This doesn’t belong here. The person who took the video said multiple cars tried to warn the driver. The driver ignored it, likely because they were exhausted and didn’t understand
and saying other people warning is only what he claims which we can't confirm with the video we were given, the guy filming there isn't trying to warn him at all during the clip
Did nobody else even notice the happy, sort of alien-looking slightly asymmetric-headed snowman laying comfortably in the truck bucket, happily just enjoying the ride, until the crash turned his pleasant smile into a frown and gasp of terror as he crumbled and died in a pile?
I mean yeah. Theyre going slow/ nearly stoped at one point. That was the perfect oppertunity to slowly acelerate along side and slowly pull in front also slowly stoping just before the bridge
honk, you literally have a loud abnoxious honking device in your car for this very purpose, to warn people if there is some issue
i would quite literally be honking at them all the way until they collide with the bridge or stop and take a look at their surroundings, if they didn't adhere to warnings you could try to get close to them and signal to stop but this needs to be done waaayy before they approach bridge
truckdriver will see the gestures if the car has already gotten his attention, which it can easily do by repeatedly honking and/or flashing lights
truckdriver will obviously assume car wants something, as long as its not aggressive gestures, which it isn't, he will understand something is wrong either with his truck or other guy needing help, and so do a doublecheck on his dashboard/stats and maybe pull over
Temperature drop makes pressure sensors flip out. If my car says the tires are at 28psi when they should be 30 im not calling a tow truck, especially right after a weather change.
This doesn’t belong here. The person who took the video said multiple cars tried to warn the driver. The driver ignored it, likely because they were exhausted and didn’t understand
Almost none of the videos on this sub actually belong these days
Youll quickly learn 99.9% of posts here dont belong.
Idk if its even moderated anymore
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Almost like the driver was trying to get out of working or something. 🤔
the poster says it isn't his video
and saying other people warning is only what he claims which we can't confirm with the video we were given, the guy filming there isn't trying to warn him at all during the clip
this absolutely belongs here
Yeah... I'm not sure how one could even help in this scenario, barring aggressively cutting the truck driver off and slamming on the brakes.
There should be some sort of indicator in the cab of the truck whenever the bucket is up. Or is there?
Yes.
He’s a professional just stay out of his way. That is the best way to de ice the bridge trust the process.
You'd think that they would build in an interlock to prevent this. YouTube is packed with videos like that one.
Trucks have to be able to drive with the bed in dump mode, that’s how they dump shit out.
At least an audio/visual warning that is difficult to ignore....
O well, guess putting one in all the trucks is cheaper than the occasional accident.
True, but not at highway speeds.
And yet they're a tiny, almost immeasurable percentage of all trucks passing under bridges daily. Great example of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
Oof. I wonder how it felt in the cab
Did nobody else even notice the happy, sort of alien-looking slightly asymmetric-headed snowman laying comfortably in the truck bucket, happily just enjoying the ride, until the crash turned his pleasant smile into a frown and gasp of terror as he crumbled and died in a pile?
Won't somebody please think of the snowmen!
The betrayal you would feel as the driver. Just strolling along and then out of nowhere you are fucked and likely injured.
OK, what do you think driver should have done to help?
Clearly speed up on the snowy road, cut the truck off and hit their brakes before the bridge. Duh. /s
I mean yeah. Theyre going slow/ nearly stoped at one point. That was the perfect oppertunity to slowly acelerate along side and slowly pull in front also slowly stoping just before the bridge
honk, you literally have a loud abnoxious honking device in your car for this very purpose, to warn people if there is some issue
i would quite literally be honking at them all the way until they collide with the bridge or stop and take a look at their surroundings, if they didn't adhere to warnings you could try to get close to them and signal to stop but this needs to be done waaayy before they approach bridge
honk a few times, stick hand out of window and wave, point up at thing
What are the chances of driver seeing it and working out what it means?
truckdriver will see the gestures if the car has already gotten his attention, which it can easily do by repeatedly honking and/or flashing lights
truckdriver will obviously assume car wants something, as long as its not aggressive gestures, which it isn't, he will understand something is wrong either with his truck or other guy needing help, and so do a doublecheck on his dashboard/stats and maybe pull over
They could’ve blown the horn to warn them or something
They did
Once again pitching for a required “what action should have been taken by the person filming that wasn’t” field that is required to post here
seato ejecto
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Do anything in his power to alert the snowplower of the danger: sound his car horn, flash lights….
Honk, flash lights, lower window and try to make trucker lower wis bucket by waving their arm, I don’t know.
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To flash lights or honk? Also, that’s dangerous but recording with one hand and driving with another is not? Hmmm
Pit maneuver the dump truck, obviously.
He should’ve brake checked the truck!
Are we not going to discuss the tyre warning?
Temperature drop makes pressure sensors flip out. If my car says the tires are at 28psi when they should be 30 im not calling a tow truck, especially right after a weather change.
at least signal them....🤦🏻♂️
The camera man should get the same charge the plow driver gets
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Yes that’s where you are
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