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Use your safety chains people...1 pedestrian killed when trailer comes loose and hits him
Posted on 8/3/17 at 6:58 am
Posted on 8/3/17 at 6:58 am
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Bakersfield, CA
Bakersfield, CA
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Two pedestrians were hit by a trailer that came loose from a pickup Wednesday at Wible Road and White Lane.
Police Sgt. Ryan Kroeker said the trailer came disconnected from the truck, which was northbound on Wible approaching the intersection.
One of the pedestrians died from the impact, while the other suffered moderate injuries.
The trailer continued into the intersection, where it hit a car. That started a chain-reaction crash involving two other vehicles.
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Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:00 am to GetCocky11
quote:Reparations gonna be painful brah.
Two pedestrians were hit by a trailer that came loose from a pickup Wednesday at Wible Road and White Lane.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:09 am to GetCocky11
There are many things involving a motor vehicle that I expect can kill me in a horrific way.
Being there the moment a trailer decouples is not something I thought of.
Being there the moment a trailer decouples is not something I thought of.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:15 am to member12
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There are many things involving a motor vehicle that I expect can kill me in a horrific way.
Being there the moment a trailer decouples is not something I thought of.
Final Destination-esque
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:21 am to GetCocky11
I'm lucky to see a trailer with lights, much less safety chains.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:22 am to GetCocky11
Damn, one day you're chillin' in Bako and next thing you know, a trailer smashes into you. Bad luck.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:32 am to GetCocky11
I had a dually pulling a fifth wheel heading opposite direction of me on a 2 lane road. Just as our front bumpers are about to pass each other a boat on a trailer rolled from behind him across my lane. I didn't even have time to hit the brakes before it crossed the whole lane into the ditch on my right. Never touched my truck. If it had happened 1 second later I'd be dead.
Boat trailer was hooked to back of fifth wheel and there were no safety chains on the boat trailer at all. I stayed and berated that a-hole until the deputy got there, then he took over.
Boat trailer was hooked to back of fifth wheel and there were no safety chains on the boat trailer at all. I stayed and berated that a-hole until the deputy got there, then he took over.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:33 am to GetCocky11
I got a no safety chain ticket one time. It was around $300 I believe.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:34 am to GetCocky11
dont forget the pin too!
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:40 am to GetCocky11
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Final Destination-esque
One time a truck in front of me was hauling some thin PVC pipe and it wasn't secured. It fell out and I ran over it.
The PVC shot across the road like a bullet and it went over a woman's hood, hit the ground, and it flew over a gas station.
If it had gone through her driver window (which it missed by maybe a foot), there is no doubt in my mind she would be dead.
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 7:41 am
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:43 am to GetCocky11
I am going to go out on a limb and say the trailer was being pulled by a truck with no insurance and driven by someone who has no identification to be in the country
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:45 am to GetCocky11
I consider boat and utility trailers, RVs, 18-wheelers, and church vans to be ultra-hazardous vehicles and avoid driving near them. I'll probably get a ticket one day speeding away from one of them.
frickers are always blowing out tires, breaking loose, having stuff fall off, etc. And the RVs and church vans are often driven by folks with little experience behind the wheel of anything bigger than a F150.
frickers are always blowing out tires, breaking loose, having stuff fall off, etc. And the RVs and church vans are often driven by folks with little experience behind the wheel of anything bigger than a F150.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:49 am to Twenty 49
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I consider boat and utility trailers, RVs, 18-wheelers, and church vans to be ultra-hazardous vehicles and avoid driving near them.
18-wheelers aren't typically a problem. 99% of the time they are better drivers than the little vehicles zooming around them.
But I tend to have the same philosophy with the people hauling boats and trailers. They're just scary to be around.
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 7:51 am
Posted on 8/3/17 at 9:16 am to GetCocky11
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18-wheelers aren't typically a problem. 99% of the time they are better drivers than the little vehicles zooming around them.
With them, I worry more about the tires blowing. Every trip on an interstate you see blown tire carcasses. Don't want to be beside them when one goes.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 9:29 am to GetCocky11
And cross them..
Posted on 8/3/17 at 10:40 am to Hangover Haven
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And cross them..
Dont know why you were given a down vote. That is correct practice.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 10:50 am to GetCocky11
I should have some on my gooseneck but I don't.
Kinda makes me nervous since im the one that installed the hitch
Kinda makes me nervous since im the one that installed the hitch
Posted on 8/3/17 at 10:56 am to GetCocky11
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18-wheelers aren't typically a problem.
I've known 2 different people who were smashed into the barrier by 18 wheelers while passing on the left. The drivers may be trained but there are a lot on the interstate and when they make a mistake it can be a lot worse for the other vehicle due to their size. Also a ton of these drivers are using stimulants to stay awake.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 10:57 am to X123F45
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Dont know why you were given a down vote. That is correct practice.
I don't worry about that shite...
Yeah, you cross them so the tongue has a cradle to fall into...
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 10:59 am
Posted on 8/3/17 at 11:05 am to GetCocky11
Damn, I used to live just a few minutes away from where that happened. Tough way to go.
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