• I Cast Fist
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      9 hours ago

      My uneducated guess: the truck driver forgot to pull down the trailer lift after dumping whatever it was carrying

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        This doesn’t explain why a truck can drive at double digits mph with the trailer up.

        That’s like the most basic safety mechanism the manufacturer could implement.

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          This doesn’t explain why a truck can drive at double digits mph with the trailer up.

          Torque.

          But yeah a safety feature would be easy to implement. It could be a buzzer that goes off or a enforced max speed of like 10-20 mph as long as the trailer isn’t locked in the down position.