HAZARD MARKERS

Can anyone guess what is wrong in this photo? No fair looking at the header...........could it be that there is a trailer on the shoulder of the road? No, this happens once in a while, all things mechanical do tend to break down. Could it be that this trailer is near what looks to be a broadcast tower? NOPE, (BZZZZZZZZZ) wrong answer, thanks for playing.........

  If you look really close at the deck at the rear of the trailer you will see the WARNING TRIANGLES on the deck and not on the ground where they are supposed to be.

It seems to me that according to the instruction  manuals and tests I have taken over the last 20 years to qualify to drive a tractor trailer,  ( started in 1989, shhhhhh don't tell anybody) that when a break down happens, the triangles are to be placed on the ground and spaced (1) 10'  BEHIND the stopped vehicle, (2nd triangle) at 100' BEHIND the stopped vehicle and (3rd triangle, which is missing) at another 100' behind the vehicle........

Not only does this driver not have the correct # of warning devices with them, (somebody didn't do the pre-trip inspection)  they can't follow simple placement on the ground. I remember this being on the test for the CDL so there is no excuse for this kind of laziness. And just to fend off any naysayers in the crowd, look up 392.22 sub-chapter B, part v, in the little green book from J J KELLER, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.  The placement does not have to be EXACT, but even putting these reflectors on the ground and spaced out a little bit would have made more sense. 

  And where did I see this wonder of the highways,  Maryland hwy 152 crosses I-95 at exit #74 and heading southeast  from I-95 near Joppatowne, Maryland.