I can't speak for developing/"third world" countries, but normally yes they should be strapped/chained down. Anything hauled on a truck should be secured especially cars.
In Europe the norm is that each wheel is strapped down plus the car that is over the cab has also a safety chain to prevent exactly this from happening.
In Canadaland, they're always strapped/chained. Worked at a Toyota dealer for almost 17 years and always saw them properly secured. Sadly... I am now once again working as a mechanic, but in a Hyundai dealer closer to home, vehicles coming in are secured as well and it's not the same truck company either. While the accident wasn't the driver's fault, totaling two new cars will be worth a paddling.
In the US and probably most other countries as well. Fairly easy to assume the cars that fell off probably were not properly secured and that's not the van driver's fault, but the ACCIDENT absolutely is. Him cutting off the truck and hitting the other car is 100% the right white van's fault and I suspect the truck's insurance will argue that none of the rest would've happened if the van hadn't hit the truck in the first place. How much of the blame is probably up to a judge/jury.
truth be told what probably happened is the second car was likely the one that wasnt strapped down and when the trucker slammed on his brakes the second car came foward, hit the first car and they both went over.
Generally speakihng, you strap down for standard road pressures. Being struck by and then have sudden deceleration from the drag of a vehicle being pushed by yours is not standard conditions. It is somethihng you can't plan for. The vehicle would be liable fro what I see.
where i live you need a minimum of 4 straps... one for each corner. and each strap must be able to hold 50% of the vehicles weight ( inside its Working Load Limit... not the breaking load limit of the strap ) and anything over a certain length ( i think 8 or 10 feet ) you need to add 2 more straps. I've literally had an inspector say to me it will not pass inspection if the load can not be dangled upside down from the over turned truck.
actually i think that 50% i mentioned is too low. i'll have to pull out my book again. but for our company specifically to play it safe and pass inspection if we are hauling a 10,000 load than each strap's working load limit will also be rated for 10k lbs. we usually do 2 chains each with a split bridal and 4 straps at each corner. add more for anything longer than 8 or 10 feet.
Im not sure, the insurance will say the driver did not secure his load properlly and probably only cover the damage to the transport truck and not the new car that got smashed.
Two new cars, and with the video showing that the accident was caused by that merging vehicle, any decent lawyer will be able to pin all the damages on the idiot, regardless of what the insurance company tries to weasel out of.
Yeah, same as if the trunk had dumped over. Emergency braking (although you'd hope straps would account for that) is an unusual circumstance caused by the idiot. Opposite happened to me once, the semi clipped my back left, and I was left facing the front of the semi in my driver side window - was freaky.
nah, at least partial fault to the driver of the truck because of unsecured load, the two cars were preventable damage had they been properly secured...aside from the fine for the driver that will be split 50-50 or something like that...
depends on legislature, but normally everything is the responsibility of the driver, securing the load, ensuring the safety mechanisms actually work, etc...would be difficult to redirect the blame to some inspector or the manufacturer of the device...normally the driver should have noticed the mechanism being about to fail in some way, thats part of his responsibility...but i also dont see any straps or chains or anything attached to the cars, if something broke there would be parts left...
Daywalker27
22 cars and a boat!
Hootykai
buff out
CobainsSarcoma
I GOTTA GO SLOW OVER HERE RIGHT NOW
spitfires2000
It's raining cars! Hallelujah!
alcamar
Nice of him to put the wrecks off the roadway and onto the median
invisiblemaniac
urusername2
Well, those aren't new cars any more!
SciFiGuy2018
...raining Benz?
RecurringNightmare
no, those are jaecoos...
nobodyspecial995
I thought stolen goods fell off the BACK of a truck?
DarthWaiterSE
What's a truck? - Fat Tony, The Simpsons
derzoomer
vehicles are just parked on that trucks bed thing? Its like they simple rolled off, shouldnt those be strapped down?
RecurringNightmare
not a single strap to be seen...like, they could rip, sure...but then the leftovers would still be stuck to the cars...there is nothing, ridiculous...
Quizz25S
I can't speak for developing/"third world" countries, but normally yes they should be strapped/chained down. Anything hauled on a truck should be secured especially cars.
Arcanum3000
Am I missing something or was there no warning that the lane was ending?
TheMightyFloofer
So then u head sideways into a truck? Why not just u know, break or head on the white striped off area
TigerThong
so they dont strap down cars over there?
Cthulhuonabike
Nobody said, "Well that's not going anywhere" before they left
TurnsOut42WasASlightMiscalculation
Not very well
elmesito
In Europe the norm is that each wheel is strapped down plus the car that is over the cab has also a safety chain to prevent exactly this from happening.
MapleSyrupMafia
In Canadaland, they're always strapped/chained. Worked at a Toyota dealer for almost 17 years and always saw them properly secured. Sadly... I am now once again working as a mechanic, but in a Hyundai dealer closer to home, vehicles coming in are secured as well and it's not the same truck company either. While the accident wasn't the driver's fault, totaling two new cars will be worth a paddling.
Bondsmith10
Mechanisms failing is a global occurrence
ticktockbent
Not if you slap the strap and say "That isn't going anywhere"
Bondsmith10
That's probably where they fucked it up
Myoron
If a mechanism failed only one car would have been loose. This was a systemic failure.
Quizz25S
That's why there needs to be multiple chains/straps. Redundancy.
DrNick
Ratchet straps on at least every other tire won't fail that easily.
swedeonamoose
Someone forgot to slap the cargo before heading off.
Currahee63
*strap* is also relevant.
digitreal
(Slap) well that's not going anywhere.
NLOVNI
He forgot the (Slap/)
AyatollahBahloni
That white merging car will be on the hook for a lot of damage and injuries.
makesense
This isn't the US so who knows.
ziph3326
Only if they stopped!
urusername2
The car was ahead of the truck. The truck driver should have backed off and let him in!
Blunderwriter
Says the person who’s never been in a highway tractor before.
CobainsSarcoma
merging traffic yields to through traffic
Frostedjakes
The truck driver most likely couldn't even see the car. This is not the truck driver's fault whatsoever.
magikmarker
You have to be blind.
Fentex
I don't think so, the car tried to undertake him, in what seems like a shoulder/emergency lane and rushed it because of merging traffic.
lildude52ca
in what country? Where i live the truck driver will be on the hook for not securing his load properly.
Quizz25S
In the US and probably most other countries as well. Fairly easy to assume the cars that fell off probably were not properly secured and that's not the van driver's fault, but the ACCIDENT absolutely is. Him cutting off the truck and hitting the other car is 100% the right white van's fault and I suspect the truck's insurance will argue that none of the rest would've happened if the van hadn't hit the truck in the first place. How much of the blame is probably up to a judge/jury.
NKato
Right? How the fuck do you not strap down *two* cars...
lildude52ca
truth be told what probably happened is the second car was likely the one that wasnt strapped down and when the trucker slammed on his brakes the second car came foward, hit the first car and they both went over.
anjeleyezjr
Generally speakihng, you strap down for standard road pressures. Being struck by and then have sudden deceleration from the drag of a vehicle being pushed by yours is not standard conditions. It is somethihng you can't plan for. The vehicle would be liable fro what I see.
lildude52ca
where i live you need a minimum of 4 straps... one for each corner. and each strap must be able to hold 50% of the vehicles weight ( inside its Working Load Limit... not the breaking load limit of the strap ) and anything over a certain length ( i think 8 or 10 feet ) you need to add 2 more straps. I've literally had an inspector say to me it will not pass inspection if the load can not be dangled upside down from the over turned truck.
lildude52ca
actually i think that 50% i mentioned is too low. i'll have to pull out my book again. but for our company specifically to play it safe and pass inspection if we are hauling a 10,000 load than each strap's working load limit will also be rated for 10k lbs. we usually do 2 chains each with a split bridal and 4 straps at each corner. add more for anything longer than 8 or 10 feet.
PanNonOpticon
Over here, you strap for crash.
livingonagiantfireball
Im not sure, the insurance will say the driver did not secure his load properlly and probably only cover the damage to the transport truck and not the new car that got smashed.
AyatollahBahloni
Two new cars, and with the video showing that the accident was caused by that merging vehicle, any decent lawyer will be able to pin all the damages on the idiot, regardless of what the insurance company tries to weasel out of.
jt42
Yeah, same as if the trunk had dumped over. Emergency braking (although you'd hope straps would account for that) is an unusual circumstance caused by the idiot. Opposite happened to me once, the semi clipped my back left, and I was left facing the front of the semi in my driver side window - was freaky.
NemoPseudonymWuzHere
RecurringNightmare
nah, at least partial fault to the driver of the truck because of unsecured load, the two cars were preventable damage had they been properly secured...aside from the fine for the driver that will be split 50-50 or something like that...
LunchtimeKit
Possibly no fault to the driver if the load was properly secured and there was some sort of safety mechanism failure involved
RecurringNightmare
depends on legislature, but normally everything is the responsibility of the driver, securing the load, ensuring the safety mechanisms actually work, etc...would be difficult to redirect the blame to some inspector or the manufacturer of the device...normally the driver should have noticed the mechanism being about to fail in some way, thats part of his responsibility...but i also dont see any straps or chains or anything attached to the cars, if something broke there would be parts left...