Cleanup of 5th wheel accident in California
Any details on what happened here? https://youtu.be/DOnxT1S4Irw
Forum Discussion
This appears to be a busy intersection with all shapes and sizes of vehicles going though it. If the light is timed that terribly, there would be so many accidents something would have to change. In my opinion many accidents mean about 1 a month. If there was an accident a month due to someone not being able to clear the intersection because the yellow light didn't stay on long enough before opposing traffic turned green (even in a monkey controlled state like California) the DOT would have to address the issue. I'm guessing there isn't an accident a month there so I'm completely blaming the driver of the RV.
As long as he was paying attention to the road and saw the light change from green to yellow at "40 mph" he could have STOOD on the brakes and brought that rig to a halt. If someone a$$ packed him that would be on them. Of all the laws tossed around in this thread I'm surprised no one has pointed out the "safe traveling distance law" that if you rear end someone you are almost always at fault, especially approaching an intersection.
He made a mistake. We've all done it... light turns yellow, you hesitate while thinking what is going to move in the trailer if you hit the brakes harder than normal and you end up losing precious safe stopping time. Most of the time everything ends ok, but this time a number of factors aligned and it didn't end well. Thankfully everyone walked away.
As long as he was paying attention to the road and saw the light change from green to yellow at "40 mph" he could have STOOD on the brakes and brought that rig to a halt. If someone a$$ packed him that would be on them. Of all the laws tossed around in this thread I'm surprised no one has pointed out the "safe traveling distance law" that if you rear end someone you are almost always at fault, especially approaching an intersection.
He made a mistake. We've all done it... light turns yellow, you hesitate while thinking what is going to move in the trailer if you hit the brakes harder than normal and you end up losing precious safe stopping time. Most of the time everything ends ok, but this time a number of factors aligned and it didn't end well. Thankfully everyone walked away.
