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Old 01-13-2019, 10:33 PM   #1
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Truck Pulling TT Accident

Seems a bit strange according to the description. Fortunately no one was injured.

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/ne...9-10a24202cb0b
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Old 01-13-2019, 10:56 PM   #2
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Sounds like the female driver was traveling at high speed came upon the camper, colliding and continued under it until it came to rest.
Alot open for speculation but they mentioned the trailer brakes were locked on so I'd assume the emergency cable might of been pulled or a failure. Maybe he was going too slow, maybe the Altima driver too fast. We may never know.
Pretty amazing she made it that far under the trailer to say the least.
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Old 01-13-2019, 11:02 PM   #3
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Heres the picture provided in the article.
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I noticed that there is no WDH on that TT/truck combo.
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Old 01-13-2019, 11:55 PM   #5
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How in the world did they drive under the tt?
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Old 01-14-2019, 12:11 AM   #6
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How in the world did they drive under the tt?
A low car going fast.
No load leveler bars so it may have been sagging the truck suspension which makes the trailer rear go up making it easier for a car to get wedged underneath. All speculation of course.
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Old 01-14-2019, 12:16 AM   #7
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You can write that one down under things you don't see everyday. Glad no one was seriously hurt.
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Sounds like the female driver was traveling at high speed came upon the camper, colliding and continued under it until it came to rest.
Alot open for speculation but they mentioned the trailer brakes were locked on so I'd assume the emergency cable might of been pulled or a failure. Maybe he was going too slow, maybe the Altima driver too fast. We may never know.
Pretty amazing she made it that far under the trailer to say the least.


I don’t know if this article says it, but one I read said that officers were responding to a disabled truck and travel trailer due to brake issues. It was then upgraded to a crash.

Makes me believe the travel trailer was at a complete stop in the roadway.
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I don’t know if this article says it, but one I read said that officers were responding to a disabled truck and travel trailer due to brake issues. It was then upgraded to a crash.

Makes me believe the travel trailer was at a complete stop in the roadway.
This is how I understood it as well.

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I read article and girl driving admitted to being on phone when accident occurred
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Old 01-14-2019, 06:49 AM   #11
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Looks to me like she hit the trailer at an angle, in front of the trailer wheels, lifting it up at that point.

That's much more believable than fully traveling under the whole camper.
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Old 01-14-2019, 07:24 AM   #12
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Looks to me like she hit the trailer at an angle, in front of the trailer wheels, lifting it up at that point.

That's much more believable than fully traveling under the whole camper.
Maybe, but did you see the trailer? The back end of it literally looks like it broke off!
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There's damage, sure. But both trailer axles are in place, and don't seem to be damaged to the extent I'd expect if a car ran under them. But anything's possible, I suppose.
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Looks to me like she hit the trailer at an angle, in front of the trailer wheels, lifting it up at that point.

That's much more believable than fully traveling under the whole camper.
In the article the police reported that the car hit the back of the trailer and continued underneath.
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I don’t know if this article says it, but one I read said that officers were responding to a disabled truck and travel trailer due to brake issues. It was then upgraded to a crash.

Makes me believe the travel trailer was at a complete stop in the roadway.
Yes I read that too so one assumption is the truck may have been stopped.
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So what is the takeaway here? Laws to prevent phone use while driving. New laws here in Ontario Canada effective Jan 1 2019. $1000 fine and 3 day suspension, second occurrence $3000 and 5 days 3rd is a 1 month suspension and $10,000. Each time 3 smart points as well. These laws are distractive driving laws could include eating while driving or possible other things too. If you are graduated licensing you start at step 1 and loose your G1 and G2 status.
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So what is the takeaway here? Laws to prevent phone use while driving. New laws here in Ontario Canada effective Jan 1 2019. $1000 fine and 3 day suspension, second occurrence $3000 and 5 days 3rd is a 1 month suspension and $10,000. Each time 3 smart points as well. These laws are distractive driving laws could include eating while driving or possible other things too. If you are graduated licensing you start at step 1 and loose your G1 and G2 status.
What do I take from it? If you drive the most powerful reliable truck on earth (ask any Ram owner) and your trailer brakes lock up, drag the dam thing out of the road!
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What do I take from it? If you drive the most powerful reliable truck on earth (ask any Ram owner) and your trailer brakes lock up, drag the dam thing out of the road!
The irony is, he probably didn't do it because he didn't want to do damage to his trailer or truck.

Who would think that a young driver would be talking on the phone instead of paying attention to the big massive white thing directly in front of her, likely with the brake lights illuminated?
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What do I take from it? If you drive the most powerful reliable truck on earth (ask any Ram owner) and your trailer brakes lock up, drag the dam thing out of the road!
I was thinking drag it off as well, especially since the road was wet I think you could do it. My thought is if you turned the brake controller to zero and took most of the power away from the brakes you could release them without getting out of the truck? The only way that would not work is if the brake away was pulled out. I like when failures, accidents, are posted. Gives us time to think about what we might do if we ever find ourselves in such situations.
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What do I take from it? If you drive the most powerful reliable truck on earth (ask any Ram owner) and your trailer brakes lock up, drag the dam thing out of the road!

That would be my first move.
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