an old video. it's a good one, nonetheless!

 

YouTube - GOODBYE JB HUNT

This is a JB Hunt Driver at his best:clap:

 

Wow, that is one messed up intersection. It appears as if all the one way streets converge on that single point. If the JB Hunt driver truly was heading down that one way street into that intersection (legally), and then illegally continued down that other one way street (she says he "turned" down the street, which conflicts with where she says he was coming from), then even though he was in the wrong, I can understand why he was confused. The two orange construction signs that were facing the wrong direction didn't help matters either. Upon looking at where the car was parked initially (and if you read through the comments, weeding out all the racial slurs, many brought up this point), it would appear that the car that got dragged may have been illegally parked. That certainly doesn't exempt the driver from what he did, however.

 

Rev.Vassago said:

Watch the video again, Rev. Follow the white lines as the camera pans through the intersection. The "through" lane from the street he came down goes to the LEFT of that triangle shaped building. He DID, in fact, have to "turn" or bear to the right, across that crosswalk to go down the one way street to the RIGHT of the triangle building. At least, that's the way I see it. What do you think?

Actually, they weren't facing the wrong direction. Most of those signs now have directions/graphics printed on BOTH sides. Normally, they are 90 degrees out of phase. The one on the LEFT shows an out of phase diagram facing the camera as she walks down the street. That means it is null (from HER viewpoint... and the driver should have recognized that.... once he GOT to that point.)

On the OTHER side, which she never shows, is the diagram telling oncoming traffic to merge, or that the lanes are narrowing. The one on the RIGHT, however, seems NOT to be "out of phase," which makes me wonder what IS on the other side. That could be a problem. The two sides of those signs are supposed to be "out of phase" so that the orientation of the sign tells you whether or not it applies to you. Furthermore, the electronic sign vehicle is orientated for ONCOMING traffic UP that street. The driver might have noticed he was looking at the BACK side of that major piece of equipment. I'd say this was probably about the time that he "got a clue" that he was going the wrong way!

She is flat out WRONG about what the construction barrels mean. They are NOT a signal not to enter that street. They simply mean that that lane is closed to traffic. This would apply whether it was a one-way OR a two-way street.

The ONE WAY sign she points to at the corner/intersection is almost invisible from the angle the driver was coming from. It should have been perpendicular to the roadway instead of parrallel to it. Better yet, there should have been a DO NOT ENTER sign like the one at the beginning of the video. IMHO, there is not ample signage warning vehicles NOT to go down that street.

I see no evidence of this. The curb is not painted RED. She was parked right next to the curb on the RIGHT side of that one way street. There is no sign on that pole saying NO PARKING.

My only question is.... how could the truck driver HIT and DRAG a car for about 3 city blocks without KNOWING it?

 

While looking through some of the other links that showed as associated with the JBH one, I saw this!

It must be from England....but the dude is seriously lucky to be alive!!

YouTube - Gas Station Fail

 

That is crazy. I bet that hurt.:eek2:

 

Upon looking at it frame by frame, I believe you are correct, that he was making a "soft" right onto that street.

By the time the driver got to that point, it was too late. But the signs are clearly viewable from the intersection where he originally turned down the road. Given the fact that the only indication at that point (the original intersection) was that small "one way" sign up near the building, I can see why he missed it. It blends into the building quite well. Couple that with the fact that I'm sure the driver was lost, and it leads to a scenario where there is a gross lack of signage.

Near the end of the video, you can see it through the car window. Both sides of the sign are in an upright position.

Agreed. By the time all of this was obvious to the driver, the damage was already done. In fact, about halfway up the street (where the truck has its nose into the street) you will see some tandem skid marks, and a barrel that is knocked over. It would appear to me that this would be about the point where the driver knew he had made a mistake.

Furthermore, she is incorrect at the beginning of the video when she points out the "do not enter" sign, as it is facing the opposite direction of the truck's path of travel and is completely irrelevant to the entire accident.

Originally, it appeared to me that the curb was painted yellow, which would indicate no parking. I attempted to enhance the picture, but couldn't tell for sure if it was, due to the cracking and wear on the old curb.

But you'll notice that the street which the driver went down the wrong way has 3 lanes of travel, as indicated by the two sets of dashed white lines. The owner of the auto indicates she was parked in what is effectively the right hand travel lane. As to whether or not that was legal is not shown in the video.

My guess is he snagged it with his ICC bumper. However, I cannot for the life of me figure out how he would have gotten into the angle to do it in the first place, as he had a soft right hand turn with a little more than one free lane available to him. My only guess is that upon entering the street, he overcompensated for the construction barrels, and hooked the nose of the car with his ICC bumper in the process.

 

The Rev said:

Time hack: 10:06 pm / 3-22-09

Did Yall SEE that? The Rev just agreed with Hobo!!

Batten down the hatches and get out the GUNS! The world (as we know it) is about to END! :lol2: I THINK it has something to do with one of Slimland's "prophesies" but, I'm not sure. :zzz:

Put on your tin foil hats, HIDE behind the rhetoric of the Right Wingnuts, and.... by ALL means..... Put your money in GOLD!! (THAT should drive the price back down to reality!)

"Ooops, I did it again..." Didn't MEAN to hijack a thread!

I just get a WARM feeling when the Rev and I "connect" this way! :moon::smokin::hellno:

It gives me HOPE that the NEXT generation, (to which I've contributed ONE beautiful and intelligent female member,) has a CHANCE at keeping the World "Alive" long enough for me to live out my life and take that "long sleep."