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Another reason not to run red lights
I saw what looked like it may have been a car at some point that had
been t-boned by an 18-wheeler this morning. Someone ran a red light. I'm guessing it wasn't the trucker, although I could be wrong about that. |
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In article >, Olaf Gustafson wrote:
> I saw what looked like it may have been a car at some point that had > been t-boned by an 18-wheeler this morning. > > Someone ran a red light. I'm guessing it wasn't the trucker, > although I could be wrong about that. I've seen truckers run red lights on various occasions. For it to have been the car running the red, it would have had to be mid cycle for the trucker to be going full speed. Otherwise the truck would have been moving much slower, either timing the green or accelerating from a stop. One of those rare moments that a cop was actually around and did something was when some trucker decided because his vehicle was bigger he had right of way and turned left in front of me forcing me to brake. A cop saw it and on came the rollers and he went after the trucker. Although it did occur on a weekend night in one of well covered police hunting grounds. |
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In article >, Olaf Gustafson wrote:
> I saw what looked like it may have been a car at some point that had > been t-boned by an 18-wheeler this morning. > > Someone ran a red light. I'm guessing it wasn't the trucker, > although I could be wrong about that. I've seen truckers run red lights on various occasions. For it to have been the car running the red, it would have had to be mid cycle for the trucker to be going full speed. Otherwise the truck would have been moving much slower, either timing the green or accelerating from a stop. One of those rare moments that a cop was actually around and did something was when some trucker decided because his vehicle was bigger he had right of way and turned left in front of me forcing me to brake. A cop saw it and on came the rollers and he went after the trucker. Although it did occur on a weekend night in one of well covered police hunting grounds. |
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Olaf Gustafson > wrote in
: > I saw what looked like it may have been a car at some point that had > been t-boned by an 18-wheeler this morning. > > Someone ran a red light. I'm guessing it wasn't the trucker, > although I could be wrong about that. > Dump trucks are notorious for running red lights;they have tremendous mass for a loaded dump truck,and they do not like to stop.There have been several very severe collisions cause by them here in Orlando. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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Olaf Gustafson > wrote in
: > I saw what looked like it may have been a car at some point that had > been t-boned by an 18-wheeler this morning. > > Someone ran a red light. I'm guessing it wasn't the trucker, > although I could be wrong about that. > Dump trucks are notorious for running red lights;they have tremendous mass for a loaded dump truck,and they do not like to stop.There have been several very severe collisions cause by them here in Orlando. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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>>Jim Yanik Jan 12, 5:10 pm
Dump trucks are notorious for running red lights;they have tremendous mass for a loaded dump truck,and they do not like to stop.There have been several very severe collisions cause by them here in Orlando. Yup - just like the SUV drivers. They figure they canrun the red cause if there's a crash, the other guy will die. It won't stop until we have much stiffer penalties, perhaps based on vehicle weight. The penalty for running a red should be say $500 plus an extra $10 for every hundred pounds over 4000 pounds. So a dood in 10 ton = 20,000 pounds dump truck would pay $2,100. |
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>>Jim Yanik Jan 12, 5:10 pm
Dump trucks are notorious for running red lights;they have tremendous mass for a loaded dump truck,and they do not like to stop.There have been several very severe collisions cause by them here in Orlando. Yup - just like the SUV drivers. They figure they canrun the red cause if there's a crash, the other guy will die. It won't stop until we have much stiffer penalties, perhaps based on vehicle weight. The penalty for running a red should be say $500 plus an extra $10 for every hundred pounds over 4000 pounds. So a dood in 10 ton = 20,000 pounds dump truck would pay $2,100. |
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Yeah, and you'd shell out $4000 for hauling your lard ass around.
Ever figure out the difference between 6 & 60? |
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Yeah, and you'd shell out $4000 for hauling your lard ass around.
Ever figure out the difference between 6 & 60? |
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Olaf Gustafson wrote:
> I saw what looked like it may have been a car at some point that had > been t-boned by an 18-wheeler this morning. > > Someone ran a red light. I'm guessing it wasn't the trucker, > although I could be wrong about that. > The place I work at is on a pretty good hill..and when people leave, everyone waits until a couple of seconds after the green before going. There have been at least 5 fatalities, and countless side impacts, from people running the light. Many times it is large trucks running the light because they either can't or won't stop for the light due to the hill and their weight. I saw a precast concrete truck loaded with sewer boxes throw a lumber truck that was turing into the driveway a couple hundred feet one summer. It was hideous. I was going out for lunch and had I been 10-20 seconds sooner... -- Paul '91 XL1200 '77 GL1000 (W.I.P.) "I feel more like I do now than when I got here" |
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