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CRAZY Accident on I-95 in Baltimore
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Already Torn
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I think it's sort of assumed that people in areas where snow is rare are much more careful in adverse conditions.
I know we have a racism problem but advocating the poor dude jump in front of a speeding gas tanker? I mean damn.
Seems pretty unlikely that there would be no advanced warning from weather stations about dropping temps and possible icing. There are signs all over the major highways when winter weather is possible and there is usually a winter weather advisory. I just don't get how people can be caught off guard by weather events these days
It happens all the time.
It seems to happen more frequently in some parts of the country compared to others.
Of course. In areas where snow and ice are common even unexpected events are more easily handled.
Hale-XF11
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I guess some of us live in states that are still decades behind more progressive states offering these types of advanced services. For instance, we only just recently got an electronic highway sign. ONE sign for ONE section of ONE highway that displays warnings ahead of time. Maybe we just don't have the budget for it or we have decided that we have different priorities. Unfortunately, highway safety seems to be somewhere near the bottom of the list. I know for a fact that our state budget for road repairs is very low.
EarlyEarly
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A video like this is good for safety education purposes. Does anyone know if there was a weather warning or a flash freeze warning in the news? People need all the help they can get in preventing themselves from getting into trouble, especially when driving in bad weather.
Already Torn
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I mean, yeah.
It's also generally warmer in Florida than Buffalo, NY.
No weather warning in the same vein as those annoying phone alarms that you sometimes get for flash floods. No warning signs on the roads.
Stormthehouse
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I think most of them hit the brakes well before the fire [and maybe before the guy with the camera saw them] but the road is so bad they slide all the way into the fire
Hale-XF11
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What good do warnings do if people can't hear or see them while driving in their vehicles?
One thing I've never understood is why we haven't mandated having a 24-hr weather radio channel that broadcasts live warnings that anyone anywhere can access and listen in on at any given time. Are there logistics that prevent this from being a thing?
Conkerkid11
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Truckers saying they won't be replaced with autonomous driving AI.
Driving too fast in icy conditions.
Driving right into fire.
Driving too fast in icy conditions.
Driving right into fire.
Always-honest
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That is some scary shit.
What do you expect an autonomous system would do? You don't really outsmart ice. If you're the first group of cars to hit a patch of it without warning I don't really think AI would help you.
Would you prefer he called 911 a third time?
Conkerkid11
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Nice edit. Did you finally read or watch far enough to realize he had already called 911?
Drive slower when it's cold out and you're approaching a bridge?
And cause congestion for what 98% of the time will be for no reason at all? I don't think so.
Conkerkid11
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Well it's a good thing he didn't want to cause any congestion then.
EarlyEarly
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In Toronto we have a radio station 680News that has up to date weather and traffic reports as well as weather forecast warnings from extreme wind to severe precipitation to warn people well in advance. I figured everywhere had something similar.
kitchenmotors
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Conkerkid11
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It's bothering me that his post isn't showing up as edited.
Already Torn
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Yeah, congestion on I-95 would have been a disaster. Would have hated to wake up to that thread this morning.
Congestion causes more accidents than ice. An entire continent of automated trucks slowing down every time it's cold would be a disaster.
If you're gonna be flippant, please be right.
Already Torn
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Congestion wouldn't be a disaster?
If all automated commercial vehicles slowed down on bridges when it was near freezing MORE people would be killed in accidents. Think.
Already Torn
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Real people slow down when approaching bridges and tunnels too and there aren't explosions and accidents all the time.
I ain't buying it.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Fender benders sure. Not tanker trucks flying off an overpass.
On an interstate highway? No they absolutely do not. If big trucks just started slowing down at every bridge because it's 32 degrees there would be many more accidents and problems than are caused by icing. It's cold way more often than it is icy.
Already Torn
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They absolutely do. Any tunnel especially. You could also program sensors to have more nuance in how much they slow down/if it may be icy instead of just cold. Think.
MatrixMan.EXE
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That accident is mad, good lord.
Also, Caribbean accent? U wot m8? Sounds African to me.
Also, Caribbean accent? U wot m8? Sounds African to me.
Conkerkid11
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There was freezing rain and it was several degrees below freezing. This didn't come out of nowhere.
Or this bit, "Authorities and the weather service were warning people not to drive if at all possible."
Tunnels yes, bridges, no. I drive over many overpasses every single day on 95 and no one bats an eye as they fly by at 80.
A car senses traction. If there's ice affecting traction braking is already compromised and the same thing that we saw in the video can happen. Once you're on ice there's nothing you can really do unless it's only a small patch.
You really thing an AI will do better in bad weather? With black ice? Because I seriously doubt it. That's one of the major challenges of having a self driving car- winter weather is difficult to navigate. Or even heavy rain. If the traffic conditions shifted abruptly, the AI is probably going to have the exact same thing happen.
Already Torn
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Right, which is why it would be helpful for cars to slowdown in general if there's a chance that roads are covered in ice.
Conkerkid11
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No, because AI would have the sense to slow the hell down in these conditions.
Except for when there was recently freezing rain, like in this case.
Then we're back at the same place about slowing down on every bridge every time it's cold. It's often freezing and it's rarely icy.
DeadlyParasite
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It's a shame that cities that experience snow and icey conditions frequently in the united states don't have the snow-removal infrastructure that a lot of Canadian cities do. Where I live if conditions were like this on the highways the city would be trucking out convoys of salt laying plows throughout the day.
Still pretty crazy to see first-hand though. I assume the tanker that exploded was one of the fatalities?
Still pretty crazy to see first-hand though. I assume the tanker that exploded was one of the fatalities?
kitchenmotors
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If you edit it quick enough, it won't show up as being done. Makes it easy for shit posts tagged be changed without someone noticing if they're fast enough.
Hale-XF11
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The sad thing about this, is that a lot of people feel pressured to go out driving to and from their job by their employers, when they should be encouraging people to stay home and off the roads. Nevermind that the authorities are asking people not to drive.
Zeus The Dino
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You are retarded
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Why the fuck do those trucks keep driving/wanting to go past?!
AuthenticM
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yeah because he probably had control over the weather and superpowers and shit
Elfforkusu
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Don't worry, when the AI is in charge there will still be a trucker behind the wheel (to take the blame for when the AI fucks up)
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