Awful Accident - 2010 Silverado Vs Semi

97reddodge · October 17, 2011

wow that one bad crash!

Cool Zr2 · October 18, 2011

I say there was no DOT bar at all.
That truck made it to far under the trailer for it to have a bar on it and it be bent out of the way on impact. . And for it to snap clean off on impact I highly doubt it.

Are you serious? Of course there was a bumper there. Do you think a trucking company of that size just runs around without being FMCSA compliant? Did you check their SAFER or CSA scores before you said that? Oh god, a Semi was involved, it must be their fault cuz Semi trucks are the devil. DOT bumpers are Federal law, and carry a HUGE fine for getting caught with one that has been removed or severely damaged.

All of you that have an anti attitude or some type of negative stereotype against semi trucks, you can sit on it and rotate. Professional drivers put on well over 125k miles a year and millions over their lifetime, there is not a soul on the road that is safer and more experienced than a commercial truck driver.

Porter_ · October 18, 2011

"The trailer was carrying about 40,000 pounds of sugar, which was not compromised."

whew, thank god.

what a strange tidbit to include in the story.

wavery · October 18, 2011

"The trailer was carrying about 40,000 pounds of sugar, which was not compromised."

whew, thank god.

what a strange tidbit to include in the story.

That may be a SOP thing for reporting on commercial vehicle accidents where cargo is involved.

I highly doubt that the writer was trying to be cute.... incredibly poor taste.

00_Extended · October 18, 2011

I say there was no DOT bar at all.
That truck made it to far under the trailer for it to have a bar on it and it be bent out of the way on impact. . And for it to snap clean off on impact I highly doubt it.

Are you serious? Of course there was a bumper there. Do you think a trucking company of that size just runs around without being FMCSA compliant? Did you check their SAFER or CSA scores before you said that? Oh god, a Semi was involved, it must be their fault cuz Semi trucks are the devil. DOT bumpers are Federal law, and carry a HUGE fine for getting caught with one that has been removed or severely damaged.

All of you that have an anti attitude or some type of negative stereotype against semi trucks, you can sit on it and rotate. Professional drivers put on well over 125k miles a year and millions over their lifetime, there is not a soul on the road that is safer and more experienced than a commercial truck driver.

If they all are such pro's behind the wheel then explain some of the stupid accidents these guys get into. While I agree they are trained and it's thier job and they drive professionaly it does not mean they are all good at it. I see these so called professional drivers doing very stupid shit on a daily basis.

Being a commercial professional truck driver with training, knowing safety regulations and you equipment is part of the job, know it's limits and respecting the road and driving defencivly are others. I expect these men and women to be above average drivers.....hey should be but some are just idiots plain and simple. So a blanket statement that there is not soul on the road that is safer and more experianced than a commercial truck driver is stretching it quite a bit.

I live in a small town in the south and between local log trucks that are obviously over wieght and in poor mechanical condition doing 15 to 20 mph over the posted limit and local sand, gravel and oil trucks I get chance to see some real idiot "professional" drivers on a daily basis. One of the last real bad ones around here had a log truck going around a curve to fast and rolled the truck over killing the driver when logs shot through the cab....it's also landed on a family coming the other way killing them. A positive story....a log truck was coming to rail road crossing when it's brakes failed and cars were stopped at the crossing and the train was going past. He could have simply ran into them and killed a few people. He instead ran the truck off the road, through large ditch and up into the train at an angle. It was de-railed and one car was hit because that idiot driver of that car thought it was ok to be stopped about 10 feet from the tracks crossing. Everyone lived and there were only minor cuts and scrapes. All very lucky but need to thank a quick thinking log truck driver.

Thing is not all these truckers are good drivers.....I see many in the miles I drive that are amoung the worst drivers on the road and think that just because they have such a big rig on the road they own it and can pull out in front of you, tail gate and speed with no clue what it takes to slow that thing down and you know they must have clue.......so that tells me they just don't care.

wavery · October 18, 2011

Maybe you missed the part of the article that said the truck was at a dead stop and the P/U hit him in the rear with no attempt to stop............ Doesn't look like this truck driver was to blame.

00_Extended · October 18, 2011

Maybe you missed the part of the article that said the truck was at a dead stop and the P/U hit him in the rear with no attempt to stop............ Doesn't look like this truck driver was to blame.

Not saying he was....the qouted statment of my post is saying commercial truck drivers are the best drivers....while I agree they should be...they most certinaly are not.

Not much a truck driver can do when some fool hits them at a stand still at 60 MPH. Drving is a privilage and all you have to do is go on You Tube to see how many people around the globe think it's a god (insert your god or what ever here) given right to drive. I could never be cop, I would have writers cramp and would be in trouble clogging up the courts. Between idiots and the crapola people drive that is not safe and is hazard on the road I could work 24/7 365.

turnerms98 · October 18, 2011

I say there was no DOT bar at all.
That truck made it to far under the trailer for it to have a bar on it and it be bent out of the way on impact. . And for it to snap clean off on impact I highly doubt it.

Are you serious? Of course there was a bumper there. Do you think a trucking company of that size just runs around without being FMCSA compliant? Did you check their SAFER or CSA scores before you said that? Oh god, a Semi was involved, it must be their fault cuz Semi trucks are the devil. DOT bumpers are Federal law, and carry a HUGE fine for getting caught with one that has been removed or severely damaged.

All of you that have an anti attitude or some type of negative stereotype against semi trucks, you can sit on it and rotate. Professional drivers put on well over 125k miles a year and millions over their lifetime, there is not a soul on the road that is safer and more experienced than a commercial truck driver.

The statement above really rubs me the wrong way. http://www.wlwt.com/r/5041571/detail.html

These were my Grandparents.

Cool Zr2 · October 18, 2011

I say there was no DOT bar at all.
That truck made it to far under the trailer for it to have a bar on it and it be bent out of the way on impact. . And for it to snap clean off on impact I highly doubt it.

Are you serious? Of course there was a bumper there. Do you think a trucking company of that size just runs around without being FMCSA compliant? Did you check their SAFER or CSA scores before you said that? Oh god, a Semi was involved, it must be their fault cuz Semi trucks are the devil. DOT bumpers are Federal law, and carry a HUGE fine for getting caught with one that has been removed or severely damaged.

All of you that have an anti attitude or some type of negative stereotype against semi trucks, you can sit on it and rotate. Professional drivers put on well over 125k miles a year and millions over their lifetime, there is not a soul on the road that is safer and more experienced than a commercial truck driver.

If they all are such pro's behind the wheel then explain some of the stupid accidents these guys get into. While I agree they are trained and it's thier job and they drive professionaly it does not mean they are all good at it. I see these so called professional drivers doing very stupid shit on a daily basis.

Being a commercial professional truck driver with training, knowing safety regulations and you equipment is part of the job, know it's limits and respecting the road and driving defencivly are others. I expect these men and women to be above average drivers.....hey should be but some are just idiots plain and simple. So a blanket statement that there is not soul on the road that is safer and more experianced than a commercial truck driver is stretching it quite a bit.

I live in a small town in the south and between local log trucks that are obviously over wieght and in poor mechanical condition doing 15 to 20 mph over the posted limit and local sand, gravel and oil trucks I get chance to see some real idiot "professional" drivers on a daily basis. One of the last real bad ones around here had a log truck going around a curve to fast and rolled the truck over killing the driver when logs shot through the cab....it's also landed on a family coming the other way killing them. A positive story....a log truck was coming to rail road crossing when it's brakes failed and cars were stopped at the crossing and the train was going past. He could have simply ran into them and killed a few people. He instead ran the truck off the road, through large ditch and up into the train at an angle. It was de-railed and one car was hit because that idiot driver of that car thought it was ok to be stopped about 10 feet from the tracks crossing. Everyone lived and there were only minor cuts and scrapes. All very lucky but need to thank a quick thinking log truck driver.

Thing is not all these truckers are good drivers.....I see many in the miles I drive that are amoung the worst drivers on the road and think that just because they have such a big rig on the road they own it and can pull out in front of you, tail gate and speed with no clue what it takes to slow that thing down and you know they must have clue.......so that tells me they just don't care.

I said professional drivers, wood haulers do not fall into this category, most of them drive local and arnt trained properly. My statement was referring to interstate trucks, not local trucks like wood haulers.

As far as OTR trucks and accidents, most drivers never have an at fault accident, the ones that do, the accident per mile is 1/100th of that of a regular person in their car.

Cool Zr2 · October 18, 2011

I say there was no DOT bar at all.
That truck made it to far under the trailer for it to have a bar on it and it be bent out of the way on impact. . And for it to snap clean off on impact I highly doubt it.

Are you serious? Of course there was a bumper there. Do you think a trucking company of that size just runs around without being FMCSA compliant? Did you check their SAFER or CSA scores before you said that? Oh god, a Semi was involved, it must be their fault cuz Semi trucks are the devil. DOT bumpers are Federal law, and carry a HUGE fine for getting caught with one that has been removed or severely damaged.

All of you that have an anti attitude or some type of negative stereotype against semi trucks, you can sit on it and rotate. Professional drivers put on well over 125k miles a year and millions over their lifetime, there is not a soul on the road that is safer and more experienced than a commercial truck driver.

The statement above really rubs me the wrong way. http://www.wlwt.com/r/5041571/detail.html

These were my Grandparents.

Sorry for your loss. Accidents happen, was the investigation ever concluded? Media articles can be skewed to make them more suspenseful or entertaining, so it's hard for me to believe it 100%, but I would have to guess that the truck was most likely at fault.

I am referring to anything involving media, tv, newspaper, etc. Reporters don't have any scruples anymore. They want ratings and don't care what they have to get them.

marine_devildog801 · October 18, 2011

I say there was no DOT bar at all.
That truck made it to far under the trailer for it to have a bar on it and it be bent out of the way on impact. . And for it to snap clean off on impact I highly doubt it.

Are you serious? Of course there was a bumper there. Do you think a trucking company of that size just runs around without being FMCSA compliant? Did you check their SAFER or CSA scores before you said that? Oh god, a Semi was involved, it must be their fault cuz Semi trucks are the devil. DOT bumpers are Federal law, and carry a HUGE fine for getting caught with one that has been removed or severely damaged.

All of you that have an anti attitude or some type of negative stereotype against semi trucks, you can sit on it and rotate. Professional drivers put on well over 125k miles a year and millions over their lifetime, there is not a soul on the road that is safer and more experienced than a commercial truck driver.

The statement above really rubs me the wrong way. http://www.wlwt.com/r/5041571/detail.html

These were my Grandparents.

there is not a soul on the road that is safer and more experienced than a commercial truck driver....

Really?? You cannot put a blanket statement over any group of people for this category. Do you not think that there are UNsafe truck drivers out there? Do you not think that there are semi trailers withOUT DOT bars, or any of the other 100 requirements for tractors and trailers, driving the roads?? Are you ignorant or just naive? I promise you that no matter what the vehicle type is, there is a dipshit out there right now driving one somewhere. Whether it is a tractor trailer, ambulance, fire truck, police car, tank, airplane, or whatever it is there is an idiot behind the wheel of one somewhere. I agree that in general truck drivers are usually safe and highly experienced drivers, but don't put ALL of them ahead of EVERYONE. Have you ever asked yourself, "Self. Why are there are so many rules and regulations for semi trucks and trailers?" Well if you didn't know it is because there are unsafe truck drivers out there. There are reasons that 80,000lb rolling missiles have regulations that have to be enforced. It is because the operators are human. I can recall off of the top of my head a log truck rolling over killing a driver of another vehicle. And guess how safe the driver of the truck was. He was high on METHAMPHETAMINE....DUI. How is that for a professional driver?

And is it just me, because I haven't seen it written, but does anyone else wonder why this jackass ran into the back of the STOPPED truck? Especially without touching the brakes. I wonder if he was DUI or just not paying attention. I know this happens all of the time, but usually not this bad.

sourdough44 · October 18, 2011

You've got to pay attention when driving! I know, a little late now.

turnerms98 · October 18, 2011

Yes it was the truck drivers fault as hard as it might be for you to believe. He plead guilty and had to seve in house arrest for over a year. This was our family's agreement. The company also had to settle as well. They were sitting at a RED light and he ran them over. What more at fault does he need for you?

dirtfan21 · October 18, 2011

Yes it was the truck drivers fault as hard as it might be for you to believe. He plead guilty and had to seve in house arrest for over a year. This was our family's agreement. The company also had to settle as well. They were sitting at a RED light and he ran them over. What more at fault does he need for you?

That is so very sad and I'm extremely sorry for your loss. My girlfriend is terrified of tractor trailers because she was stopped, along with many others in traffic, for an accident and a semi rear ended her. She was driving a bug and the tractor ended up on top of the bug, this was before we met so I don't have many more details as she doesn't like talking about it. What her parents told me is that the driver of the truck came to the hospital in tears because he swore he killed her.

We have also had 3 fatalities at a highway intersection in the city where I work. All three semi drivers ran red lights and killed the other driver instantly on impact, one was a city firefighter's wife who was on duty.

I will never say that tractor trailer drivers are not tallented as I know many of them are, I am around them daily in the construction world. I will say that there are bad semi drivers as there are bad vehicle drivers. They may have slipped through the cracks or are driving illegally but they are out there and I see them quite frequently.

General Lee 01 · October 18, 2011

I find it disturbing that some of you guys decided to rip on the deceased driver in the Original Story just going by the story as written without knowing the full facts and details. Maybe he fell asleep at the wheel or had a Medical Emergency?

I hope nobody calls you a "FWONKing Dumbass", or wonders "What were you doing, you JACKASS?" when you leave this world.