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On 4 May 2005 07:53:58 -0700, wrote:
Assuming the driver had to do a panic stop, why blame that
automatically on the driver?
It would seem likely that you've never driven anything larger than a
U-Haul van, or you would realize the big, slow, cumbersome loads seem
to attract every nutcase in the world.
It's funny - I see boats traveling down 395 all the time - there is
usually a gap between the front "WIDE LOAD" guide car and the truck
carrying the boat.
I asked one time about that and this is the reasoning - you have to
allow for stop distance. In fact, nobody is supposed to drive between
the front guide car and the truck carrying the load for that very
reason.
I don't know about you, but I've never heard tell of that, so I called
my state DOT and sure enough - there is a regulation that says you
can't get between the front guide car and the tractor carrying the
load.
You would think that would be common sense, but as far as I know,
there isn't any information about this in the driver's common
knowledge base. I asked several driving instructors in the area and
they never heard of it either.
So the potential of having a car, or more than one car, move into the
gap between the guide car and the truck is very high, thus creating a
potential for accident.
However, that doesn't excuse leaving 100 lbs hanging off the back of a
boat being transported a long distance.
Later,
Tom
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