Posted by Wilamayb on February 28, 2015 at 19:15:48 from (71.9.167.251):
In Reply to: Re: Bad Wreck posted by jon f mn on February 28, 2015 at 17:40:54:
Not meant to be insulting to anyone who does work hard at being safe as a driver. I realize that you are a full-time driver. My comments come as honest observation from someone who spends a great deal of time on the road in either a pickup or a semi. I know you have seen the trucks that can clearly see the car in his mirror but is too lazy to take a good look before cutting the trailer over on top of them. There's no excuse. You've also the seen the driver that is continually wandering from part way in the left lane all the way to the rumble strip then give it a yank to get it back in the lane. These usually arent one time offenders. It often goes on for miles. You finally zoom by them so see that they are playing with a laptop or a phone in their lap. This is not a rare occurrence. Not cool! As CDL carriers we have a responsibility to make the extra effort to be on the straight and narrow. Not only are we commercial carriers with huge liabilities for our company but at the end of the day lives are at stake. There is a huge difference between a bad driver in a toyota Carolla and a truck grossing 70-80,000 lbs. If you carry the big weapon then you have big responsibility.
Neither I nor the guys that work with me hesitate to call the number on the back of the trailer if the driver is a multiple offender. Everyone I work with is a Commercial driver and fully understand the situation. I hope someone would call my company number to report me if I was so selfish that I couldnt pull over to take care of my electronic gadgets.
Passenger cars are just that.. Passenger cars. Most dont drive a truck or understand anything about limited stopping power, being top heavy and long. You have to take that into consideration before you start the day and make reactions accordingly. People are going to cut you off and pull out in front of you. They are going to pull up way past the white line at the traffic signal so you cant make your left turn. It just comes with the territory. You just have to be patient, calm and slow. That's the part that the "go-cart" drivers are missing.
This is personal with me because it has nearly cost a group of us our lives more than one time. More often than not, it was either a semi or someone pulling a bumper pull travel trailer to blame. We work for a company that preaches safety from morning to night about things that are of no consequence. My cohorts and I have told them multiple times that if we get hurt on the job it will be from a motor vehicle crash, not working on the tractor or combine.
Looking at the picture above it's easy to see that the drivers were using far too much speed and not nearly enough following distance. Reasonable speeds dont cause pileups of that magnitude. I dont think you could disagree.
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