Exactly. Speeding thru construction zones. Most of them are contractors.

I was surprised to hear that they had ice down in Texas. My next thought was they are not familiar with it so it's not surprising something like this happened. Up here in the rust belt we have been dealing with snow/ice/freezing rain for weeks now. It's relay unfortunate but i don't see how getting hit or possibly killed is like hitting the lottery.

Were you dropped on your head or something?

Yeah, that’s a lottery I have no interest in playing.

i saw that on the evening news, and the first think i thought of was : "KEEP IT UNDER A HUNDERD, DUMMAZZ !!!!!!!"

having driven the interstate to work for over 42+ years, i have seen it all, weather wise.
it NEVER fails, when it rains, snows, or is ice, it seems the IDIOTS speed up ! WHY ?????????????
i'm always looking around for a place to go, and on that road, [I-80] i pretty much could guess where the IMBECILES would "park" themselves.
absolutely NO excuse for this behavior, and over the last 20 years, it has gotten MUCH WORSE !

i'm so sorry for the families that lost loved ones in that horrific crash. IT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED !!!!!

Out here in East Texas, you gotta watch out for the gravel hauler 18 wheelers. Those guys obviously get paid by how many loads they deliver that day. If you are sitting at a red light and it turns green, you better look both ways before going. I've seen them blow through red lights and not even slow down.

Years ago I bought a Mack tractor from a gravel hauler. The truck was totally stripped, only one seat, air conditioning removed, front brakes removed, only one fuel tank, nothing that didn't need to be there to haul gravel was there. I asked him why the truck was so stripped down, he said he got paid by how much gravel he moved every day. That less the truck weighed, the more cargo it could haul.

What don't you understand? The liberal court system today with this video and all the fleet management elements they have on the truck, these folks or their families will receive huge compensation.

Why the personal attack? Do you have evidence that concludes my remarks are invalid?
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Your remark was uncalled for and shows a lack of feeling for others.

I believe she was the one the guy was trying to get out of the car when the Fedex truck showed up.

I didn't realize members here lived sheltered lives.

As I stated, I feel bad for those that died. However, it could have been prevented. Those trucks still use CB radios - I am sure there were warnings issues on channel 19.

What don't you understand? Anyone who was involved in that impact is either dead, or badly injured. Would you trade your health for money? Or your life? And working in the industry I work in, I understand a lot more about this than you do. Auto accident settlements aren't nearly the financial windfall that you think they are.

Very tough to watch honestly

God Bless those involved

I got the call at work for this one

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/27/us/wisconsin-pileup-911-trnd/index.html

My wife was involved

Well, is she okay?

I saw this on the news but was too lazy to look up where in Fort Worth it happened. Was it near that spot where everything merges with 35W (Belknap, 121, and more)? That part of 35 has always been crazy, even in good conditions. I lived in Fort Worth for most of my life, but I moved away 14 years ago and every time I return, I'm amazed at how fast everyone drives. If the speed limit is 65 mph and I'm going 70 on an interstate, literally everyone is passing me.

By the way, bee1971, I'm sorry to hear that your wife was involved. Is she OK?

It was soundbound I-35W, just south of 28th street, where the road makes a slight bend to the left and the road starts sloping down toward the river, there's the long bridge over the RR tracks, near Long Ave and 33rd street. It looks like a passing shower from west to east dropped some freezing rain there immediately before the accident which explains why no southbounder had any warning of a slick road condition. It looks to have been a near perfect trap.

As I understand it, NTTA is responsible for their toll lanes maintenance, I don't know if NTTA pre treated the road or not, I'm sure TxDot did their portion. in the pic you can see the concrete paving portion denoting the bridge vs. the asphalt at grade level. The river is just south of the pic.

Several years ago we passed through a front while traveling south on 287, went from cool and dry to warm and humid, in just a second every window in the truck was fogged to opaque. 75 MPH with no warning to no vision was kinda scary. NO warning at all, similar to what happened on the bridge. 2¢

~ 12 to 15 seconds you can see the pileup at the south end of the bridge.

I hear that so often from people who live in areas prone to ice and snow. Every now and then, one of them gets caught in an ice storm down here and they change their tune to "you can't drive on that stuff."

Black ice is black ice. You never see it but it gets you just the same.

People scoff at DFW for closing down with 2 inches of snow. Most of the time it's ice accumulation, not snow. That's impassable. With rare exception it's gone in one or two days so it's cheaper and easier to just shut down.

We're due to get 3-8 inches of snow (depending on which forecast you watch) Sunday and Monday, Temps in the single digits. We'll see how it shakes out.

Ouch!!

Don’t Drive On Wet Roads Below 35 Degrees

Particularly at night

If it has rained or snowed within the last (24) hours - if there have been
high winds that can blow accumulated snow across a plowed roadway,
wait until the sun has been up at least an hour before you get on the road.

If road conditions require chains - stay off the road until conditions improve.

I am starting my day in Kingman, Arizona.

I got into town around 12 noon yesterday,
had my tires rotated & balanced - spent the night.

I held up because of road conditions around Flagstaff.

Some of the most dangerous road sections
in the lower (48) states in Winter are:

I-40 between Williams & Flagstaff, Arizona.

I-40 between Gallup & Grants, New Mexico.

I-40 between Albuquerque & Tucumcari, New Mexico.

Black Ice doesn’t give a sh!t whether you are a 3000
pound car or an 80,000 pound semi truck & trailer.

You are a hockey puck on an ice rink

No load is worth dying for



It is the responsibility of the Driver - not the Dispatcher
to decide whether or not to be on the road.

There are enough apps - alerts - weather warnings
to inform of road conditions if you avail yourself of them.


Jim