Traffic officials closed the exit ramp on I-10 West because an 18-wheeler overturned its tractor/trailer. The closure backed up traffic coming out of Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River bridge. Why did the truck driver flip his truck? These accidents are preventable.
The flipping of a truck is usually the result of the negligence in the handling of the truck and the trailer by the driver, operating at an excessive, dangerous, and unreasonable speed under the circumstances in failing to reduce his speed in obedience to the warning signs posted on the on-ramp, and in failing to properly distribute weight on a trailer for highway travel so it would not shift or change its center upon the stress of turning sharp curves.
Richard J. Arsenault, 2011
