mycathas9livesTwo people killed in Texas after 350,000 pound load detaches from trailer, crushes vehicle: officials
I saw a picture of that… and how the fuck does a load like that with a bajillion trailers not have police or road flasher crews in front and behind to make sure no one passes it?
(The answer is cheaping out on both cost and safety on the shipper and sender’s part)
Never seen those things without a police escort either but maybe that's just different regulations that don't exist in the US.
I don’t think these are even allowed in most US states. Double-trailer is the most you’ll see, and even those are rare.
www.dps.texas.gov/section/…/length
Hehehe, well you know this thing called safety rules designating the maximum length of a combination trailer load to something reasonable like 65 ft? According to Texas Transportation Code 622.902, if oil is involved then it’s all out the window:
The length limitations do not apply to:
… 5. a truck-tractor, truck-tractor combination, or truck-trailer combination exclusively transporting machinery, materials, and equipment used in the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, including pipelines, that are used for the discovery, production, and processing of natural gas or petroleum;