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This happened last week during the cold freeze


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Was on a 1200 mile drive through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and back to Ann Arbor Michigan. -6 Degrees F.

I was driving on I-94 towards Indiana and was just passing through Kalamazoo MI. I noticed my Toyota CH-R start to get a little squirrely on the road, so I slowed a bit the moved from the left lane to the middle lane.

This Semi- truck decided to pass me... Well, about 1/2 mile down the road, he fishtailed and ended up like this in front of me. He dumped about 40 gallons of diesel and caught on fire for about 30 seconds (but extinguished by itself).

Closed the highway for about 3.5 hours. This happened at 11:30am EST. We reached our destination (Lafayette Indiana) at 9:30pm. Such a long day.

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wtf they closed the highway for 3 1/2 hours for THAT?   The towing company definitely made there monthly quota didn't they.   

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LOL, As you can see, where the policeman is standing in the second pic is the left lane. The passing lane. It was a sheet of ice. Dumbass driver took a chance and failed.

There was diesel on the ground (Hazmat) called. D.O.T. showed up to assess the  condition of the highway, 2 tow trucks showed up, but only 1 was used. There were sparks from a battery cable that was shorting out and everyone was worried about something catching fire...

I got paid   ;) , just was a long days drive.

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i heard about this....i use to live in k-zoo as a kid... goin west in michigan u get alot more fucked up conditions then livin in metro detroit area...glad ur all good bro! :cat:

 

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and......the driver prolly lost his job

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At least you ended up being ok.

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all it takes is one jackass on the road to wreck your day. Glad your fine crusher

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just think if you got a five minutes head start  you could have been pinned against  the guardrail .good that you made it home safe crusher 

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I told you stop mooning truckers on the freeway?

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so he slid on the ice when he tried to change lanes? sorry i never dealt with ice before

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we truckers call them super truckers.

they are so good they can drive fast in any condition lol

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I dont drive I94 much, only to get to airport. I come thru your area from Ohio on US23 heading up to Au Gres quite often. With the heavy traffic there in AA, I dont understand why they have a perfectly good lane(s) closed almost all the time. Do you know WTF are they saving them for?

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The 3rd. lane on 23 North of AA was developed as part of the Technology corridor. During the mornings, they open it up to aid traffic flow to AA.

It is also an emergency lane if there happens to be an accident in any of the other 2 lanes (traffic can still flow).

Au Gres ? That's wayyyyy up there. It is extremely rare that we go up north.

I am at the airport all too often these days. I travel about 35 to 40% of the year.

 

Purfy,

The guy was driving way too fast for the road conditions. He rounded a curve and jack-knifed. Driving on ice slicked roads is a skill that some of us have and others don't.

The best thing to do with little to no traction is to slow down and give small, smooth steering inputs.

 

 

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16 hours ago, Purfy said:

so he slid on the ice when he tried to change lanes? sorry i never dealt with ice before

Dont drive or live where there is no snow (S hit N o O ne W ants)?

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