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Originally Posted by cessna5354
I wonder if fog was a factor. Both trailer & vette are well off the highway, as the roadside asphalt scallops are seen next to white line.
I dunno, but I have driven the 99 south of Sacto when I could barely see the front of my car, but traffic was whizzing past me in the two left lanes. I got off an exit, no way was I looking to stop on side, and get rearended.
Also, the article points out the need for better design rear crash bars on trailers. How about some one looking & being responsible where the heck they are driving.
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Could be a case of where the Corvette driver was planning on passing traffic on the right shoulder of the road. In fact he (Corvette driver) may have been doing the whipping in and out of lanes driving faster than the flow, and surprise, when there was an 18-wheeler on the shoulder dead ahead. Some drivers will pass you on the right, if they feel they can do so without a traffic citation, and come away scott free ahead of the game of traffic. I am wondering why it's seemingly only Corvettes that get pictured in this situation. The picture of the Maroon red Corvette well under the trailer pictures, has been passed around the Internet for years. I've seen it tons of times. The black Corvette with the guy still in it? That's a new one to me.