Wyoming I-80 East And Westbound Multi Car N Truck Crash

Oh definitely. Super truckers definitely caused this. I think states like WY need to shut down the roads quicker.

Ps, I'll speak with you tomorrow. Tonight is CoD/GTA online night!

I disagree with a lot of comments in here. First of all, you folks say shut down. That's understandable. But where?

There's barely any truck stops and/or rest areas in that stretch of road. Sometimes we can't just shut down. On that day, exit 310 was shut down to the truck stops because a truck jackkifed on the off ramp. So... Where to shut down??

Brian, I too was on that road the day before. It was pretty nasty but manageable. I decided to push it because it would only get worse. It was the first day of storms and if I didn't drive through it then I'd be sitting for four days. Does that make me a super trucker? You be the judge. But sometimes, especially on this day, shutting down isn't as easy as it sounds because there's no where to shut down.

Watching the weather more closely was just about the only solution. But since it's technically not winter anymore people get off guard.

Eckoh, you said no shipper or receiver will hold it against you that you were late due to weather and I disagree. What happens when you're late to Walmart? You become a work-in. So a 2 hour unload will now become a 7 hour unload with no detention pay because you were late. And depending on when the customer was informed, they'll also charge you a late fee.

Slowing down and giving more following distance is great, but ice is ice and you'll still most likely end up sliding in these conditions. In fact, the day I was driving through this area, the westbound side had a 2 mile backup. Apparently the road was so slick that trucks had no traction to climb a small mountain. But where are we going to shut down? There's nothing in the area. I literally watched a truck trying to climb but his tires were spinning like he was on air. It was just hellish conditions.

So in summary, they need to create more truck parking areas in the Elk Mountains and between Cheyenne and Laramie because often times drivers want to shut down but there's simply no where to shut down at. That's just my opinion.

i agree that there needs to be more truck stops, and at times you do what you got to do. HOWEVER i know that swift will not dock you anything or deny you detention if you have to shut down due to weather and do the proper macros. As long as you do what you are supposed to do you have covered your butt, now if CSR doesn't inform the wally mart you will be late them thats on CSR not the driver.

This past winter i was in Fargo North Dakota at a loves getting fuel when i herd the CB explode because some super trucker went into the fuel island WAY too fast at the flying J across the street when everything was covered in ice and took out the fuel island. The scary thing is people were all over the CB telling people to park that everything was ice and people were still going to "try it" and you would hear then say they are in a ditch before getting out of CB range.

There is a line at which point you got to keep going but at Joppa said the guys in that wreck were going way too fast for the conditions. As they teach in school do not drive faster then what you can see, meaning if you cannot stop in the distance you can see then you are going too fast.

Also daniel i bet you get a much more accurate road report on the CB then you get on the weather on your phone or radio, i know you do not run one but it can save your butt in situations like that, when there is an accident more often then not the CB is talking about it and you can get up to the second reports and get told how to go around or if its better to just get off the next exit and park it.

In reality, drivers not running CB's is certainly part of the problem here. On that one video where the guy was walking around the crash scene he said he was yelling to everyone on the CB about the icy roads and the wreck but nobody was responding or slowing down.

I fully understand how annoying the CB is at times, but I've watched it save lives and it had saved me countless times from bad weather conditions, long waits in huge backups, finding my way somewhere, warnings about random DOT checks, and a million other problems.

Having a CB and turning it off when it gets annoying is fine. Not having one at all shows a clear lack of judgment in my book. It's a powerful tool that can be a huge convenience and even save lives from time to time. It's $200 bucks for a good one that will last a decade with no ongoing costs to run it. There's no excuse not to have one and no logical reason not to have one.

Seeing that just left me speechless. How many trucks? How many dead? Who was at fault?

Thought I had seen some terrible accidents over the years but this one takes it all. Seeing it on a tiny little video was something . Imagine what it would be like to be there.

It's also starting to be that time of year where "High Wind Warnings," occur in Wyoming. If your trailer is TOO LIGHT, you should NOT drive and you could get a fine if you get caught. There are photos of those on the Internet as well.

Dave