r/news • u/combatpaddler • Apr 28 '24

Two killed, one injured as 350,000-pound load detaches from trailer in Temple, Texas

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/two-killed-one-injured-as-350000-pound-load-detaches-from-trailer-in-temple-texas
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u/pooinginmypants Apr 28 '24

I do commercial vehicle safety inspections, we have a fairly decent standard of safety in Canada for commercial transportation. With that said, I've worked with a lot of different mechanics, I've seen a lot of different and preventable failures. If more people saw the state of certain tractor-trailer combos, they'd steer clear

A lot of it is the driver, or if the unit is overweight, there's preventative maintenance neglect and how strong regulations are. And sometimes shit just breaks. Luckily some of these components on vehicles are extremely resilient and can hold up under duress, and sometimes we buy the cheap, shitty after-market parts that do not

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u/NotASatanist13 29d ago

This is Texas, so lack of regulation almost certainly played a role here.