by "OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
Published 10/02/2017 at 13:40
by "OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
Published 10/02/2017 at 13:40
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witness say the guy was in a lot of pain. this happened about a mile from my house
rumors are brake failure. There is a good amount of talk about this specific company speeding excessively around town. people are also accusing them of poor maintenance, which is just FB speculation but could also have some truth to it.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
10/02/2017 at 13:51, STARS: 1
Hope he’s OK. I’m not a truck driver, so I don’t really know why it is, but around the Chicago area, the dump truck drivers and garbage haulers drive like absolute madmen - and the vast majority of other tractor-semi trailer drivers are pretty conservative drivers (with individual exceptions of course).
"E90M3" (e90m3)
10/02/2017 at 14:10, STARS: 0
I thought you had to have air pressure to release the brakes, so if they fail they fail on as opposed to off. I’ve only driven a tractor trailer like 5 feet and those brakes were air.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
10/02/2017 at 14:14, STARS: 1
The parking brake operates like that, not the regular brake, but it’s designed so if you lose air pressure it automatically engages.
A truck that size should also have pretty beefy engine & exhaust brakes too.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
10/02/2017 at 14:18, STARS: 2
Its probably a good thing (he aimed for?) the tree stopped him, as opposed to the house, a car full of babies, etc.
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
10/02/2017 at 14:25, STARS: 1
thats what I thought as well
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
10/02/2017 at 14:27, STARS: 0
yea, there is a town facebook page and a lot of people on there are saying it was a matter of time something like this happened with the way this specific company drives and that a lot of people have already complained to the town about their drivers
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
10/02/2017 at 14:27, STARS: 0
yea someone was saying if he didn’t hit the tree hew would have hit a house.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
10/02/2017 at 14:41, STARS: 1
That’s exactly how train air brakes work - and I thought the same about tractor trailers (?).