"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
03/15/2019 at 10:20 • Filed to: None
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"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
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A semi truck driver was killed when he braked sharply, causing the steel beams on the flatbed he was hauling to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Now, I have no idea what rules are or are not in place, but I feel like the majority of tractor trailers that I see which regularly haul this type of load on a flatbed are equipped with a bulkhead, aka a “headache rack”, for exactly this reason. I hate to speculate in a situation like this , but it seems to me like if the truck had been so equipped, the driver likely would’ve survived. A real shame.
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facw
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/15/2019 at 10:24 |
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I’m sure the extra protection would have been good, but obviously the real problem here is that the load shouldn’t be sliding around even under heavy braking. I have no idea who these types of loads are normally tied down, but presumably it needed to be strapped down tighter, or have some straps restraining the ends.
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> facw
03/15/2019 at 10:26 |
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That too
vicali
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/15/2019 at 10:38 |
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Drove by this last week, it did not look like a fun ride.
Urambo Tauro
> facw
03/15/2019 at 10:44 |
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I don’t know how one would route straps to stop the ends of each beam from sliding... I think you’re supposed to just tighten the load down and trust that the friction will keep them together as one bundle? There’s probably more to it than that, though. Maybe something to do with stacking the beams in a manner that ensures that the cross-straps will actually exert pressure over the whole stack.
Future next gen S2000 owner
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/15/2019 at 10:46 |
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I’m amazed at how many loads are held down axially through friction. Steel pipe, snowmobiles.....I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/15/2019 at 10:47 |
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This is why you make sure you secure your load, nothing more, nothing less. Yeah, someone shouldn’t have cut them off, but this is just par for the course. When you pull any kind of somewhat heavy trailer, you somehow equip an invisibility cloak.
Ash78, voting early and often
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/15/2019 at 10:51 |
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I’ve never seen a barrier like that before, but it seems like a good idea. We’ve got a lot of sheet metal manufacturers around here and until a few years back,
about once a year one of the spools (30+ tons) would break
free and destroys a section of highway or kill
someone in a car. All semi transport just feels like
a societal
tradeoff where the convenience/
risk is acceptable enough to make up for these freak accidents. OTOH, if these beams had slid off the back and killed other people, the outrage would be huge. Just like the steel spools.
gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/15/2019 at 10:56 |
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The typical headache rack is mostly decorative. They offer a modicum protection I’m sure, but against a stee l beam that weighs several thousand pounds travelling at 60+mph? Good luck.
This is one of the more dangerous loads to carry for a reason. Steel beams, pipe, etc, are basically impossible to strap down. The stack will be strapped o n but the no matter how tight you get the straps, they really only hold onto the outer pieces and while the inner ones won’t bounce around, they do still have opportunity to slide in and out. The trucking industry is very aware it's a dangerous situation, but if there was an easy solution I'm sure they already would have adopted it.
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vicali
> Ash78, voting early and often
03/15/2019 at 11:41 |
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Logging trucks usually have them
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Ash78, voting early and often
> vicali
03/15/2019 at 12:25 |
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Took the words out of my mouth! I see plenty of them out in rural areas (don’t follow too closely or you’ll be cleaning sap off your hood for 6 months.
However, I think those are really just to prevent the loader cranes from smacking into the cab. I don’t think they’d do much in a panic stop.
kanadanmajava1
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/15/2019 at 13:03 |
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At least the fatalities were limited just to the driver. Badly secured loads can take other lives as well.
Finland was remembering today an accident that happened exactly 15 years ago. It’s still the worst traffic accident that has happened here.
A truck carrying paper rolls
lost control of its trailer in winter conditions. The trailer crashed
with a coach traveling to the opposite direction. Both vehicles were
traveling at ~70 km/h speed and the road was covered by extremely slippery black ice. During the crash the coach got pushed by the trailer into going
40 km/h backwards. Weakly secured massive paper rolls were detached and
five of them rolled into the passenger compartment of the coach.
The driver of the coach and 22 passengers were killed. All other 14 passengers were injured but survived. Only one of the injured was able to walk away from the scene. The truck driver was only one who survived physically unscathed.
The trucking company was fined and the truck driver got a sentence (3 months of conditional discharge). The accident and the investigation process changed many things in Finnish road vehicle safety practices.
The truck driver stayed in the company but apparently didn’t learn much about safety. He got an DUI at severe level 8 years later. He was driving to work and was about to start his truck driving shift. This got him kicked out.
