Mostlylost Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 Yesterday another major accident just south of the Tapatio hotel ( the downhill stretch) heading to Chapala. Double trailer lost brakes. Highway to Chapala, one of the most dangerous in the State The highway to Chapala has been listed as one of the most dangerous in Jalisco in the last year due to the spectacular accidents that have occurred on it. In addition to the mishap that occurred yesterday, just a month ago a crash took the lives of three people; on May 16, a 25-year-old man died after his car was pressed after hitting a personnel transport truck and, just a month earlier, on April 16, a woman died when the truck she was traveling in was embedded in a tree on the side of this road. The mishaps recorded in this five-year period claimed the lives of at least 29 people in the place where the mishap occurred, not knowing how many more could have died in hospitals. In addition to those mentioned, the SCT registered at least 70 injuries that required medical attention. https://www.informador.mx/Carretera-a-Chapala-Trailer-sin-frenos-mata-a-uno-y-lesiona-a-siete-l202207290001.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 Yes---- watched this on TV news this a.m. Impossible to imagine there were any survivors at all in some of the cars smashed to smithereens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 I guess we all know what legislation or regulations need to be established, not only to trucks but also cars...but will it happen??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 They have the legislation, they are supposed to be checking trucks for safety and weight. They do neither with the result a lot of people get killed by trucks with bad brakes, tires, etc. and grossly overweight. An added "benefit" of the overweight part is even more accidents and destruction of roads. When it was first tried to let Mexican trucks into the U.S. most failed due to safety or weight issues. The companies got the message and now the trucks they send into the U.S. are a great deal safer than the ones they run inside the country. They would clean up their act if someone would make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha1 Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 20 minutes ago, Mainecoons said: They have the legislation, they are supposed to be checking trucks for safety and weight. They do neither with the result a lot of people get killed by trucks with bad brakes, tires, etc. and grossly overweight. An added "benefit" of the overweight part is even more accidents and destruction of roads. When it was first tried to let Mexican trucks into the U.S. most failed due to safety or weight issues. The companies got the message and now the trucks they send into the U.S. are a great deal safer than the ones they run inside the country. They would clean up their act if someone would make them. "They would clean up their act if someone would make them." ---Unless someone pays them not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Alpha1 said: "They would clean up their act if someone would make them." ---Unless someone pays them not to. Yeah, unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hensley Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Yup we were in it, took us over 2 hours to get home last night, but all the cars were gone when we got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshineydays Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 21 hours ago, lakeside7 said: I guess we all know what legislation or regulations need to be established, not only to trucks but also cars...but will it happen??? Motos also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikalos Telsa Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Just wait until a legislator gets killed by a runaway truck, then you will see how fast the laws are put in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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