50 car accident on I-10

Asian joke countdown in 3,2,1...........

 

In before family guy clip of making a left turn.

 

I have seen more car accidents in the past week than I have seen in the past few years.

 

I guess on a freeway outside of a big city there's much more of a natural instinct to drive overly fast and assume their aren't any impediments, not sure how wise that is in the midst of blinding fog. Driving back down here through Kansas last year, there were some two lane, two way highways with 75 limit and no on ramps for cops to hide in, so you see a lot of dead dogs and 18-wheelers coming at you at 90-100 mph; in fog like this that would probably be a certain fatality.

 

18 wheelers can't travel that fast

 

I hope everyone is okay. That's why people should slow down out there when there's fog out.

 

I'll concede to not knowing anything about those types of trucks and that in the close confines with little to no speed limit enforcement I very likely perceived them to be going 95 when than they possibly weren't, but just a quick google search indicates they can be converted to go to speeds between 75 - 100 or so depending upon the type of shipment, topography of their route locations and the shipping company's emphasis on timeliness and maximizing the number of routes. I'll also admit that I might have used the term 18-wheeler to exaggeratedly describe similar but smaller shipping type trucks that might have been hitting 95.

In any case I'll admit the hyperbole on my part and would be sincerely curious to know how fast these trucks can go.

 

It almost seems like you'd want to pull over, if possible.

 

I'm scared enough to travel on a two-laner at those speeds on a clear day. No way in hell would I drive in that fog.

 

If you do pull over in fog,make sure to get completely away from the road.Many people get killed while parked on the side of the road in fog.

 

I'm not surprised by this. Houston drivers think they OWN the road. And they'd just as soon ram into you than slow down to a decent speed.

 

Wow glad i left yesterday and not this morning would of been stuck in that

 

150-vehicle pileup on foggy Texas highway leaves 2 dead, 100 hurt.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/...pileup-texas-highway-20121122,0,3316743.story

 

I can confirm with 100% surety that an 18 wheeler can go 100 mph or even faster. The size and weight of the load can inhibit a trucks speed, and some trucks are governed down so that they cannot reach that high speed, but many of them most certainly can.

 

passed this up on my way back from Lake Charles. Still cleaning it up at 3:30pm

 

I can also confirm this 100%.

 

If folks would slow down in poor weather/poor visibility and not tailgate, stuff like this wouldn't happen.

I was driving to the store this morning with very thick fog and had cars tailgating me going 45 on a single lane road. Unbelievable.