Remind me to avoid I-15 in Utah. It appears to be a death trap! It seems that stupidity is overtaking every aspect of our world. Bad driving, negligent driving, and even bad journalism.
Let's look at the "journalism," which is pretty much what the stupidest people pick as a career these days. The HEADLINE is totally incorrect, as are the CONCLUSIONS of this journalist. "Expired tires are to blame for fatality." No, not really sweetheart, but nice try. Later in the article, "...excessive speed and impairment were not a factor in this crash." Eeeehhhh. Wrong again darling. Driving too fast in an old pickup truck, quite likely literally speeding but surely going too fast for the ability of the vehicle and tires. Expired tires directly relate to driver error and negligence. Not wearing seatbelts in the front seat is illegal so that is negligence per se. And excessive speed MUST have been a factor because it caused the rollover when the tire failed. If they were going 5mph, the vehicle would not have rolled over. Remove the speed, they survive. But good tires on, they survive. Put seatbelts on, they don't get ejected and probably survive. This was a trifecta of negligence and some illegal behavior.
Now to driver error. Bad tires, speeding, no seatbelts, not paying attention. People are just criminally stupid these days. DRIVER ERROR is a serious problem. I was searching for this article and drivers on I-15 are apparently driving on a lot of poor condition tires. Several fatalities citing old tires in the news there recently. I wonder if having tires sit and rot or be neglected is causing a rash of these problems. And WEAR YOUR SEATBELT> There's a direct correlation as to who lives and who dies based on survivors are generally belted and deceased are generally not belted.
Bald tires, blown tires from age/neglect/rot, and/or separated tread are the drivers negligence and error. $1000 for new tires is less expensive than any injuries or accident damages.
These are Utah I-15 crashes recently!
From 2021:
Tire road debris causes accident fatality on I-15
accidentdatacenter.com
From 2020:
Two unbelted ejected and died, two belted in survived. Two dead from Honda van rollover after tire failure:
IRON COUNTY (ABC4 News) – Utah Highway Patrol have identified the two individuals who died in a rollover in Iron County on Sunday morning. The crash happened on Interstate-15 near the Paragon…
www.abc4.com
Semi blows tire, throws unsecured load of I-beams across highway causing serious injuries
Cards and well-wishes cover the fence, and a banner that reads “We love you Heather” is draped across her home. Caption: KUTV. It’s been two and a half weeks since the crash. Heather Jenson was heading northbound on I-15 near Lindon when she saw a semi out of the corner of her eye. “Before I...
kutv.com
From 2019: Blown tire leads to headon collision with road divider, and fatality on I-15.
LINDON, Utah (ABC4 Utah)- Northbound I-15 was closed near the Lindon/Orem border for several hours after a deadly crash.
www.abc4.com
Separated tire tread causes rollover and serious injury.
BOX ELDER COUNTY — A SUV rollover and subsequent medical helicopter transport closed northbound Interstate 15 for nearly an hour on Tuesday night.
www.standard.net
Bald tires, speed, and hydroplaning blamed for rollover and fatality.
A 6-year-old girl suffered critical injuries after she was partially ejected from a vehicle during a crash on Interstate 15 Wednesday, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The girl was traveling with a 26-year-old woman in a maroon Chevrolet Tahoe, near Beaver at approximately 5:19 p. m. It...
kutv.com
Three killed, 1 ejected, in pickup rollover crash. May not be a tire related crash, but a rollover and 1 dead was ejected for not wearing seatbelt.
Three people are dead following a crash on I-15 Saturday morning.
www.ksl.com
2016
Rollover crash, ejections, fatalities.
Three people were killed and two are in critical condition after a fiery rollover crash on Interstate 15 Sunday afternoon.
www.ktnv.com
2003
Series of accidents, many of which due to tire debris.
Police had no explanation for a series of 13 accidents that brought I-15 to a near standstill in both directions in north Utah County Friday night.
www.deseret.com
