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sanatanadharma

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14. Brake fade, overheating, I have personal experience

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Dec 20, 2021, 01:02 PM

Dec 2021

I drove intercity and charter buses in Colorado. I know that downhill I-70 road.

Using the brakes downhill may control the truck's momentum, but only until called upon to stop. Then there is no more.
It happened to me coming off the hill at what could have been the same exit. No one was inconvenienced, but I knew how close to "Oh, my God" that moment was.

So use the transmission in lower gear! is correct advice. However I had to drive down a west slope mountain road with a leaking transmission and heating brakes. The bus was parked at the first town and swapped out a few hours latter.

Brakes, tires, chains, hills, gravity, snow, ice and lots of skiers driving home do not a pleasant winter day make.

I believe I remember correctly that not many years ago, a trucker died on that hill when choosing to avoid killing others due to others driving dumbly.

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Trucker's Prison Sentence Sparks A Trucker Boycott Of Colorado [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 OP

this is just outrageous. mopinko Dec 2021 #1

Mandatory sentences are the worst. They should all be struct down. dem4decades Dec 2021 #2

100% agreed! ShazzieB Dec 2021 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Dec 2021 #13

The comments to the linked article are interesting-- some for, some against. Hoyt Dec 2021 #3

If only he'd been a drunk, rich, white boy, driving in Texas on a restricted driver's license sl8 Dec 2021 #4

This.. mountain grammy Dec 2021 #5

what kind of brake failure? soryang Dec 2021 #6

Back when i had my CDL gay texan Dec 2021 #7

A pad failure is usually predictable upon inspection soryang Dec 2021 #8

Thank you for the information. 2Gingersnaps Dec 2021 #10

I mistakenly referred to hydraulic brakes soryang Dec 2021 #21

Seems like justice here is misdirected packman Dec 2021 #9

The driver is responsible up to a point localroger Dec 2021 #15

Thanks for clarifying - and I think it is inappropriate packman Dec 2021 #16

To a degree, yes. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #18

Employer should get the same sentence Democrats_win Dec 2021 #12

Brake fade, overheating, I have personal experience sanatanadharma Dec 2021 #14

Yes, using or riding your brakes for a long distance is a no-no. KS Toronado Dec 2021 #19

From the linked article.... KS Toronado Dec 2021 #17

"The comments from the DA in the Colorado trucker case ... sound so out of touch to me." mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 #20