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Driving an all broken truck overloaded with apples ...

posted 16 years ago by cengelm
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... may damage your health.

Why should a seasoned driver drive like that? Suicide?

Watch Le Salaire de la Peur.

[–] cengelm 15 years ago

In Le Salaire de la Peur the driver was careful all the time with his load.
Only with the empty truck he was euphoric and careless.

[–] advice31765 15 years ago

The driver was not reckless in Thieves Highway. There was a mechanical malfunction.

[–] cengelm 15 years ago

There was a mechanical malfunction.
Unsurprisingly.

[–] AssetsonFire 9 years ago

Both drivers were reckless. Conte was driving half asleep and Mitchell was goading his rivals while speeding along in a decrepit deathtrap.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 9 years ago

he needed to pack some coffee.

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[–] iwals 15 years ago

I really liked this movie, but a major plot hole for me was the universal joint about to go out on the truck. For anyone with a little mechanical ability, it is an easy fix. Yet they blew this all out of proportion as far as being expensive or hard to replace. Of course, the effect of its failing can result in what was depicted in the movie. Without the driveshaft attached, the transmission can't slow the truck. Like the old truckers' saying, you can go down a thousand hills slow, but you'll only go down one fast.

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[–] onepotato2 14 years ago

All he had to do to minimize his damage and save his life was drive perpindicular up any of those hills he passed along the road.

[–] Tim-O-T 14 years ago

I thought of this too. Also, there was a flat open area he could've driven into instead of making a curve. This of course, would've changed the story.
I think the story was trying to show how desperate some people were and how tough times were....taking risks.

[–] macatfo 14 years ago

TWO plot holes!

When the driveline broke at the differential it stopped turning, meaning the engine was in neutral or the clutch was depressed. Ed would have been in a lower gear, not in neutral.
The u-joint may have been described as broken, but the splints were wrapped around the drive shaft, as if it had cracked. If it had been broken, no splice in the world would have worked.

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[–] Manton29 11 years ago

"Alright already." - this thread

Time for a new signature, perhaps. Hmmmm...