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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 95 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

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.

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 5 points 8 hours ago

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.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

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

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 1 hour ago

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

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 20 points 16 hours ago

That’s actually pretty smart though.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 26 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 23 hours ago

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.