Texas Car Pileup leaves 80 injured, 2 dead. Acadian Ambulance transports 51 patients, 8 critical to local hospitals.

The two killed were crushed to death when their SUV was flattened by a Semi running over it.



Meanwhile, if you were expecting a FedEx package any time soon, you might want to check the package tracker for "unexpected delays"

More photos from the scene.



Ambulance Officials triaging "walking wounded"







Body Extrication. No gore, the passenger compartment is covered.

Obama's fault.

I blame Obama.

Fogbama meme?

Is this where libs blame global warming?

way to go, texas. you truly are bigger than anyone else.


so how's that 85mph new speed limit working out for you???

Fissile: Obama's fault.


at least to texans.

How's that new speed limit working out?

someone's insurance premium is about to shoot thru the roof...............

Linux_Yes: way to go, texas. you truly are bigger than anyone else.


so how's that 85mph new speed limit working out for you???

Dammit

/ tiny fist, etc...

The highway had been crowded with motorists traveling during the holiday. Many of the vehicles were moving close to the posted speed of 70 mph despite dense fog that limited visibility, Carroll said.

What does that say about the intelligence of the average Texan? Or is it the "safe" feeling they get from driving the biggest SUV they can find?
There's always a few idiots, so I can see a 5 or even 10 car pileup, but 150?

babtras: The highway had been crowded with motorists traveling during the holiday. Many of the vehicles were moving close to the posted speed of 70 mph despite dense fog that limited visibility, Carroll said.

What does that say about the intelligence of the average Texan? Or is it the "safe" feeling they get from driving the biggest SUV they can find?
There's always a few idiots, so I can see a 5 or even 10 car pileup, but 150?

Notice how many Semis are involved.

Those things can't stop on a dime, you know...

Damn. Hope everything turns out for the better.

BronyMedic: if you were expecting a FedEx package any time soon, you might want to check the package tracker for "unexpected delays"



No sweat. They have special trucks for emergencies like this.

BronyMedic:
Notice how many Semis are involved.

Those things can't stop on a dime, you know...

Obviously, which is why they're retarded for driving 70 mph when they can't see a fraction of their stopping distance.

A family walks away from the pile-up on Interstate 10 in Texas

That is a BIG biatch

Godscrack: BronyMedic: if you were expecting a FedEx package any time soon, you might want to check the package tracker for "unexpected delays"

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No sweat. They have special trucks for emergencies like this.

Is...uh..is that Rule 34 with Tanker Trucks?

Linux_Yes: way to go, texas. you truly are bigger than anyone else.


so how's that 85mph new speed limit working out for you???

I don't think they had any accidents of that magnitude on highway 130 today.

babtras: BronyMedic:
Notice how many Semis are involved.

Those things can't stop on a dime, you know...

Obviously, which is why they're retarded for driving 70 mph when they can't see a fraction of their stopping distance.

But if other traffic *is* doing 70, it really doesn't do you a whole lot of good if you see the accident, brake to avoid it, and end up with an 18-wheeler arriving on top of your car a few seconds later, does it?

Fog is really shiatty, unpredictable, nasty stuff, especially on a flat, featureless, mind-numbing freeway, and doubly so if it's I-10 in texas, the Somalia of highway maintenance.

To put this in some perspective, this is the equivalent of 174 Rhode Island pile-ups.

Tennessee Scoffs at your body count of 2 on a 100 car pileup

This looks like pile-up straight out of the Blues Brothers movie.

My father called me after getting stuck behind this. Neither he nor I knew the extent of it until this article was posted.

I guess they should be thankful....to be alive.

babtras: The highway had been crowded with motorists traveling during the holiday. Many of the vehicles were moving close to the posted speed of 70 mph despite dense fog that limited visibility, Carroll said.

What does that say about the intelligence of the average Texan?

Are you claiming that a statistically significant percentage of the population of Texas was invoved in a pileup of 150 cars?

How the fark did they do this without snow and ice? WTF, piss-poor drivers?

This one in the county I live in was a huge catastrophe for our area.

http://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/fu ll_story/10643596/article-Respon ders-remember-fatal-fog-disaster

Fuggin Bizzy: How the fark did they do this without snow and ice? WTF, piss-poor drivers?

Fog. They hit the areas where they literally have no visibility, and then wreck, and cars entering the fog bank can't see it and cause a chain collision.

It happens several times a year, actually.

It's why if you have a wreck in fog, you stay the fark in your car unless there's a reason to get out and away, and stay seatbelted in.

Satan's Dumptruck Driver: babtras: The highway had been crowded with motorists traveling during the holiday. Many of the vehicles were moving close to the posted speed of 70 mph despite dense fog that limited visibility, Carroll said.

What does that say about the intelligence of the average Texan?

Are you claiming that a statistically significant percentage of the population of Texas was invoved in a pileup of 150 cars?

Actually, you don't need that large a sample for it to be "statistically significant". 150 might be overkill.

MisterTweak:
But if other traffic *is* doing 70, it really doesn't do you a whole lot of good if you see the accident, brake to avoid it, and end up with an 18-wheeler arriving on top of your car a few seconds later, does it?

Fog is really shiatty, unpredictable, nasty stuff, especially on a flat, featureless, mind-numbing freeway, and doubly so if it's I-10 in texas, the Somalia of highway maintenance.

So, you're saying the correct course of action in a thick fog is to drive fast because everyone else is. And everyone else is driving unreasonably fast for the same reason. Then Darwin comes along and starts swinging. I'm surprised he only got two.

I agree that the most dangerous situation on the road is to have a mix of traffic speeds where some are going fast while others are going very slow. But in the case of poor weather, it is the fast movers that cause this hazard.

Satan's Dumptruck Driver:
Are you claiming that a statistically significant percentage of the population of Texas was invoved in a pileup of 150 cars?

Actually yes, 150 is a reasonable sample size to approximate what "average" is within a population.

Satan's Dumptruck Driver: babtras: The highway had been crowded with motorists traveling during the holiday. Many of the vehicles were moving close to the posted speed of 70 mph despite dense fog that limited visibility, Carroll said.

What does that say about the intelligence of the average Texan?

Are you claiming that a statistically significant percentage of the population of Texas was invoved in a pileup of 150 cars?

Not to mention that it's a huge travel day, and close to the TX/LA border, so how many of those "Texans" weren't actually Texans?

Linux_Yes: way to go, texas. you truly are bigger than anyone else.


so how's that 85mph new speed limit working out for you???

I was driving 85 today on i35 and people were passing me like I was going 15 under.

BronyMedic: Is...uh..is that Rule 34 with Tanker Trucks?

Isn't that weird? it's an old Photoshop I did for a contest. Right here on Fark.com!

babtras: The highway had been crowded with motorists traveling during the holiday. Many of the vehicles were moving close to the posted speed of 70 mph despite dense fog that limited visibility, Carroll said.

What does that say about the intelligence of the average Texan? Or is it the "safe" feeling they get from driving the biggest SUV they can find?


For some reason, there are people who think SUV means "weather no longer affects me". It doesn't snow much around here but when it does, the ditches are usually full of SUVs and Jeeps.

Where are the 100 cars? Every picture I've seen shows the same scene that consists of about 15 cars..

FunkOut: babtras: The highway had been crowded with motorists traveling during the holiday. Many of the vehicles were moving close to the posted speed of 70 mph despite dense fog that limited visibility, Carroll said.

What does that say about the intelligence of the average Texan? Or is it the "safe" feeling they get from driving the biggest SUV they can find?


For some reason, there are people who think SUV means "weather no longer affects me". It doesn't snow much around here but when it does, the ditches are usually full of SUVs and Jeeps.

Snows a shiat ton up here, I can claim the same rule applies.

Damn near everybody follows to close, they're all gamblers,

BronyMedic: Fuggin Bizzy: How the fark did they do this without snow and ice? WTF, piss-poor drivers?

Fog. They hit the areas where they literally have no visibility, and then wreck, and cars entering the fog bank can't see it and cause a chain collision.

It happens several times a year, actually.

It's why if you have a wreck in fog, you stay the fark in your car unless there's a reason to get out and away, and stay seatbelted in.

Yup, driven in whiteouts up here and it's a crapshoot. Go too slow you get rear-ended, go too fast you plow into an accident before you can stop. And there is no perfect in-between speed.

About the best answer is to tuck in behind a semi if you can because even though you'll wreck he'll clear the debris out so you just hit the back of him. At least until they hit the back of you.

If someone has a better answer...

Linux_Yes: way to go, texas. you truly are bigger than anyone else.


so how's that 85mph new speed limit working out for you???

I-10 doesn't have the new speed limit you dumbass.

styckx: Where are the 100 cars? Every picture I've seen shows the same scene that consists of about 15 cars..

Probably most of the cars have little dents in the fender and were cleared to leave the scene already or were easily towed off, and only a few are totally obliterated.

IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T: Satan's Dumptruck Driver: babtras: The highway had been crowded with motorists traveling during the holiday. Many of the vehicles were moving close to the posted speed of 70 mph despite dense fog that limited visibility, Carroll said.

What does that say about the intelligence of the average Texan?

Are you claiming that a statistically significant percentage of the population of Texas was invoved in a pileup of 150 cars?

Not to mention that it's a huge travel day, and close to the TX/LA border, so how many of those "Texans" weren't actually Texans?

Hush with your logic.

Barfmaker:
Yup, driven in whiteouts up here and it's a crapshoot. Go too slow you get rear-ended, go too fast you plow into an accident before you can stop. And there is no perfect in-between speed.

About the best answer is to tuck in behind a semi if you can because even though you'll wreck he'll clear the debris out so you just hit the back of him. At least until they hit the back of you.

If someone has a better answer...

If all other things being equal, being the guy in front that gets rear-ended gives you the advantage in the inevitable lawsuits.

IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T: Satan's Dumptruck Driver: babtras: The highway had been crowded with motorists traveling during the holiday. Many of the vehicles were moving close to the posted speed of 70 mph despite dense fog that limited visibility, Carroll said.

What does that say about the intelligence of the average Texan?

Are you claiming that a statistically significant percentage of the population of Texas was invoved in a pileup of 150 cars?

Not to mention that it's a huge travel day, and close to the TX/LA border, so how many of those "Texans" weren't actually Texans?

Well, yeah. I didn't really want to make too many enemies by expanding the demographic to all Americans.

Don't drive in fog if you can avoid it. If you HAVE to, then don't use your high beams, it makes it harder for you to see, as there are more water droplets reflecting back into your face, and you blind the oncoming traffic who is having the same problems you are.

1. Keep your farking high beams off retard.
2. Go slower, don't drive 65 mph when you cant see 15 feet in front of you.
3. Always assume that there is an accident in front of you, and you need to adjust your speed to be able to avoid it.
4. If you are stopped because of an accident, odds are some retard going the full speed limit behind you is gonna put the backseat of your car in your lap. Pull off the road, down a side road if you can, and TURN OFF YOUR HEADLIGHTS. Cars behind you often will use you as a guide, and plow right into you in the fog. Turn them off..and get out of the way.
5. Get out of your car when it's safe and have a smoke, and listen to all the idiots mash into each other.
6. Win.

Meh. This would be a fender bender on I-5 in California's Central Valley.

Barfmaker: About the best answer is to tuck in behind a semi if you can because even though you'll wreck he'll clear the debris out so you just hit the back of him. At least until they hit the back of you.

If someone has a better answer...

Personally, I don't hesitate to get the hell off the highway, I'll let those idiots kill themselves without my help.

Driving/riding in a motor vehicle, for most people, is the most dangerous thing you'll do in your life. Every time you get in a vehicle, it's a gamble. Lots of people who won't risk a dollar at a blackjack table will willingly bet their lives driving on a dangerous highway.

When you bet a dollar at blackjack and lose, that's not an accident. You just lost the bet. When you gamble your life on a 70 MPH foggy highway and crash, that's also not an accident. You bet your life and you lost the bet.,

Bit'O'Gristle: Don't drive in fog if you can avoid it. If you HAVE to, then don't use your high beams, it makes it harder for you to see, as there are more water droplets reflecting back into your face, and you blind the oncoming traffic who is having the same problems you are.

1. Keep your farking high beams off retard.
2. Go slower, don't drive 65 mph when you cant see 15 feet in front of you.
3. Always assume that there is an accident in front of you, and you need to adjust your speed to be able to avoid it.
4. If you are stopped because of an accident, odds are some retard going the full speed limit behind you is gonna put the backseat of your car in your lap. Pull off the road, down a side road if you can, and TURN OFF YOUR HEADLIGHTS. Cars behind you often will use you as a guide, and plow right into you in the fog. Turn them off..and get out of the way.
5. Get out of your car when it's safe and have a smoke, and listen to all the idiots mash into each other.
6. Win.

You don't seem to understand how fog works in texas. Clear day, clear day, HO-PUCK CAN'T SEE

rocketpants: Linux_Yes: way to go, texas. you truly are bigger than anyone else.


so how's that 85mph new speed limit working out for you???

Dammit

/ tiny fist, etc...

This is not the same highway