WORK TRUCK WHOOPS: Brake check

Jason Cannon (HWT)

Oct 22, 2013

Updated Oct 25, 2013

A lot of money has been invested in accident and collision prevention.

Several companies have developed software that, when installed on a truck, can help apply the brakes to avoid a collision.

This guy apparently didn’t have that.

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The end result left one vehicle totaled, one in need of repair and another covered in dirt.

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