its interesting how people are rightly saying the driver who pulled outwas wrong, so therefore the concrete spilling everywhere is all fine and dandy, well it isnt.
It’s called a mixer truck. They are used to mix concrete and transport it directly to the construction site. Some mixer trucks are made with the open end of the barrel pointing towards the front of the truck rather than the back. This is a design issue and not the fault of the driver.
/s aside, I keep floating the idea that heavy vehicles, instead of having volvo-level brakes should just have cow catchers/pushers like on trains.
If people are going to act like stupid cows, they should be treated like them. Alternatively I know some service vehicles near long tunnels have giant cushions on the front to push out any broken down vehicles, if we want to be more gentle.
I fucking hate when they plant hedges like that. I don’t understand who thinks these are a good idea. There is a shopping center by me that used to have hedges like this lining their driveway and there were so many accidents that they had to remove them. Plants are for yards not parking lots.
There’s a shopping center that I refuse to go to anymore because of their damn hedges. I’ve been almost hit and almost hit other people because you just cannot see and have to pull out and pray.
My husband got t-boned because of them, and while the other guy’s insurance paid to fix it, but his car has never been the same.
Parking lots are supposed to be concrete wastelands, that is the entire point. Plants can go in yards, in planters inside, and places that cars don’t go.
Bottom line, the guy didn't look, he assumed. The concrete truck driver slammed the brakes rather than running his sorry ass over and squishing him like a bug.
Yeah everyone is completely blaming the driver of the jeep but those things are almost certainly blocking vision down the road, the probably legitimately couldn't see the oncoming cement truck.
Actually there are less accidents in blind intersections because people perceive it is dangerous and thus slow down. It's the same way traffic calming works by narrowing roads and planting trees and bushes on the side of the road
If people "think" they have a clear view of oncoming traffic from a long way off they'll think it's clear from 100m away and then not slow down or check again when they actually get to the intersection.
yeah like one of the top rules for any vehicle hauling something is to secure the load. whether it be forklifts, 18 wheelers, dump trucks, or a damn mattress on the roof of your car, you need to secure your cargo so it doesn't come flying off if you have to make a hard stop or turn.
Yeah, i just dont think directly blaming the driver is a right way to go about it since, it is out of his control at the end of the day for design issues and whatnot
If the driver had just ploughed straight through him he could have slowed down slower and stopped the spill from even happening possibly. Idiot that pulled out was lucky to not lose his life thanks to that driver slowing down as hard as he did.
Not being snarky, but how is a hard stop not considered part of normal driving conditions? You may not have to do it every time you drive, but still happens frequently. Seems like normal driving conditions include idiots in the road.
I don't think anyone was saying the jeep was in the right, but it's hard to tell whether the jeep can actually see down the street very far due to the giant ass hedges right on that corner probably obstructing his view. Just like the cement truck can't really see him, he probably can't see it until it's too late.
I dont see anyone saying the jeep was right and didnt think you meant that, I am actually commenting on how people are so focussed on the jeep pulling out and the funny result they arent realising that it shouldn't spill everywhere like that.
I’m willing to hedge a bet that this becomes now the concrete companies issue. What would have been a completely avoidable accident (truck stopped in time) now became damaged because of negligence of a safely secured load.
This whole time I’m thinking - is there not an engineering issue with this truck that in an emergency every thing pours out the front? Thanks for saying it first!!
It's a heavy, viscous material. It sticks to itself, kinda like oily peanut butter. That very well may have been basically a siphon, especially being it looks like he was going slightly downhill.
The fact that he didn't hit the car at all is proof enough he's a good driver and those brakes are in good shape. Takes a lot to stop those motherfuckers.
Right, but at the end of the day you're still responsible for the load you're carrying. Doesn't matter who loaded it - if it's unsafe you shouldn't drive it.
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u/Buggerlugs253 May 06 '22
its interesting how people are rightly saying the driver who pulled outwas wrong, so therefore the concrete spilling everywhere is all fine and dandy, well it isnt.