Posted on Apr 3, 2019
3 Soldiers Hurt in Bavaria Truck Convoy Accident
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"But the driver of the last vehicle "underestimated" the braking distance needed to stop safely and slammed into the truck in front" Hmmm. While possible, I think that as an operator licensed on that vehicle, the driver should have known what distance is needed to properly stop. Methinks this is falling more under "inattentive driving."
3 Soldiers Hurt in Bavaria Truck Convoy Accident
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Germany
Drivers Training Course
Safety
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I wonder if the drivers were told the minimum distance between vehicles and maximum speed to catch up.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
I was working with a large NG unit going to AT. I saw several chocks of vehicles, so I asked the Convoy Commander what the order of march was. He had no plan for the order of march, so I helped him out. I was very upset with the officers as they drove their POVs to AT.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
It was kind of funny to dismount tanks to block the traffic from running into our tanks lol
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SSG Randall Rose
Would have thought he would have received that information in the safety briefing before taking off. If not, shame on the convoy leader!
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Another of those things that were fairly common during our Cold War presence.
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