Warning: All Day CNBC Hit Pieces Against Trucking

I love that one piece where the name of the tractor that was pulling the Millis trailer was given as an "Intercontinental." I stopped taking the piece seriously after that. Especially when you have to use exclamation points in your graphic to make the statistics and talking points sound more important.

 

Maybe we should just all park our trucks, then there won't be any accidents.

 

I think that big CNBC report, Collision Course, was a big bust. Barely a blip on social media. Almost nothing. Good. That will teach them to waste their money.

 

There's more and I passed it along to OOIDA and they should set the story straight next Land Line issue .

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/truck-accidents-surge-theres-no-national-outcry-n168346

 

They danced around the money I guess they were too chicken to run upon their sponsors.

 

"I think that big CNBC report, Collision Course, was a big bust. Barely a blip on social media. Almost nothing. Good. That will teach them to waste their money."

Yes but to a lawyer and a special interest group this was red meat in their quest to prove who's right and to control the government and control us.

 

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It's troubling to hear this. Maybe focus on how many trucks you safely passed. That would be many hundreds for the average cars I see flying down the highway in a trance. I cannot tell you how many times, everyday, I am forced to yield, brake, or make other evasive maneuvers to avoid killing car drivers that think the road belongs to them and only them. These drivers, a majority of the car drivers out here, ignore right of way laws, grossly ignore speed limits, follow too close, fail to signal or look before changing lanes. A good number are more occupied with their conversation with their passengers, or are on the phone, or texting, or eating, to have any safe amount of situational awareness. Also, how often do you see a car move over for a tow truck or disabled vehicle on the shoulder? How often do truckers get over? It's night and day the difference in safety mindedness between car drivers and truckers. Just today, like everday, I saw a pickup pulling a camper slowly on the shoulder. The camper had a flat tire and he was right on the white line. I was doing the speed limit and signaled to move left, letting it blink 3 times before slowly moving over. I saw the car approaching, running the left lane like he owned it, doing a lot faster than the posted limit, as is the norm. You could say I cut him off, he had to slow down to the speed limit. Boo Hoo! The car couldn't see why I was moving over, nor did he care. It was all about him. Nobody else. So he flashed his lights as to say, "Are you blind? Don't you know this is MY lane?!" Then he darts around me in the right lane just as we both passed the camper on the shoulder. He had no care for anybody on the shoulder, or how dangerous that wreckless move was. He then darts back over into HIS left lane even though there was nobody ahead in the right lane. You see, the left lane is HIS lane and he is not obligated to obey the speed limit.

I deal with thousands of these self-important dangerous car drivers everyday. And I can say confidently that it's over half that drive like this. The statistics show it as well. Car drivers are out of control. There is very little traffic enforcement put on cars. Very low education and training required to drive a car. They literally get their license out of a "Cracker Jack" box.

For a start, I think all cars should have electronic speed limiters set to the state's max speed limit in which they are registered. There is too much traffic to be driving like they drive. Next, there should be much stiffer penalties for the top 3 accident causes, speeding, following too close, and failure to yield right of way.

And some tips for car drivers from a trucker: 1)If you see me signal, it's for a reason and I need to do it now not in a minute. So sliw the heck down and give me room before we get tangled up and your attitude gets you killed. I'll most likely live. 2)The interstate is not the autobahn! Slow down! 3) Pay attention to what is going on! Throw your phone where you cannot reach it while driving. 4) Trucks are not the boogie man. We aren't trying to run you off the road. We see things way ahead and to the right that are happening and you may never see why we jumped over or nudged up on the edge of YOUR lane. Stop taking everything as a personal assault to your ego!

 

Whew! Rant over!

 

rocky, well said... i'm coming back out of retirement to drive a truck for my son who wants to own trucks and hire veterans.. i'm, the test subject so to speak ... we are going to install a camera system that looks forward and back down both sides... two reasons... #1 footage will be invaluable training aid as to real world behind the wheel for our new hires... #2 if heaven forbide. there is an accident it will aid in proving causation .... might even send the stupid things other steering wheel holders do to their companies,, as anyone knows there are drivers out here that don't have enough training, then there are the I'm a big truck I own the road, get out of my way, (the idiots that drive 5 feet off the rear bumper of the vehicle in front of them), and of course the the 2 week know it all that can't or won't learn to do it right... as for the the stuff 4 wheelers do ... that footage ought to go to every major news media outlet... Sure could tie up the mail server... by the way the prices for a good camera set are falling...they are invaluable when the cop says whats your side and you can say I"LL SHOW YOU... here endth the rant be safe and prosper