[v1r]

According to preliminary information, on May 13, 2024, at about 3:40 p.m., a 37-year-old driver, driving a BelAZ 75131 car, while reversing on the territory of an industrial facility, drove off the road and subsequently overturned the vehicle.

As a result of the accident, the driver of the car died on the spot before emergency medical services arrived.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Helluva long way to roll a large semi.

[jennyt]

That music in the second video

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

You can't get a true perspective on this truck's size from the video... the BELAZ 75131 is enormous:

[v1r]

Originally Posted by HIGHTECHDUDE ↗

You can't get a true perspective on this truck's size from the video... the BELAZ 75131 is enormous:

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Its like those gigantic australian mining trucks.

[William May]

I worked with guys who used to drive these size trucks in the copper mines south of Tucson (Back when they were operating) They said they were a blast to drive. They would skid them going around corners headed to the bottom of the mine, 4 wheel drifting them all the way down. They said they were REALLY maneuverable. Stopping took a while, because they use electric brakes on the wheels. (The motors that drive them get reverse power, and instead of driving them, it slows the wheels down. But those brakes are most effective the slower you go, so when you are really moving, you have no real brakes.) A couple of the guys had actually rear-ended the dump truck in front of them. Made a big noise but didn't do much damage. And the drivers are out of the way, up in the cabs. I don't remember any deaths ever being reported from those mines. Although there were supervisors pickups that got flattened when they left them parked in the wrong place. Those trucks had right-of-way everywhere they operated. It was everyone else's job to stay clear of them when they were moving.

[William May]

the big silver circles on the front are not headlights, but probably actually air cleaners, for the diesel engines that run the generators that power the wheels. The actual headlights are down on the front bumpers, nearer ground level. I think the ones in Tucson carried either 100 tons or 125 tons. That's probably what the one pictured here carries. They have a display south of Tucson at one of the mines where you can see some of them parked on display, and even walk underneath them.

[v1r]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

the big silver circles on the front are not headlights, but probably actually air cleaners, for the diesel engines that run the generators that power the wheels. The actual headlights are down on the front bumpers, nearer ground level. I think the ones in Tucson carried either 100 tons or 125 tons. That's probably what the one pictured here carries. They have a display south of Tucson at one of the mines where you can see some of them parked on display, and even walk underneath them.

Dang that's kinda neat. I did not see them as anything but lights until you said what they were.

[tecumseh35]

To be sure, vodka was involved.

[DanteAntonelli]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

the big silver circles on the front are not headlights, but probably actually air cleaners, for the diesel engines that run the generators that power the wheels. The actual headlights are down on the front bumpers, nearer ground level. I think the ones in Tucson carried either 100 tons or 125 tons. That's probably what the one pictured here carries. They have a display south of Tucson at one of the mines where you can see some of them parked on display, and even walk underneath them.

Thanks, it's nice to become less ignorant as time goes by, I thought those were headlights