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TCT 02-15-2007 04:25 PM

FED EX Caught On Tape!
 
Tuesday night, during the snow/ice storm in the Greater Cincinnati area, there was a spectacular multi-vehicle pile-up on I-75 in northern Kentucky... culminating with a 2-trailer FedEx truck careening out-of-control at high speed, dragging a sedan underneath it, towards a parked police car equipped with cruiser-cam to capture it all on video. Because the police car is struck and spun around, you get a "full-circle" view of the accident as it unfolds at high speed.

Amazingly, miraculously, NO SERIOUS INJURIES!

Raw Video: http://www.wlwt.com/video/11014664/index.html

golfhobo 02-15-2007 05:49 PM

Yeah, I've seen that on the tube all day today! I just can't tell if the car was on his left and slowed for the cruiser and got run over, or if it slid completely under the pup from the lane to its RIGHT! Either way, the back pup came clear off the ground while running over the car! It IS amazing that they are still alive! I hope the trucker wasn't speeding and was otherwise "legal."

After crunching the car, the back pup slid out to the right at almost 90 degrees! He's lucky it didn't put him on his side!

Funny thing.... the FOX weather guy kept mentioning the accident as if the truck pup slid into the cruiser. Apparently, he couldn't SEE the little red car! He NEVER mentioned it! Idiots! :shock:

Random_Facts 02-15-2007 11:06 PM

Wow I heard about that, glad no one was hurt. That's a good reason to never rush in snow/ice. take your time, if you don't feel good about the weather pull over. Pretty intense though. :shock:

mapleleaf_1 02-16-2007 03:33 AM

HOLY COW!! Sitting on my bunk here watching it scared me. My God, the little red car that hit the cruiser. Was anyone hurt from this? Please drivers be safe out there in these winter conditions. :)

Alan D 02-16-2007 09:22 AM

charges pending against Fed-Ex driver
 
for improperly assisting in the delivery of 'brown' loads... :oops:

Manicmechnic 02-16-2007 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapleleaf_1
Was anyone hurt from this?

Hurt yes killed NO
The lady from the red car got seat belt burn. But the good news the cop was paying attention and saved five people standing on the road.

Jackrabbit379 02-16-2007 03:14 PM

Holy Cow! :shock:

shyykatt 02-16-2007 05:19 PM

Geez- do they all drive like that? :lol: - saw one this mornin' in town that didn't even STOP @ a 4-way! :shock:

JollyWhiteGiant 02-16-2007 08:22 PM

with all the ice in KS the other day when everyone else was taking their time and getting there safe these guys were blowing past like they were standing still. saw a couple of em in the ditch.

the way many of these3 guys pulling doulbes drive it puts the rest of us at allot of danger when conditions worsen and they don't take proper precaucions.

mapleleaf_1 02-16-2007 10:51 PM

Excuse me Manic. I meant killed but I neglected to say that word. Drive safe everyone. :)

Mackman 02-17-2007 12:13 AM

Thats crazy!!! :shock:

thebaldeagle655 02-17-2007 03:10 AM

Two weeks ago I was doing a screaming 30 MPH on a slick road in a freezing rain when a Fed-Ex pulling triples passed me doing at least 50. All three trailers were fishtailing all over the road!! I personally was looking for a place to park my single flatbed! I could not believe what i saw!!

02-17-2007 05:21 AM

crazy ass fed ex drivers!!

kreeper01 02-17-2007 02:33 PM

I saw that little clip on CNN, it is amazing how FedEx driver can drive so wrecklessly through Rain, Snow and Ice. Don't those driver realize there are other traffic on the roads :?:

I also realize they have frieght to move just like the rest of us drivers, those FedEx drivers got to learn the whip effect of the last trailer or 2 they pull. I'd like to see those drivers do that crap on the 3 sisters or cabbage or pull those mountain passes in the wester half of the United States.

stevedb28 02-17-2007 02:41 PM

they are super trucker because they pull doubles/triples. They think they own the highway because of it. I bet the driver in the video is probably putting in applications at wal-mart.
Hmmm, does that mean he'll be unloading schneider trucks from now on? :lol:

Mtc_Is_Hell 02-17-2007 08:20 PM

I was going up 1-29 in Iowa, Going a brave 45 mph... I shouldn't have even been driving or going that fast.. It was 8 pm pitch black snowing pretty good along with the snow covering the road.. At times I used the rumble strips to find the right lane. A fed ex double flew by me going 65 or so.. I couldn't believe it.

At the same time I realized that even with the weather thier customers expect them to be on time with the overnight super fast shipping they have.

Mtc_Is_Hell 02-17-2007 08:23 PM

Can't get the video to work.

02-18-2007 01:14 PM

hate to break it to you guys but alot of other guys go to fast for conditions as well, not just fed ex drivers and the other guys that pull doubles. if you do not like the conditions, get off the road, if i am alright with them then i am moving on.

knightwolf71477 02-18-2007 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedfxg
hate to break it to you guys but alot of other guys go to fast for conditions as well, not just fed ex drivers and the other guys that pull doubles. if you do not like the conditions, get off the road, if i am alright with them then i am moving on.

We know a lot of guys are doing it not just Fedex. But Fedex seems to do it a lot no matter what the conditions are. I also, just like you, feel that if I can keep rolling I will, but I will also shut it down just as quick if it gets to unsafe. I also feel that it can be unsafe even if you feel stabile on the road. I have been known to shut down because everyone around me is being too unsae for the conditions.

JollyWhiteGiant 02-18-2007 04:07 PM

2 weeks ago on I15 in Cali I saw a double, on the opposite side, couldn't tell whos it was, flip his rear double and pulled it for a few miles down the road. dry roads. Better light show than the 4th of July.


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