Let me guess: it happened because the relevant safety regulations were repealed or the authority in charge was dissolved or muzzled.
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Or perhaps because the owners of the transport company may have refused to listen to safety concerns from employees because it would require expensive upgrades and additional personnel that they didn't want to pay for.
In either case, I am sure this will be a "No one could have predicted this" situation, the driver of the truck takes all the blame, and nothing changes regarding company policy or safety regulations.
The company can only get away with this sort of thing if there isn't adequate oversight. The root cause is political. If that indeed had anything to do with it, which is speculation at this point.
Yep. No matter the cause, I expect the responsible parties to face zero meaningful consequences.
And they wonder why we’re so fucking jaded 😂😂 but for real. Justice doesn’t exist anymore.
While this is probably what will happen because Texas, there was a really horrible limousine crash in New York and it basically destroyed the stretch limo industry
I'm guessing the people involved in the limo crash that changed things where not poor normal people.
Yeah, and it shocked a lot of the rich folks to learn they'd die horribly if they were in an accident so they took action
Man I hope not. The owner or the truck or trucking company, or whoever was paid to transport the load, should be held liable. They paid the driver, subcontracted to an independent contractor and are therefore responsible for the performance. They could sue the driver/sub if they felt they misperformed by insurance should eat that trucking company alive for this.
The load was 10 times the standard limit
That article is so garbage. Words missing, no real details, all the links are spam.
Here is the non-Fox News article:
"Temple police confirmed that two people died and one was seriously injured after an oversize load came off its trailer Saturday.
Temple Fire and Rescue responded to the crash around 11 a.m. on State Highway 36, west of Highway 317.
Crews found the oversized load pinning a vehicle beneath. The load being hauled by the transport fleet was 350,000 lbs. It took four hours to extract one victim, who was flown to the ER with life threatening injuries.
Officials say the cause of the accident is still under investigation. The road remains closed at this time."
Yahoo in 2024? Post Marissa Mayer? Post Verizon? Currently owned by VC crap? You're saying the article isn't good?
This is why I go out of my way to not drive by these big vehicles. I do not trust the overworked, and tired drivers, nor do I trust the companies they work for.
I don't trust any semi nor truck.
I think most people try to do that. I don't trust them and I never will. Too much weight and speed to give trucks the benefit of the doubt.
I saw a picture of that.... and how the fuck does a load like that with a bajillion trailers not have police or road flasher crews in front and behind to make sure no one passes it?
(The answer is cheaping out on both cost and safety on the shipper and sender's part)
I thought the Army Corps of Engineers helped out with stuff like this.whatever this was it is far too big to be moved safely by regular folks.
Now that's some Final Destination level shit right there.
Imagine being late for work and getting stuck in the traffic afterward. I’d spend my whole day waiting for my imminent demise.
Well, this is just an open and shut case of reckless driving, clearly the driver should have avoided the situation, and if they had, they would not have been crushed!
I mean, this is just super basic stuff, "don't get into dangerous situations" is something you learn even before learning to drive.
It's is not hard.
/s (just in case)
Tbf if I saw a truck hauling what appears to be about a dozen trailers, I'm either passing it at Mach 8 or staying far behind it, because my brain immediately said "oh fuck that" at the 'what if' situations fueled by the photo. Actual nightmare shit.
The photo isn't great, but my memory of that stretch of road is there is a curve after a bridge. If the load came off and the truck was eastbound, that giant pole would have rolled across oncoming traffic. The poor driver coming the other way never stood a chance of avoiding it.
Wait until transport trucks are automated.
What even is that giant tube used for? I would have guessed a windmill tower just because I've passed lots of windmill blades that are oversized loads, but all the flanges make me think something else. Oil or water piping of some sort?
Looks like it might be a piece of refinery kit. Maybe a “cracking tower”. Being Texas, a big petrochemical plant part being shipped on the roads wouldn’t surprise me.
Maybe a cracking tower or part of one?