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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

The cultural penetration of this scene has become visible when on the highway and you see a truck carrying logs and how everyone avoids being directly behind it.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

And a good thing too, those log-truck drivers need all the room they can get on icy mountain roads.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Was this scene in the trailers or something ahead of another more popular movie that year? I don't think I've ever seen this movie, but the scene is still burned into my mind 20 years later.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

That’s actually pretty smart though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

maybe, but logging trucks are second only to hay trucks in rate and lethality of dropped load. It's a really good and basic safety practice, the movie didnt come up with the idea of logging truck accidents.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I never did fully trust those hay trucks. Glad that wasn't unjustified

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

each of the hay bales on those trucks weighs between 500 and 1600 lbs, normally on the high end. they also suck to haul.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are we talking about the big round bales?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago