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Bud Light semi driver unfamiliar with SF's steep hills gets stuck

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by c64basic, Feb 7, 2016.

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  1. Feb 7, 2016 #1
    c64basic

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    Bud Light semi truck driver apparently unfamiliar with city's steep hills gets stuck[​IMG]
    Thousands of Super Bowl revelers will be without their Bud Light this evening, due to what we can only imagine was a dire slope miscalculation on the part of a delivery driver in San Francisco today.

    A semi-truck operator, either unfamiliar with or in disbelief of stories about the city's numerous steeply inclined hills, unsuccessfully attempted to turn onto Jones Street from California Street.


    Unfortunately, the driver did not not realize that the 24.8 percent grade on Jones between California and Pine would force the truck to bottom out, and render it completely useless.

    Kurt Varner, a Director of Design at Shyp, caught the moment and tweeted out a few photos of the mishap.

    San Francisco does not care about Bud Light. Not even during the Super Bowl. pic.twitter.com/PYpDv5OE6t

    — Kurt Varner (@kurtvarner) February 3, 2016
    Perhaps this driver thought our hills were just a myth, exaggerated by tales defining the city's picturesque landscape. Sadly, the driver found out the hard way that the slopes here are not just for show.
     
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  3. Feb 7, 2016 #2
    taxihacker66

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    I guess it ain't so light!
     
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    Thegasman

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    They need to get vans n pick ups over to that beached beer wagon asap. People need that beer. I know I would if I was in San Fran!
     
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  5. Feb 7, 2016 #4
    ZVar

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    Over on the 'say it with a pic' thread in jokes, there is a pic that shows a few trucks doing this.

    [​IMG]

    -Steven
     
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  7. Feb 8, 2016 #5
    Hurst

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    I scraped my landing gear on a hill out there a few yrs back. Some of those streets are brutal.

    Hurst
     
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  8. Feb 9, 2016 #6
    LindaPV

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    You'd think there'd be a sign....
     
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  9. Feb 9, 2016 #7
    cnsper

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    Do those guys not know how to drive? You gotta get a run at it.
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    If you don't then you end up looking like this....
    [​IMG]
     
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    G13Tomcat

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    ^^^^^ @cnsper i'm still laughing...leaving in 18 with a chuckle!~
     
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    LindaPV

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    bullitt.jpg They're no Steve McQueen...
     
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  12. Feb 9, 2016 #10
    jammer910Z

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    24.8 grade....? That's a San Francisco treat. Probably a good thing he DID get caught on that ridge.

    Those little single axle day cabs don't have engine brakes and the driver more than likely was on loan from a neighboring distributor to help for the SB and not used to the streets , or controlling a heavy load on a steep grade (and boy is 25 steep!).

    That may have averted disaster.
     
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