Two people killed in Texas after 350,000 pound load detaches from trailer, crushes vehicle: officials

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Two people killed in Texas after 350,000 pound load detaches from trailer, crushes vehicle: officials - Lemmy.World

Imagine being crushed by a 350k pound load while out driving. Holy moly Batman!

Let me guess: it happened because the relevant safety regulations were repealed or the authority in charge was dissolved or muzzled.

Or perhaps because the owners of the transport company may have refused to listen to safety concerns from employees because it would require expensive upgrades and additional personnel that they didn’t want to pay for.

In either case, I am sure this will be a “No one could have predicted this” situation, the driver of the truck takes all the blame, and nothing changes regarding company policy or safety regulations.

While this is probably what will happen because Texas, there was a really horrible limousine crash in New York and it basically destroyed the stretch limo industry
I’m guessing the people involved in the limo crash that changed things where not poor normal people.
Yeah, and it shocked a lot of the rich folks to learn they'd die horribly if they were in an accident so they took action
I thought it was all the gaudy shit they started putting into the back of stretch Hummers. It’s a plastic facsimile of being rich.
I think the 1990s, 2000s, and beyond killed the stretch limo industry. I don’t think anyone finds them that cool anymore and they’re a pain in the ass to own and operate I’m assuming.