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Message: <blockquote data-quote="retiredTxfeeder" data-source="post: 1505294" data-attributes="member: 52978"><p>I caught a red light about 3am on a wet road.  I hit the brakes and the empty set behind me started to go in different directions.  I looked in the mirrors and all I saw was gray. The trailers were coming around me.  The light was red now, but there was nobody in the intersection, or anyone coming from any direction.  I was also in the middle of 3 lanes.  I accelerated the tractor, and pulled down the hand brake, applying the brakes to the trailers and dolly only.  It gave them enough traction that they fell back behind my tractor, and I sailed right through a red light.  I was very lucky.  This area of the road is almost always wet, even when not raining.  I don't know if they have sprinklers, or some kind of water leak there.  I think that contributed to the slickness of the surface.</p></blockquote><p></p>