steve from staten island
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Im just curious, do they sell engine brakes for that engine in your Ford? Would that help you? How do you drive down that road, while towing your trailer? Thanks.Panic - Check
Incompetent - Check
Ignorant - Check
Bad combination of factors.
The bad part, that idiot had every opportunity to bury his rig in a runaway ramp and didn't! Those big yellow flashing signs are there for a reason or maybe he doesn't read english? I wonder how many times he drove that grade? If this was his first time, that one is a BITCH! I hated going into Denver with my Diesel F250 and a car trailer. It's really easy to get "rolling".
If anything, the only real good from this is one more idiot not driving a 70K pound missile and the video of him bypassing the runaway ramp should be REQUIRED viewing for anyone wanting to drive a rig. Better be in every curriculum for a license along with the aftermath shots. This is what happens when you don't use your fricken brain.
I'm sure plenty of litigation is going to come out of this one. Horrible situation which could have been easily avoided. Gross negligence on display in full force.
One time some years back I drove a rented Chrysler Mini van up into those mountains. It was only four of us and luggage, that thing was upshifting downshifting constantly. I finally took it out of OD and it still strained. Took awhile to reach were I had to go. Coming back was a breeze, seemed to be half the time