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Yesterday another major accident just south of the Tapatio hotel ( the downhill stretch) heading to Chapala. Double trailer lost brakes. 

Highway to Chapala, one of the most dangerous in the State

The highway to Chapala has been listed as one of the most dangerous in Jalisco in the last year due to the spectacular accidents that have occurred on it. In addition to the mishap that occurred yesterday, just a month ago a crash took the lives of three people; on May 16, a 25-year-old man died after his car was pressed after hitting a personnel transport truck and, just a month earlier, on April 16, a woman died when the truck she was traveling in was embedded in a tree on the side of this road.

The mishaps recorded in this five-year period claimed the lives of at least 29 people in the place where the mishap occurred, not knowing how many more could have died in hospitals. In addition to those mentioned, the SCT registered at least 70 injuries that required medical attention. 

https://www.informador.mx/Carretera-a-Chapala-Trailer-sin-frenos-mata-a-uno-y-lesiona-a-siete-l202207290001.html

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They have the  legislation, they are supposed to be checking trucks for safety and weight.  They do neither with the result a lot of people get killed by trucks with bad brakes, tires, etc. and grossly overweight.  An added "benefit" of the overweight part is even more accidents and destruction of roads.

When it was first tried to let Mexican trucks into the U.S. most failed due to safety or weight issues.  The companies got the message and now the trucks they send into the U.S. are a great deal safer than the ones they run inside the country.

They would clean up their act if someone would make them.

 

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20 minutes ago, Mainecoons said:

They have the  legislation, they are supposed to be checking trucks for safety and weight.  They do neither with the result a lot of people get killed by trucks with bad brakes, tires, etc. and grossly overweight.  An added "benefit" of the overweight part is even more accidents and destruction of roads.

When it was first tried to let Mexican trucks into the U.S. most failed due to safety or weight issues.  The companies got the message and now the trucks they send into the U.S. are a great deal safer than the ones they run inside the country.

They would clean up their act if someone would make them.

 

"They would clean up their act if someone would make them." ---Unless someone pays them not to.

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