This is a true tragedy. I was on the road between Los Angeles and Houston when this wreck happened. The 1st spin by the radio media was the evil truck driver must be at fault. They never did apologize or correct that initial report for several hours. For every idiot move I see by a truck driver I see 10 + by four wheelers. The fact is we, tractor trailer drivers, sit at an eye level 5+ feet above the cars. We can see alot further and react quicker. We use CB radio's to communicate with each other as to traffic conditions. I have an FM traffic moniter built into my GPS unit that tells me about delays. People just can't stand to be behind trucks. They do some really high risk things to avoid being behind me.I had a ring side seat to a traffic fatality recently. Road construction on 2 lane freeway with lots of signs and warnings to merge left/right lane closed. Car decides to run hard trying to get to the front of the line and hit a dump ruck before he could get over. Running too fast and misjudged how much room he had. All over not wanting to wait in line. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has just passed a bunch of new regulations aimed at CDL holders. Basically warnings, equipment failures, log book violations, non moving violations, etc will accrue points the same as moving violations. It won't directly affect me as I typically don't break the rules. It just doesn't seem fair to target CDL holders and not all drivers. Ok my rant is done.
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