Two men were killed in a four-vehicle pileup in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, on Monday morning.
According to police, the accident occurred at around 5:20 a.m. on the Tohoku Expressway. Fuji TV reported that a semitrailer was rearended by a two-ton truck. A four-ton truck then hit the two-ton truck and flipped over, crashing into another car.
Police said the drivers of the two-ton and four-ton trucks were killed in the accident.
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SenseNotSoCommon
Up each others' bumpers, no doubt.
jojo_in_japan
tail gating is such a rampant problem here ... dangerous
Mocheake
Could have been due to inattention or tailgating. Sometimes I have to remind myself not to tailgate, which is so common in my hometown NYC, that sometimes I think it's in my blood. RIP
Iwandabaka
I drive to Tochigi on the Tohoku three times a month. If you are doing 120 km in the 100 km zone some dork in a Mercedes or similarly pretentious vehicle is guaranteed to ride your ** s till you succumb and change lanes. It's an arrogant psyche that often leads to disaster.
Balefire
Tailgating is very prevalent here, to the extent that it's remarkable when you see someone not following too closely...and you have to look fast, because someone is sure to put their car into that open space.
Almost everyone does it, and although I'm not prepared to see that truckers do it more, I do think they represent more risk, since they are likely to have a longer stopping distance but they don't drive as if they know it. Despite my best efforts to avoid it, I find myself far too often in a position of seeing nothing but a license plate in my rear-view mirror.
Pandabelle
There's no excuse for speeding, but the right lane is for passing, so if you're not passing you shouldn't be in it.