Lauren Mulkern
As a driver, I was always scared to drive past trucks. After learning in Drivers Ed the large blind spots they have, I never want to be anywhere nears the trucks on the road. It is a very scary situation when you are trying to get somewhere and you encounter a truck on the road.
On Friday March 29, 2008, a fuel tanker was cut off by another vehicle. This truck was transporting 9,500 gallons of gasoline and 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The trailer and tanker separated which resulted in the tanker rolling of the highway and exploding. While seeing the pictures of this accident, I noticed a huge black cloud as a result. When I turned on the news and saw these pictures, I automatically thought of 9/11. There was so much smoke and fire that I had no idea what was going on.
When I found out that it was one single truck that led to this, I was terrified. I could have been there and been injured. I feel like something like this could happen any day to anyone.
I think it should be illegal to cut off trucks, especially ones that are transporting fuel. I really have no idea how we could prevent this type of thing happening. It is such an unfortunate accident that it could happen right in Pembroke. That is why the only thing I can think of is to not cut off trucks. This way they won’t have to make any quick and drastic moves. Therefore, no accidents can happen.
Trucks may not seem as dangerous to you as they really are. Just look at this accident.
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Lede is kind of bland, but an anecdote about BST's (big scary trucks) would be a "grabber". SHOW how frightening BST's can be.
Where did your peg occur? Did you notice the smoke and fire in person or on the news?
Solution is a little blunt and unimaginative. "It is bad to do this - so don't do this" is a little simplistic.
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