Preventable or Not?
Preventable or not:
Moose didn’t move quickly enough for Doe
En route to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, at 3 a.m., John Doe piloted
his doubles train northward across a desolate, heavily wooded,
pitch-black stretch of two-lane highway with exquisite caution. He
masticated a green mouthful of celery sticks to maximize his powers of concentration.
Doe noticed with dismay that the persistent but gentle rain
that’d merely dampened the blacktop for 50 miles back had
changed to a near-freezing drizzle. Still, the previously salted
road didn’t seem slippery yet, so he only backed off the throttle
a tad. Suddenly, the headlights of an oncoming straight truck cut
through the night, causing Doe to dim his high beams and …
Yipes! A huge stationary moose now occupied the center of Doe’s
lane!
Things went from bad to worse for Doe, who attempted an
avoidance maneuver without the benefit of ABS, but then realized – with a growing sense of panic – that he’d encountered an
expanse of black ice! Out of control, Doe’s tractor and lead trailer
sailed grandly across the opposing traffic lane and came to rest in
the ditch while his rear trailer straddled the southbound lane and
was clipped by the equally-out-of-control straight truck, which
then plowed into the northbound ditch. What a mess!
Thankfully, nobody was hurt – including the moose. But Doe
John Doe tried to avoid hitting a moose in his lane, but he sailed out
of control on black ice and was clipped by a straight truck traveling in
the opposite direction. Was this a preventable accident?
was stung later by a preventable-accident warning letter
from his safety director, which he promptly contested – it
was Bullwinkle’s fault, Doe alleged. The National Safety
Council’s Accident Review Committee was asked to pass
final judgment and upheld the ruling, acknowledging that
while the moose clearly shared the blame, it also was obvious that Doe had been traveling too fast for conditions.
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