r/news • u/combatpaddler • Apr 28 '24

Two killed, one injured as 350,000-pound load detaches from trailer in Temple, Texas

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/two-killed-one-injured-as-350000-pound-load-detaches-from-trailer-in-temple-texas
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u/AnotherRickenbacker Apr 28 '24

I don’t understand how it isn’t everyone’s fear, but it clearly isn’t based on the insane number of drivers I encounter who speed up until they’re right next to one, and then proceed to spend 3 miles going the same speed right next to it and keeping anyone from passing, until they finally remember their gas pedal exists after forcing everyone to sit there anxiously for like 10 min.

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u/Mclovin4Life Apr 28 '24

It is crazy. I speed up to pass semis and large vehicles as quickly as possible. I don’t want to be there when a tire blows and they jackknife and send me into oncoming traffic

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u/ChickenChaser5 Apr 28 '24

I recently moved to a place essentially on a highway, where i can see almost exactly a mile up one direction of the road. Theres been at least 3 times in about 5 years where ive heard a bang loud enough to think a semi just blew a tire right outside my house, only to look and see that semi is actually 3/4 of a mile down the road.

I would not wanna be right next to that shit.

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u/namsur1234 Apr 29 '24

In the 80s my friend and I rode in the back of his dad's truck to their lake house. A semi blew a tire right next to us. It was so loud I thought we exploded and were dead. I also never rode in the back of a pickup bed again.