[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

More work zone mayhem.

[Jeff Chandler]

a 2014 Freightliner tractor-trailer . . . a 2019 International tractor trailer . . . a Chevrolet pickup truck

That is unusually specific reporting.

[Jeff Chandler]

From the novel, Collateral Crimes:

He slowed down and got ready to block the truck in with the car to keep it from turning around, but the truck didn’t stop at the crossing. It didn’t even slow down. It steered around a car waiting at the crossing and smashed through the gates, launching a burst of boards and splinters into the air. When it hit the slightly raised crossing, the tractor became airborne for a moment before crashing to the ground. A second later, it was the trailer’s turn to bounce, but before the rear axles returned to earth, the speeding train arrived. The locomotive barreled through the tail of the trailer, and the truck disappeared behind the train. The train’s brakes squealed but it kept rolling.

(click)

[Moonman62]

Good thing he didn’t ram a car.

[Fhios]

Been a long time since I made the bi-monthly trek from San Diego to Las Vegas. I wonder if that Denny’s is still up and running. We would stop there on the way up and on the way down.

Sometimes we would miss it on the way up and stop off at pike’s peak in Baker.

[Hot Tabasco]

Here in Michigan, a year ago my friend and his wife were slowed down in a construction zone when they were rear ended by a pickup truck that never slowed down. My friend's wife was killed instantly and he suffered severe injuries.

Evidently the driver of the truck was distracted by something and didn't notice the slowed traffic ahead.....

[Right Wing Assault]

He thought the truck had an autopilot feature, so we went to sleep.

[Drew68]

Officials did not immediately believe alcohol or drugs to be a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation by the CHP Victorville Area office.

I wonder how many of these accidents are caused by people looking down at their cell phones and not seeing that traffic had stopped?

I'll be honest. I've almost done it. Not by texting and driving, which I never do, but by trying to change the music selection, which really is just as bad.

[cyclotic]

A couple years ago, my son was rear ended by a young man who didn’t slow down for stopped traffic. The kid’s dad paid my four times the worth of my son’s car. His kid was entering the Coast Guard the next week and wouldn’t be driving for quite a while.

[Excellence]

It seems they’ve been doing these improvements to the I15 for a decade. The benefits last about two minutes before traffic catches up. The pass was shut down for hours Wednesday because of a crash; people refuse to slow down in the fog.

[PAR35]

60 miles an hour and only minor injuries? I’m not buying the story.

[sparklite2]

failing to yield to stopped traffic

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Wait, what? I never yield to anything that is stopped, lest I remain stopped forever. Is this something like getting pulled over for attempted speeding?