Posted by Ken Macfarlane on January 24, 2013 at 06:44:00 from (142.166.168.2):
In Reply to: Could this tale be true? posted by 60 acre hillside on January 23, 2013 at 17:33:18:
First people are bad at guessing speeds, especially big vehicles. The local plow trucks, tandems with a one way and wing running at 80,000 lbs + when leaving the sand pile are reported all the time saying the drivers where speeding while plowing. They rarely plow over 35 mph, speed limit is 50 mph but they are big and noisy.
That said in younger days I've been in a car going 120 mph passing folks going 65 mph, and they almost seem to be sitting still. They will not notice you until you're past them.
Re the flames, yes it can happen, I've seen it described twice, but both times the turbo was emptying the oil pan out the stack. The other time I've heard flame half way back described was a trucker who was hauling another truck on his flat bed claimed the truck was already on fire when he fell asleep and drifted head on into an oncoming truck leading to a fire that consumed all three trucks. Evidence didn't support it actually happening that way.
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