• Squire1039@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Oh for God’s sake, you can see the trucking screaming for help and its last breath.

  • sailingbythelee@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    So many things wrong here. The slope is too great. The barge is not secured to the shore. The driver only used his trailer brakes to stop, but should have used the brakes on his tractor and trailer together. This means that the weight of tractor and trailer was pushing the barge away from the bank. The captain of the barge should have been ready to provide a counter-force to avoid being pushed off the bank.

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I get it, we’re only human, but who the hell told the tugboat to start moving?!

    Also, that is a freaky deep drop off.

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      9 months ago

      It didn’t start moving deliberately. The trailer has brakes, so when the driver of the semi tried to stop, it actually started pushing the barge.

  • NABDad@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I feel like there was a moment of indecision between flooring it in reverse, and flooring it going forward, and in that moment, both options became unavailable.

    In my first watch I didn’t notice the driver exiting the truck and I thought he decided to be a good captain and go down with the ship.