USA Truck Incident in Atlanta

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  1. DGStrong71

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    51a0e436dbf3ec149a00002e.jpeg Truck No. T377 - This is a trainer truck so it might have been a student driver.
     
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  3. pattyj

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    wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I can't get heads or tails out of that photo because the vehicle is so mangled.Must have been barrelling thru the airport.
     
  4. tinytim

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    So you don't think that with a 158' skid mark and all that damage they were travelling at or near the speed limit of 45mph? :|
     
  5. WVroadtrucker1965

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    OK Right or wrong we have to ask was there a legal U-Turn there at that spot? Or Did the trainer or the student make the decisions to do the U turn? Well if there was a legal u turn at that spot then yes the bus was in the wrong! But my question is if the trainer himself told the student to make the Uturn Why the hell did the trainer not get out of the truck to stop traffic or vice versa? Come on Common sense guys! It is stuff like this that is getting all of us into trouble and the whole company! Yes I admit i have made Uturns and lucky lucky nothing like that has ever happened to me! but i take pro cautions when doing so! Alls I can say is use your head guys get back to basics out here!
     
  6. DGStrong71

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    Looks like the u-turn was legal according to the article at the following link. http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/hotel-shuttle-bus-wrecks-at-hartsfield-several-inj/nX2t5/
     
  7. pattyj

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    Well what do you think?Traveling slower would'nt have caused an accicident of this magnatude.He was probably driving faster and not paying attention till its too late.Glad noone was killed.Most trucking companies will fire you for making a uturn under any circumstances which my guess happened to this driver.
     
  8. DGStrong71

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    USA truck wont fire you. Its nearly impossible to get fired here. They think of you as an investment.
     
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  9. pattyj

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  10. Roadmedic

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    I have rode on the shuttle buses from airports. Always felt like I was risking my life and the drivers were crazy.
     
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  11. pattyj

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    Thats a first.Most companies think of drivers as a dime a dozen.
     
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