Скачать или смотреть Dash Cam Near Miss - Hard Braking Due To Limited Visibility And Accident In Curve Ahead

This happened while one of my trainees was driving. This is a good example of why it's best to always slow down in rainy conditions or in any other situation where you might possibly need to avoid hitting something you can't necessarily see . The Ford Focus that crashed had just overtaken us less than 2 minutes prior to the point where the hard braking event occurred. The driver hydroplaned in the curve, lost control, crashed into the center median, then came to a stop in the #2 lane - the lane we were in. As you'll see in the video, we were approaching a left curve on I-90E near the east end of Snoqualmie Pass in Washington State. My trainee might have been able to see the stopped vehicle sooner, but the problem got compounded when another trucker passed us and splashed water all over our windshield. In addition to the water splashing, the other trucker was on the inside of the curve, which further limited my trainee's ability to see the road ahead very rapidly. Lessons can definitely be learned from this. Fortunately, nobody got hurt. The driver of the Focus was naturally shaken (she's the one who jumped over the barrier when she saw us coming). We stayed behind her in the lane to prevent other drivers from crashing into her vehicle until DOT arrived and pulled her vehicle safely to the right shoulder.