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Cybergal · **^ Top** #1 01.18.2008

Classic car crushed by truck with Werner Enterprises trainee, trainer
1/18/08

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Pat Boyle – an employee at The Home Depot – parked his car along the outer edge of the store’s parking lot before every shift to prevent door dings and other scars from marring his restored 1968 Plymouth Valiant.
His tactic worked until Thursday, Jan. 10.

On that day, according to police in Slidell, LA, Werner trainee Vera Shed drove a 2006 Peterbilt truck through the Slidell Home Depot parking lot. Shed attempted to make a U-turn at the back of the parking lot and head to the back of the building. That’s when she ran over and pulled the sedan four feet, leaving the car’s passenger wheels suspended in the air.
“She proceeded to make her turn, didn’t see the vehicle in that parking spot and ran right over it,” Slidell Capt. Kevin Foltz told Land Line.
No one was injured in the wreck.
Shed, 52, was being supervised by Werner driving instructor Jesus Alfaro, 25, and neither saw the parked car in Shed’s way.
Foltz said he was surprised to learn that a 25-year-old was considered by Werner as the more experienced driver of the pair.
“I guess you can be an experienced driver at 25 years old,” Foltz told Land Line. “I don’t know how experienced.”

Foltz said the collision’s location on private property prevented police from issuing any citations, although “that doesn’t mean she isn’t going to be liable for damages,” he said.
The intersection of Interstate 10 with I-12 and I-59 make Slidell a hub of truck traffic in the Bayou region, said Foltz.
Boyle normally leaves by 5 p.m., he told the Times-Picayune newspaper, but he’d been delayed at work that day.
“Just the fact that it’s a classic makes this horrible,” Boyle told the Times-Picayune.

http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_ne.../011808-17.htm

cruzin4u · **^ Top** #2 01.18.2008

So much for Vera's career as a truck driver!

That is funny though, a 25 yr old instructor and he didn't even see the car as well.

If it were my classic car that were crushed, I'd be crushing some skulls!

LadyTrucker99 · **^ Top** #3 01.19.2008

I am willing to bet the instructer wasnt even up front--prolly was sleeping if the truth be known. If you can see cars around you--i would sure hate to be on the highway with them.

Burky · **^ Top** #4 01.19.2008

He needs to get over it. It was a Valiant!! A Valiant may be old, but it will never be a classic!!

by the way, the ame common sense rule that we use in parking trucks applies to cars. never park on the very end of the row.

RoamingGnome · **^ Top** #5 01.19.2008

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Originally Posted by LadyTrucker99

I am willing to bet the instructer wasnt even up front--prolly was sleeping if the truth be known. If you can see cars around you--i would sure hate to be on the highway with them.

thats what i was thinking as i was reading this. i have a feeling she will say this to save her cdl and ability to drive a truck.

Burky · **^ Top** #6 01.19.2008

By the way, if you consider the dynamics of making a U turn, you will find that the story of the Werner driver doesn't hold up. Since we can make a relatively safe assumption that the car was on the inside of their turn as they ran over it, then it was impossible for her not to have seen it. Anyone here ever make a turn and not be able to see what is on the inside of the turn? I never have.

A definite case of the driver not paying attention to the trailer cutting a shorter circle than the truck, but I don't buy that the car wasn't seen. Could it be driver inexperience? Possibly, and if so, then that falls back onto the trainer allowing a trainee into a situation beyond their capabilities.

danc694u · **^ Top** #7 01.19.2008

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Originally Posted by Burky

He needs to get over it. It was a Valiant!! A Valiant may be old, but it will never be a classic!!

by the way, the ame common sense rule that we use in parking trucks applies to cars. never park on the very end of the row.

Werner + Trainer + Student = accident looking for place to happen.

Check out a few auctions

You would be VERY surprised to see what brings the big bucks out.

4 cheapest cars on the block

Camaro -- pick a year
Corvette -- pick a year
Mustang -- pick a year (excluding Shelby)
'57 Chevy

Right NOW, I am looking for a 1963 Impala 4-door, 6 cyclinder, 3-speed on column, with or without a/c...but none of the 4 above.

LadyTrucker99 · **^ Top** #8 01.19.2008

I can say i have seen some interesting incidents with werner trucks a few times.. Feel bad for the poor drivers! Thats truck driving for you!

truckin916 · **^ Top** #9 01.19.2008

LOl, of course the intructor didn't see it, he (and his 6 months of experience) were in the sleeper.

prisonerofthehwy · **^ Top** #10 01.19.2008

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Originally Posted by Cybergal

Classic car crushed by truck with Werner Enterprises trainee, trainer
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That sucks, but I don't see an issue with the age. I know alot of guys that started driving log trucks at 18, (sometimes 16 though illegally). So he very well could fit into that category, and have 7-9 years under his belt. I doubt it though, but it's possible.

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