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Posted: 9/5/2024 4:11:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DriftPunch]
I was maybe 500 yards back in the full stop. Probably a minute or so from being a witness. Your turn China! Better photos in link. (Zoomed in cell phone camera through heat distortion, the dump bed isn't crinkled) https://www.12onyourside.com/2024/09/05/tractor-trailer-driver-charged-after-crash-shuts-down-part-i-64/ |
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Truck smashes into overhead highway sign despite warnings Dump truck slams into overpass on Interstate 66 in Virginia Dump truck hits bridge on Augusta road over I-20 |
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Was he drinking or just stupid?
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In .gif please! lol
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Evil is a puppet master, and it loves nothing so much as the mindless puppets who enable it
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Happened here during COVID
Shut down 1 of the 2 lanes on bridge for year+ Dumbass drivers shouldn't hold CDL again |
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PROUD AMMOSEXUAL
Adam Calhoun: "You canāt hurt my feelings, I was born in the 80's" |
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Does this happen a lot?
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Originally Posted By DriftPunch: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/3561/1000001006-3314136.jpg I was maybe 500 yards back in the full stop. Probably a minute or so from being a witness. Your turn China! Better photos in link. (Zoomed in cell phone camera through heat distortion, the dump bed isn't crinkled) https://www.12onyourside.com/2024/09/05/tractor-trailer-driver-charged-after-crash-shuts-down-part-i-64/ View Quote Lol saw this was 64 This happened just last month here https://www.wave3.com/2024/08/15/all-lanes-i-64-west-near-simpsonville-estimated-be-closed-10-hours-due-crash/ |
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PROUD AMMOSEXUAL
Adam Calhoun: "You canāt hurt my feelings, I was born in the 80's" |
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That happened in Richmond, KY a few years back with a roll off dumpster driving through town with the hoist fully raised. It met a pedestrian overpass and came to an abrupt stop.
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Originally Posted By DriftPunch: It appears that it happens more than I thought. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DriftPunch: Originally Posted By brownbomber: Does this happen a lot? It appears that it happens more than I thought. |
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Generation Jones - missed the hippie chicks, rode the stagflation train to adulthood.
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A dump truck driver did that to the 5KV lines in one of our plants. It was sparktacular.
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"...Capitalism...shares its blessings unequally; ...Socialism...shares its miseries equally."
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Any time the PTO cable or lever is in the engaged position, red lights and alarm at full volume minimum.
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I work on large highway projects, this happens a lot more than you would think. Only explanation I can come up with is that truck drivers, especially dump truck drivers, are fucking retarded.
In before the one dudeās mom with the bad knees. |
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I had a dump truck driver load up an excavator on the trailer (like he'd been taught) but he kept the boom too high and didn't check his height. Smacked an overpass on I-94 in Detroit. I can't remember how much insurance had to pay for that. . . I may have blocked it out. Sorry if he royally screwed up anyones commute home that afternoon. Fired him. With automatic transmissions getting much more popular in dump trucks and semi's you're going to see this happen much more often. The skill level of truck drivers has been dropped significantly since they only have to be able to drive, not actually operate a truck. There's a difference.
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Somewhere in the United States is a little girlā¦whose mother is a stripper, her father is a crack head, and her grandfather is President of the United States.
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Traffic over here has been a nightmare.
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Didnāt this happen a few years ago on the same stretch of 64? The whole thing came down and killed a couple of guys in a truck behind, I think.
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Never ask a man if he is from Virginia. If he is, he'll tell you. If he isn't, you don't want to embarrass him.
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Irony: I was talking to another arfcommer this morning who was stuck behind that same mess as OP.
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LOL fucking annoying noise for not wearing a seat belt, but can't come up with some kind of alarm for the truck bed being up.
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We are born free and will stay free. |
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That shit was always on my mind when I drove a jetter vac. I always bunnies down the hydraulic handle so it couldn't go into the up position.
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Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know.
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Classic, absolutely classic.
We did one of those for an HPI class. |
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God sometimes subcontracts -- A funny guy
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Originally Posted By a390st: That happened in Richmond, KY a few years back with a roll off dumpster driving through town with the hoist fully raised. Ā It met a pedestrian overpass and came to an abrupt stop. View Quote That happened in Richmond, KY about 20 years ago on I-75/northern exit. Dump hit the overpass fully raised. |
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Top notch idiot.
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Originally Posted By explodingvarmints: I had a dump truck driver load up an excavator on the trailer (like he'd been taught) but he kept the boom too high and didn't check his height. Ā Smacked an overpass on I-94 in Detroit. Ā I can't remember how much insurance had to pay for that. . . I may have blocked it out. Ā Sorry if he royally screwed up anyones commute home that afternoon. Ā Fired him. Ā With automatic transmissions getting much more popular in dump trucks and semi's you're going to see this happen much more often. Ā The skill level of truck drivers has been dropped significantly since they only have to be able to drive, not actually operate a truck. Ā There's a difference. View Quote We had that happen locally. The backhoe broke loose and killed the people in the car behind it. |
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You'd think there'd be an indicator in the cab, or something.....
Must be too complicated. |
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Why couldn't I be behind that guy, I need a new windshield.
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[Last Edit: justsayin]
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Originally Posted By CJ7365: LOL fucking annoying noise for not wearing a seat belt, but can't come up with some kind of alarm for the truck bed being up. View Quote No kidding. I get beeped at 5 thousand times a day by in cab monitoring crap and THAT doesn't have an indicator? You'd think at the least it would drive a bit differently from the wind shear. Or mirrors. I mean, who bothers checking mirrors when they drive for a living? That's weapons grade stupidity, all around. |
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Alabama: That the great, general and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare....That every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state. (Art. I, Ā§ 26)
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[Last Edit: LowBeta]
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Originally Posted By MattyMattel: That happened in Richmond, KY about 20 years ago on I-75/northern exit. Dump hit the overpass fully raised. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By MattyMattel: Originally Posted By a390st: That happened in Richmond, KY a few years back with a roll off dumpster driving through town with the hoist fully raised. Ā It met a pedestrian overpass and came to an abrupt stop. That happened in Richmond, KY about 20 years ago on I-75/northern exit. Dump hit the overpass fully raised. That might have been the one we did in class. Killed a cyclist or pedestrian on the bridge. eta The story was they bypassed the hoist-up alarm because it went off whenever they moved the truck around at the dump |
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God sometimes subcontracts -- A funny guy
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[Last Edit: DriftPunch]
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One observation I had is that everyone who exited their car was awesome, I probably talked to 15 people. Even those stressed about missing an appointment were dealing with it and moving on. It was a nice day and the comedy of the situation might have had something to do with it. Perhaps the ranters and Karens stayed in their cars (~2 hours before a forced 180 and driving on the wrong side back to the nearest exit). VSP, VDOT, the local LE and even the retired patrol were all either good or at minimum business like, no douchebaggery. No injuries might have had something to do with the lowered angst among responders.
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[Last Edit: BillofRights]
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Originally Posted By cavedog: It would appear impacts are on the rise. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By cavedog: Originally Posted By brownbomber: Does this happen a lot? It would appear impacts are on the rise. Nationwide competency crisis. Reminds me of that that song. āRetards East of Richmondā. |
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GD- "It's kind of like wading through through slimy lake bed with your feet to find clams below the surface".
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āAmerica is a whorehouse where the revolutionary ideals of your forefathers are corrupted and sold in alleys by vendors of capitalism.ā
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Originally Posted By justsayin: You'd think there'd be an indicator in the cab, or something..... Must be too complicated. View Quote Is there some reason why a cable can't run from the front of the bed, over the hood, and into a winch, so that when the bed is raised, the cable pulls an orange mesh screen over the hood and windshield (kinda like a roll-up window blind)? The driver could still see through it to navigate, but it would be (I hope) an obvious indicator. Maybe there's a reason why not. If so, please say. |
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We'll figure something out.
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Originally Posted By MrGoodkat: Many dupe https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/This-CDL-driver-is-having-a-REALLY-bad-day/5-2746713/ View Quote |
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Coming home this evening, we saw part of the sign still there. 3 lanes down to 1. About a six mile or so backup. This was around 6ish. Couldn't see but so much due to the median.
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[Last Edit: DriftPunch]
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Originally Posted By weaselrunner4: Coming home this evening, we saw part of the sign still there. 3 lanes down to 1. About a six mile or so backup. This was around 6ish. Couldn't see but so much due to the median. View Quote That is a pretty important sign, so I wonder if they are going all out until it's back up (or a proxy is set up). |
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[Last Edit: kar98k]
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I drive that route every morning I was off today glad I missed that mess.
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Somewhere in the United States is a little girlā¦whose mother is a stripper, her father is a crack head, and her grandfather is President of the United States.
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Originally Posted By Palm: We had that happen locally. Ā The backhoe broke loose and killed the people in the car behind it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Palm: Originally Posted By explodingvarmints: I had a dump truck driver load up an excavator on the trailer (like he'd been taught) but he kept the boom too high and didn't check his height. Ā Smacked an overpass on I-94 in Detroit. Ā I can't remember how much insurance had to pay for that. . . I may have blocked it out. Ā Sorry if he royally screwed up anyones commute home that afternoon. Ā Fired him. Ā With automatic transmissions getting much more popular in dump trucks and semi's you're going to see this happen much more often. Ā The skill level of truck drivers has been dropped significantly since they only have to be able to drive, not actually operate a truck. Ā There's a difference. We had that happen locally. Ā The backhoe broke loose and killed the people in the car behind it. The excavator needed a new stick but luckily everything stayed on the trailer and nobody was injured. |
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Somewhere in the United States is a little girlā¦whose mother is a stripper, her father is a crack head, and her grandfather is President of the United States.
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Trucks we had were all older , no alarms . You might notice more light in the cab from the back window when the box is up on a tandem.
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Non English speaking/reading illegals?
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17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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Originally Posted By DriftPunch: Negative, per local news it's: "Richard D. Houston Jr." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DriftPunch: Originally Posted By Oldgold: Non English speaking/reading illegals? The āDā stands for dumbass |
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Originally Posted By Southernman077: https://www.troublefreepool.com/media/f9b39ce4-2a47-4d7a-a4fd-b2ca76e69f71-gif.162309/full View Quote First thing that came to mind. |
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We had an overpass on an expressway that was closed for replacement near where I used to work. They had numerous problems and delays which caused quite a bit of frustration with the locals as it was a huge pain in the ass to get from one side of the expressway to the other in this area without it.
Anyway after about a year, it was opened much to the relief of the locals and everyone was happy again. About a week later, some dumbass came barreling down the expressway with a crane on a lowboy and didn't have the boom all the way down. The boom was like a battering ram and took out every pre cast beam on one side of the overpass. The locals wanted to string him up. Overpass was closed for several more months as they had to demo half of the overpass and start again. |
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