Another RV tragedy
near Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada. Read here.
Forum Discussion
Freightliner makes the chassis.. I know because I shared breakfast at a hotel with an owner of such a rig when both his and mine were in the shop (Mine was minor compared to his).
One of the things I was taught is to follow so far behind the car in front of me. Now, back when I was 15 and in Driver's ed it was a very complex method of computing that distance... Later I learned an easier way, One thousand one, One thousand two If you are driving a car. you watch as say the car in front of you goes under a bridge (The shadow hits the back bumper) then start counting one thousand one, one thousand two, if you are in shadow,,,, YOU ARE TOO CLOSE. if you are driving a motor home on dry roads (NOTE: This is on dry roads) add one thousand three (3 seconds)
I used to stand on a bridge and watch passing traffic, Later I let a camera stand on the bridge (Well the building beside it or a 50 foot, or taller, pole) and watch cars passing (We had over 150 of said cameras I could choose from) and in many cases I did not get past One thousan..... Dang rare for me to get to one thousand one on..... Yup, tailgating.
True story.. Stove fell off a truck and landed in the 2nd lane. Right near one of the aforementioned cameras.
We focused on it and zomed in (Gas range, not electric) then zomed out and focused a bit behind it.. Watched cars approach in groups of 2 or 3 all in the 2nd lane (five lane freeway) and all but the leader tailgating.. The leader would change lanes at the last second, the rest... Underware.
Finally a group of 3 cars and a pick up (that order) The leader changed lanes at the last second, #2 very likley messed his drawars, I'm fairly sure #3 kissed bumpers with #2 and the pick up... He did not stop, swerve, or slow down.
He place kicked that stove a good quarter mile and off onto the shoulder.
Called off the patrol car I'd sent
Called off the county pick up crew I'd called for
Set it for morning pick up (from the shoulder) on regular time instead of the higher night pay rate.
The cameras, by the way, enabled us to pinpoint the incident (Callers had it 2 miles farther south) and saved us the response. Saved the state just about the cost of that camera on that incident alone.
One of the things I was taught is to follow so far behind the car in front of me. Now, back when I was 15 and in Driver's ed it was a very complex method of computing that distance... Later I learned an easier way, One thousand one, One thousand two If you are driving a car. you watch as say the car in front of you goes under a bridge (The shadow hits the back bumper) then start counting one thousand one, one thousand two, if you are in shadow,,,, YOU ARE TOO CLOSE. if you are driving a motor home on dry roads (NOTE: This is on dry roads) add one thousand three (3 seconds)
I used to stand on a bridge and watch passing traffic, Later I let a camera stand on the bridge (Well the building beside it or a 50 foot, or taller, pole) and watch cars passing (We had over 150 of said cameras I could choose from) and in many cases I did not get past One thousan..... Dang rare for me to get to one thousand one on..... Yup, tailgating.
True story.. Stove fell off a truck and landed in the 2nd lane. Right near one of the aforementioned cameras.
We focused on it and zomed in (Gas range, not electric) then zomed out and focused a bit behind it.. Watched cars approach in groups of 2 or 3 all in the 2nd lane (five lane freeway) and all but the leader tailgating.. The leader would change lanes at the last second, the rest... Underware.
Finally a group of 3 cars and a pick up (that order) The leader changed lanes at the last second, #2 very likley messed his drawars, I'm fairly sure #3 kissed bumpers with #2 and the pick up... He did not stop, swerve, or slow down.
He place kicked that stove a good quarter mile and off onto the shoulder.
Called off the patrol car I'd sent
Called off the county pick up crew I'd called for
Set it for morning pick up (from the shoulder) on regular time instead of the higher night pay rate.
The cameras, by the way, enabled us to pinpoint the incident (Callers had it 2 miles farther south) and saved us the response. Saved the state just about the cost of that camera on that incident alone.
