| sethnintendo said: This wasn't just icy roads. The driver clearly went out of the lane (off the melted path on the highway). then over corrected resulting in the first collision then being thrown into the semi. I would put most of the blame on the driver and not the vehicle, tires, or road condition. |
Indeed, though I don't think over correction was what caused the first collision. The difference in the friction coefficient between both the melted surface and the road is high enough to cause a natural instant swerve to the higher traction side, thus the driver not having any time to react, especially if driving at high speeds; all in all, it was his own poor driving that caused it.
If anything, the delivery van's driver must have had one heck of a reaction time when he managed to control his car to avoid going into the oncoming traffic lane. It's hard enough to do that in normal conditions, even more with icy road conditions.
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