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<blockquote data-quote="Dracula" data-source="post: 1600630" data-attributes="member: 42691">You are exactly right. If the camera in the opposite lanes can see from that distance, you HAVE to think the trucks heading into the pile would have to see something amiss ahead of them. This was the same situation in the pile-up in Michigan earlier this year, when the video was nearly identical. IMO, it appears that too many drivers were way too comfortable in the dismal conditions, and were simply not paying attention to their surroundings. And yeah, it&#039;s easy to arm chair quarterback. But I better be a better driver than these people were. And I believe I am. There is no way--NO WAY--I drive as fast as that Fed-Ex driver and that car hauler are driver in those conditions. It&#039;s just stupid. Stupid because you could kill someone. Stupid because you could very easily lose your job, and worst of all, you could die doing your job. Stupid, stupid, stupid.And talk about hard luck, another driver and I were talking last night about how friend*cked an independent owner/operator trucker that got caught up in a wreck like this would be. No pay until you get the load delivered, no way to get the load delivered, and probably thousands of miles away from home. Bummer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dracula, post: 1600630, member: 42691"] You are exactly right. If the camera in the opposite lanes can see from that distance, you HAVE to think the trucks heading into the pile would have to see something amiss ahead of them. This was the same situation in the pile-up in Michigan earlier this year, when the video was nearly identical. IMO, it appears that too many drivers were way too comfortable in the dismal conditions, and were simply not paying attention to their surroundings. And yeah, it's easy to arm chair quarterback. But I better be a better driver than these people were. And I believe I am. There is no way--NO WAY--I drive as fast as that Fed-Ex driver and that car hauler are driver in those conditions. It's just stupid. Stupid because you could kill someone. Stupid because you could very easily lose your job, and worst of all, you could die doing your job. Stupid, stupid, stupid. And talk about hard luck, another driver and I were talking last night about how friend*cked an independent owner/operator trucker that got caught up in a wreck like this would be. No pay until you get the load delivered, no way to get the load delivered, and probably thousands of miles away from home. Bummer. [/QUOTE]

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