Vehicular Accidents

**dr. d** · August 9th, 2020 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by pubert

concrete girder transport accident

IN PHOTOS: Truck driver crushed to death in Quezon City

the girder wasn't secured well enough?

**StockEngine** · August 9th, 2020 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

the girder wasn't secured well enough?

momentum doc.

poor idiot din't think giving way with hard braking with a 20-50T (probably sliding) load at that back would end his life.

at least the brakes work... good job by his employer

According to a witness, the incident occurred when the concrete girder slid and penetrated the truckhead after the driver slammed on his brakes with full force to give way to a passing vehicle along E. Rodriguez.

**12vdc** · August 9th, 2020 07:41 PM

I bet the trailer/dolly was unbraked and the load not properly secured.

**dr. d** · August 9th, 2020 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by 12vdc

I bet the trailer/dolly was unbraked and the load not properly secured.

kahit nag-brake si trailer, the momentum probably overcame it.
the girder probably overcame its attachment to the truck and moved forward to crush the cabin.

set-ups like this...
it's not a truck carrying a girder.
it's a girder with wheels strapped on both ends.

**StockEngine** · August 10th, 2020 02:55 AM

Originally Posted by 12vdc

I bet the trailer/dolly was unbraked and the load not properly secured.

The video in the link shows the truck & trailer are both aligned. Brakes worked as advertised. Unfortunately even if the load was secured properly.. it will eventually slide, I think even the tires are new from china. Decent grip i guess lol.

**12vdc** · August 10th, 2020 09:58 AM

^From the vid, the rear dolly was not aligned. If dolly was braked properly, rear weight of load plus dolly could have been decelerated also avoiding the incident. My guess is, the dolly brake pneumatics and electric controls were not connected/ not functional.

**Dr.Kamiya** · August 10th, 2020 12:52 PM

I don't think issue with braking. Fact is that giant concrete girder is only attached to the dollies carrying it on a few points, so there's not much friction to be had. Can't expect cables to fully arrest such a heavy load either.

Malas lang talaga. In hindsight he shouldn't have braked for that car, or he should have been driving even slower.