2 Tanker Crashes in Under 6 Years
Posted by HCN on Friday, March 10, 2023
Clearly remember the news break, it was drizzly that day, and a truck tanker crashed on I-95, one of the most well known arteries. Just south of Baltimore City, middle of December thereabout, 2016.
Within the last week, there was crash and explosion on Rte 15, another historic route. Frederick, March 6, thereabout, 2023
Generally, fuel truck crashes are a rarity, so rare that the accepted rule in the tanker driving industry is that they never happen. Fuel drivers are often among the best and most well trained drivers on the roads.
Looking at some aspects of overall settings, what may have been some factors to the crashes?:
Slippery roads are a big one. In 2016. Even if the tanker driver controls his or her vehicle, there is a broader set of potentials that other drivers on the road may have irregularities, such as skids, worn brakes, and impacts of roundness on the roads, and other elements and occurrences they cannot control.
Both crashes are reported to have involved skidding, perhaps slightly off the road, and possibly hitting something else, maybe trees and ground features.
Allowing or directing fuel truckers to drive in other portions or lanes in stretches of road where sides are potential for failures at skids, with no vertical boarding, slopes and so one; especially in dangerous road conditions, computer technology could assist with alerting truckers to that.
Within the last week, there was crash and explosion on Rte 15, another historic route. Frederick, March 6, thereabout, 2023
Generally, fuel truck crashes are a rarity, so rare that the accepted rule in the tanker driving industry is that they never happen. Fuel drivers are often among the best and most well trained drivers on the roads.
Looking at some aspects of overall settings, what may have been some factors to the crashes?:
Slippery roads are a big one. In 2016. Even if the tanker driver controls his or her vehicle, there is a broader set of potentials that other drivers on the road may have irregularities, such as skids, worn brakes, and impacts of roundness on the roads, and other elements and occurrences they cannot control.
Both crashes are reported to have involved skidding, perhaps slightly off the road, and possibly hitting something else, maybe trees and ground features.
Allowing or directing fuel truckers to drive in other portions or lanes in stretches of road where sides are potential for failures at skids, with no vertical boarding, slopes and so one; especially in dangerous road conditions, computer technology could assist with alerting truckers to that.
