Truck tips up and unloads marl in bank car park

Hello All,
For those WHO don't know, JAKE BRAKES are used in trucks that are used on highways (freeways / high speed roads) and on hilly or mountainous terrain to enable better stopping/slowing down power. The ONLY two reasons for them being on trucks here is 1) the owners/drivers THINK they are cool sounding or 2) They came with the truck when the owners purchased the truck. JAKE BRAKES ARE REMOVABLE as they are an after market item that is added to the exhaust system of the truck.

For those truck drivers who do not know, the installation and usage of a JAKE BRAKE increases a) maintenance costs due to increased maintenance periods b) severe wear and tear on the engine due to the fact that JAKE BRAKE close the exhaust of the engine which creates a back pressure which in turn causes the engine to slow down by restricting the movement of the pistons due to an increase in cylinder pressure. This means the more you use it unnecessarily the quicker you wear the engine out.

So my theory is to let all the morons use a JAKE BRAKE, then they will mash up their trucks quicker and then they won't be on the roads anymore, like so many other ones here already.

Think man, think!

Trucking company owner in the US.

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2 more disabled trucks at Hyatt Roundabout this am - big oil spill all over the road.

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Some years ago when the previous Commisioner was here I had suggested that we should consider putting in Speed Cameras which although expensive would slow down traffic and slow up mad drivers. I suggested that the insurance companies may be pesuaded to help foot the bill as it would save them insurance accident  pay outs. The Commissioner was obviously un-impressed.
I mentioned that in North Wales in the UK this approached was used and traffic slowed down considerably also a number of off duty police officers were caught, again total boredum!
The other day I drove down from North Side to Ceorge Town behind a Police Suzuki and having followed it through several round abouts I never saw an indicator go on once!
As for the 15 mph in Svannah at school time  and the stretch of road from Savannah to the end of the 3 lane road to the top of the Prospect Road - well that is a speedway and the speed limit does not exist.
Where are the police?
 
 
 
 

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If the Police would do some "proactive" traffic policing much of the speeding and other reckless/dangerous driving would be reduced...and some funds (by way of fines) could be gained.
Often the stndard response by the Police is that they don't have the "resources" (officers/cars available). Yet "after" an accident there are often 10 or more officers and 5 or more cars on the scene...with most officers just standing around.
The Dump Truck drivers (most) can be witnessed driving recklessly everyday....and most mini-bus and School Bus drivers are doing th same. Yet i often see Police witnessing this and they do nothing. Of course the Police are more often than not, driving while chatting on their phones.
I don't remember when (many years ago now) that i have seen a Police vehicle parked srategically doing speed/radar checks?

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Police missing a fortune $$$.  As these vehicles use excessive speed, nosiy jake brakes and the rest.   If the police would like to triple their annual budget they simply need to put out radar. Make a fortune daily in fines but do not seem interested.

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Its a sad state of affairs when the visitors to this website are more riled up over a dump truck than the confirmation that a convicted sex offender was working at a school...

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Those  ##@%%&&*{&%$#@#  roundabouts!  The devil's invention.

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On the CITN video, is that gasoline or diesel leaking out with all of those non-emergency personnel walking around??
 
If so, how stupid for people to be walking around a potentially explosive event!!!

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I've been observing these dump trucks recently, because a few use illegal Jake brakes that cause explosive noises in residential areas, where they speed, sometimes at 60 mph. These problems are caused by just a handful of drivers, and I know exacly which trucks they are and their registration numbers, which are often hidden by mud or are missing. Were you to  remove about five drivers from the roads, most of this abuse of the public's patience and safety would disappear.
 
As for the school-bus drivers, I once followed one into Bodden Town, loaded with children, as it careered along at  40 mph in the 25mph limit zone. It leaned far over as it  raced around that very sharp corner, and I was so angry I went straight to the Police station, thinking that if  the students' parents could have seen what I saw, they'd have made sure he never went near a school bus again.

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We all understand the physics of what happened here, and nobody can be that surprised.  The question is, when will we actually see a daily traffic enforcement presence?  There are a multitude of predictible infractions that make driving here unnecessarily defensive and dangerous and it is because there are few deterrents.  Crime rages on, because, what are the odds of geting caught?  Police needn't be everywhere, but they should be somewhere outside of the Annual Purple Ribbon Winter Campaigns!  Please get in the community and demonstrate that you care.  Start fining for texting, failing to indicate, dangerous driving, illegal tint, racing, overtaking in roundabouts, bald tires - all of that stuff; and I guarantee there will be a drop in robberies, break-ins and other opportunistic crimes.          

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A simple result of getting paid by the load instead of per hour.
 

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This is the second time, I know of, where a truck has overturned on that round-about.  Luckily each time nobody was killed.  Next time we may not be so lucky.  SPEED KILLS why can't these mindless people understand this???

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