TRANS Another section of 95 taken out by a gas tanker. Norwalk CT

[Macgyver]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786368902387114196

View: https://twitter.com/jeffpleshek/status/1786368902387114196

 

[Macgyver]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786012435830178165

View: https://twitter.com/Sandman7591/status/1786012435830178165

 

[Macgyver]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786423487151636851

View: https://twitter.com/WFSBnews/status/1786423487151636851

 

[Millwright]

They ain't f-foolin' around on repairs.

 

[Macgyver]

They ain't f-foolin' around on repairs.

At least the f-cked bridge does not carry 95 it's only over it. 95 itself is what got torched in Philly. They are still fixing that.

 

[Publius]

Like to know how it happened.

 

[RB Martin]

Like to know how it happened.

Indeed!

 

[Wildweasel]

Like to know how it happened.

There was a video on youtube showing the truck pull to a stop already on fire. Probably locked/overheated brakes on the trailer. Why the driver couldn't have gone a few feet further to get the trailer out from under the bridge was my first thought.

 

[CTFIREBATTCHIEF]

That building to the left is the Norwalk CT central fire station, it looks like they were operating a master stream right from their back parking lot...talk about an earth shattering KABOOM!!

 

[TheSearcher]

Nothing. To. See.

Here.

 

[WildDaisy]

Like to know how it happened.

This is my town. Probably some dumbass that tried to cut off the tanker to get to the exit before him. Misjudged. Then boom.

 

[bracketquant]

rt 2:38

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCkNu9OxThc

 

[Dobbin]

Owner reports that his friend from Keene, NH (who drives for a Limo service part time) was stuck in an I95 "backup" in this area. Backup was 6 hours. He finally got home to Keene about 1:40 a.m.

Worst part for him was Limo company only pays a maximum of 14 hours road time for "time driven." (Does this mirror DOT regulation?)

Dobbin

 

[Wildweasel]

Owner reports that his friend from Keene, NH (who drives for a Limo service part time) was stuck in an I95 "backup" in this area. Backup was 6 hours. He finally got home to Keene about 1:40 a.m.

Worst part for him was Limo company only pays a maximum of 14 hours road time for "time driven." (Does this mirror DOT regulation?)

Dobbin

Kinda.

A CDL driver's workday is 14 hours spent on-duty & driving hours after his clock starts, a maximum 11 which can be spent driving.

There is an exception known as the "100-mile radius rule" where a driver is simply on-duty for 14 hours staying within 100 miles of his home terminal (think Fed Ex or UPS delivery). But there is no crossing of state lines for drivers operating under the 100-mile radius rule.

Hope your buddy's company never gets a DOT audit, because being quasi-legal can get expensive when they're poking around.