[DuncanWaring]

There’s some really big trucks in Michigan.

The standard “18-wheeler” has two axles in the back of the trailer. Some of these have seven axles. The trailers then are bigger too.

[antiunion person]

It doesn't matter how many axles are on a trailer. They have height restrictions. If an oversized load needs to be moved, the city, county and state has to approve the route and there is no way all three would have allowed an over height tanker to move. I don't want to downplay this accident but accidents do happen. There are thousands of reasons why a tanker would or could explode. To all the readers here in FRer land, a major statistic about truck accidents is: over 80% of all accidents involving big rigs are caused by cars. I am a truck driver now and a retired sheriff's deputy. I'm not a highway patrol officer which mostly happen all investigations involving commercial vehicle accidents but have had enough training and hands on to know what probably happened.