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DAVIS trucking looses evidence dispute to AMTRAK & UP
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<p>[quote user="edbenton"]</p> <p>For the truck he was in for the weight he is was plated at my guess is empty with a set of 2 trailers your looking at roughly 900-1000 FEET to get it to stop in an Emergancy situation... [/quote]</p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Edbenton,</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">From what has been reported, the warning zone for the Nevada crossing was about 900 feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the truck stopping distance was 900-1000 feet, it looks like I am going to have to revise my 2.9-second warning calculation in the Nevada thread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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