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Accident Backs Up Interstate Traffic Between Waco And Temple
Weather may have been a factor in an accident involving an 18-wheeler and a car that backed up interstate traffic between Waco and Temple Thursday.
Reporter: By Bernadette FloresEmail Address: bernadette.flores@kwtx.com |
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I know the driver and she did not slam her brakes and did not see dollar signs, that goes to show you that you all would sue for money cause thats the first thing you thought of. her car was smashed and she is ok. May be the 18 rig guy fell asleep or was not paying attention... dont jump to assumptions when you dont know the whole story jack asses. Oh and have a great day
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When are people going to learn to KEEP YOUR DISTANCE from 18-wheelers. Don't tailgate them, Sure the Heck don't ride along side them & stay aware of truckers coming up on you (don't let them tailgate you) Get out of their way! The general public has NO clue as to the blind spots 18 wheeler drivers have to deal with, or how long it takes to STOP one (or if the diver is mad at the world). If one wants to haul a** down the road...then let him go. Your 4000lb. car is no match for a 60,000 lb. rig! Think of it like this...how many times do you hear in major accidents involving cars & big trucks that 95% of the time, some if not all people in the car die & the trucker walks away. I KEEP my distance from trucks, either way ahead or way behind...NEVER ALONG SIDE of a truck & never tailgate a big truck. If i know a Big rig is behind me(tailgate me) in the rain i'll make sure to speed up, or let him by & not block traffic. That means staying OUT of the hammer lane if your holding up traffic!
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The person who comkplained of back pain also intends to sue the driver of the 18 wheeler and the company he drives for event thought the wreck was techinically their fault. You can NOT cross in front of a big rig and slam on your brakes. STUPID. Especially in the rain. This was a minor fender bender and no way was anyone injured. The driver of the car saw dollar signs and ran with it.
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Perry has not tried to do anything except create toll roads for his big buddy corporate friends. He could care less about I-35. Otherwise, they would have started widening it all the way years ago. And, no it still has not been funded completely. TxDOT is just now recommending that it be widened the rest of the way. Talk about slow, it is the State government that is the problem here, not the Feds.
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LN, the people that reject the big highway projects are the same ones that reject a govt option for health care. why not have increased competition for health care? same logic as any other insurance so you can shop around and keep costs down. btw, govt is already involved in health care with the VA and Medicare and only because no private insurer wants to get involved in it because there's no profit. bottom line, it's all about greed in opposing universal health or rejecting the highway projects that improve life and bring in business, and in this case, can help prevent these accidents in Troy.
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Actually that project to widen that stretch of roadway I believe has been funded Frank. The surveyors have been out there the past few weeks I have noticed. Would be great of the project has started years ago, but hopefully in time all the highway will be widen.
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We actually passed this wreck RIGHT after it happened on our way to Austin in the rain BEFORE any emergency vehicles got there, and it was such a minor wreck! Both vehicles were on the side of the road, and there was a minor slow down, but it was not bad at all. BARELY a fender bender. I am so glad we got there before the fire truck and ambulance, or we would not have made it to our dr. appointment, and I am glad that it wasn't more serious. that particular part of the highway is hairy even in sunny weather with concrete barriers on each side of the roadway with barely any shoulders. Especially in that kind of rain...truly hard to see those teeny tiny cars with all the water spray coming off the road. We were in an SUV and it was hard to see little cars until we were right there on them.
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Perry has tried to do something about it but a bunch of people are to short sighted to see he was right. And the bad thing is they just said no, they didn't have anything like a counter-proposal. I-35 is being widened to 3 lanes from the mexican border to Dallas at the speed of government. Makes you want to have them in charge of health care doesn't it?
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Too bas it didnt hit the back of Perry's car. Then maybe something would be done about this absolute pitiful dispicable piece of "highway"
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