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Originally Posted by cabmandone
I don't get it. Are they doing something illegal? Why on earth would an 18 wheeler rear end one of the rigs you're talking about? And why does driving in the dark make any difference? There's manure management. These CAFO's have strict regulation on manure management.
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I dunno. Have you ever been stuck behind 8-10 of these huge rigs rolling down the 2 lane highway at 30 mph in the dark for who knows how many miles? All the liquid waste isn't exactly helping the trailer lighting. Some are pulling a tank
and what appears to be an auger--unlit. How is one supposed to pass when (surprise!) you can't see the front of the train and little to almost no spacing to pass incrementally? How are you supposed to know if the train is turning left or widely to the right with a million blinking lights on each tractor? What about mud and liquid manure flying off the tires? What about oncoming poorly lit Amish buggys? How about deer or dead deer or bear or dead bear? How much do you think they care about management regulations when they can't be bothered with transportation fundamentals before they get to their destination?
Maybe we could ask the semi driver how it happened--but he's dead now--Killed at an intersection after rear-ending a tractor-tank rig.