. Just get away from the road, call the police, go stand on the other side of the hill and wave your arms, whatever. Anything would have been an improvement.
And that woman wearing pajamas. What is it with people?
Given the time that elapsed, any one of those drivers or the Comcast workers could have called police to flag traffic at the crest of the hill behind them, or gone and done so themselves. The Comcast guys were jerks, it was clear that there was a problem above and beyond their “rules.” Blocking a lane on the backside of a blind hill on an icy, snowy road was a recipe for disaster and they’re lucky no one was seriously injured or killed. This repair work could have waited until the road was cleared and treated.
I’m a little skeptical only because this makes it seem as if Comcast actually had crews out working on customer issues
Drivers are sliding off the road because they were going too fast on an icy road and/or tailgating. End of discussion.
...and anyone that approaches the workers with camera in hand is looking for trouble first, solutions second. Go to them man to man and speak reasonable with no camera and I’m guessing those workers would have been more accommodating.
The prison guards in the death camps of Germany were just following the rules too, ignoring the human suffering. That defense did not keep them from getting their necks stretched.
After the first slide off, they became liable. I would sell my com cast stock, because if anyone was hurt in that grey car, every ambulance chaser lawyer in the country is salivating.
Pitiful customer image problem... this will go viral.
A lane closure with no human, flaggers, traffic control ? Sue their asses.
Like it or not, Indiana Law is very clear about this.
It is the DRIVER’s responsibility to look out for Utility trucks and other like vehicles, giving them a wide berth, no matter the conditions.
Comcast in a different article was cleared of all wrong doing, which was the right move. There is still an investigation going on by OSHA.
Here are the facts since some here want to jump to conclusions……
1> Did anyone ever realize the reason why Comcast was dispatched in the first place was due to an outage caused by that first motorist that went off the road in front of both of those Comcast bucket trucks. If you carefully examine that video, you clearly see the conduit feeding 120/240 to their meter on their power supply was taken out by that first vehicle, plus severing their feeder line that fed voltage to their fiber optic node that not only feeds TV, but 911 service to that general area. Blame the first motorist. NOT THEM! Or they never would have been called out there.
2> Type in 8300 blk of West Morris ST, Indianapolis on Google Maps. Take a virtual drive through here and see how this “so called hill” was such an issue for seeing this Comcast crew. Keep in mind that this could have been their local power company, mail man, trash truck, school bus stop etc. Adjusting the height for the camera on top of the Google car, even a driver in a passenger care should have easily seen the stobe lights on those 10.5’ high bucket trucks. So kick that excuse out of your argument. All drivers no matter what state you live in are to look way in advance with their own eyes as a responsible defensive driver. This video proved that many were not defensive drivers or they would have already been driving to the. Not only that as proven on the video many were able to go around the bucket trucks just fine including a school bus which leads to the next thing. Many commercial businesses are given heavy training on driving almost yearly. Those of you complaining of only Comcast here or arguing that you saw no speed issue here need to have your own licenses revoked for not having any common sense of what was proven here on this video. People who drive like those who wrecked or close to wrecking need serious retraining behind the wheel.
3> Looking at this video over and over again told me one thing……… since I am a utility worker myself. You can quote OSHA this or DOT that, but not all states have the same laws. This whether you agree or not was an emergency. Period. Comcast as many other cable companies, phone companies offer a service that is to be restored ASAP, or is reportable to the FCC for a large fine. No they cannot wait until the next morning, nor they cannot park in someone’s driveway and go cross the street to their work area, nor they are going to wait to see how long the police are going to show up. By the way the video recorder admitted he had already called the police. That was officially made their work area after that driver caused Comcast that outage. Putting more cones out would not had made any difference in this one case due to the same inattentive drivers would have just gone off the road further back…….wouldn’t they? Can’t fix stupid or the few of them that is. I myself have had many people over 21 years of this clobber my cones anyways, more in the last couple years thanks to our beloved cell phone attachment we have nowadays. Having a flagger would not have guaranteed a different outcome either. People drive the same route every day or are not paying full attention to their driving and this is what happens.
4> If anything Comcast need’s to send that first person’s insurance company a bill for damages that cause them their outage and the costs to permanently fix their equipment. The one tech should not gotten a bit out of line, but also Comcast should not have gone into defensive mode so fast being appalled about their techs trying to restore service as soon as possible. How many companies do you see doing that for their customers, not to mention on a day like that. Lastly if you think you could have done a better job than those did that day I suggest you get into research mode and read up on this industry and exactly what these guys go through every day to provide the service that many here take for granted. Better yet they should have to take a one month crash course on a ride along with these techs to see what the real world is like. Because the majority of the media, including this site is not going to tell you the truth.