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Semi drivers fret at weather, bad drivers 2/20/08 Quote:
WALCOTT, Iowa -- The 2,100 pounds of frozen pizza dough was not going anywhere on Tuesday.
That's because the driver of the semi-truck carrying the load to Salt Lake City was waiting in Walcott, as were hundreds of other semi-truck drivers who wanted winter road conditions to clear up on Interstate 80 and 380 so they could continue west.
This winter has been tough on semi-truck drivers, who have had to deal with conditions across the United States from heavy rains and tornadoes to snow and ice. The conditions are trying their patience and putting a pinch on their pocketbooks as the drivers usually get paid by the mile, not by standing still.
'I am stopped in my tracks,' said Ron Ferguson of Marco Transportation, adding that there were more than 200 cars and trucks stranded on Interstate 80 westbound past Iowa City.
The roads were so icy in areas on I-80 and I-380 on Tuesday that travel was not advised. 'They aren't even allowing tow trucks. I'm stuck here until the advisory is lifted and I can go,' said Mr. Ferguson, who was at the I-80 Truck Stop Tuesday morning watching the Weather Channel hoping another upcoming light storm will pass.
Mr. Ferguson said he can usually go about 700 miles a day in good weather. 'We get paid by the mile. Today, I'm not getting paid anything to sit.' 'Iowa said this is one of the worse winters it has had,' said Kevin Bonney of Lewistown, Ill., who drives a semi for G&D Integrated.
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