Class A Tire Blow and Roll-over

Executive wrote:

gemert wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:
I still think it's a case of driving too fast. And over reacting.

He was in left lane passing and going too fast. Had he been driving the speed limit a coach towing should have been in the right lane, it wouldn't have flipped over when he tried to go around around what ever was laying in the road.

Over reacted at high speeds. Just saying. We will never know what really happened from just the video though.

And how can you tell he was speeding or going too fast! You would have to know how fast the truck was going and that wasn't given. I have been certified as a police speed radar Operator in Florida since 1989. Part of that is being able to estimate speed of moving traffic within 3 MPH. From the cab of a truck though it is unlikely that anyone can accurately estimate either vehicles speed without knowing at least one of them. Give the driver a break! I usually drive at 62 regardless of the speed limit (you know what I mean) and I even pass a truck every now and then.

IIRC the trucker stated he was traveling over 65mph when the moho passed him. One could measure the white stripes, count the number of stripes he passed and mathematically determine his speed using a stop watch. He was going too fast while towing. Also if you watch the video, you'll see an alligator fly up just as he leaves the highway....Dennis

I did not intend to get so confrontational. I did not have the benefit of the trucker's statement. I am not a mathematician and did not think of counting stripes especially since I don't know the State, the standards used to paint the stripes or if the machine that paints the stripes had been calibrated to a standard that would allow making those types of calculations. So if I offended anyone by trying to give the driver of the MH the benefit of the doubt...oh well! Have a great day!