What the....?
Discussion in 'USA Truck' started by Jrivas23, May 15, 2014.
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Old News.... Yawn...It's hard to believe some folks still think its news..
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Let me do everyone a favor. This is a VERY OLD POST!!!!!!! This is about the 10th time someone has posted this.
So what happened with this driver?
He was obviously a rookie that got in a panic one would think. But he was also acting like an idiot. He did tap the top of the bridge from what I understand and so decided to back up and turn around. The guy who filmed it did offer to help guide him out of this predicament but the driver refused. If you look in the video he simply only had to back up about 25 feet and he would have had plenty of room to turn around. This is all from the guy who originally filmed it. Im pretty sure USA truck knows about this video and this driver probably isn't with USA anymore. This wasn't just an accident it was a display of stupidity.
Once again this is all old news.mje Thanks this. -
Early on just after I got my own truck I missed a low clearance sign in Pennsylvania and came face to face with this same kind of situation. Every driver I know has a story where they messed up and got in trouble. In my case I did several things wrong. First I did not consult my truckers road atlas about low bridges. Second I did not call the shipper for directions and finally I panicked after I got lost. However there is something that separates most drivers from steering wheel holders. When they find themselves in a hole they STOP DIGGING!! In my case I swallowed my pride and called the highway patrol to assist me in backing almost 1/2 mile back to where I missed the sign and followed the trooper to the facility where I got loaded. That day the only thing that was damaged was my pride. Its actually painful to watch that video. Back a few months before I got out of trucking a driver for my company Willis Shaw pulled a stunt just as bad as this. He pulled his rig pulling a 53 footer into a McDonald's took out the drive through awning along with several cars and finally pulled down an electrical line by breaking a power pole. None of us are perfect but I often wonder where these guys minds are.
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Several years ago I actually spoke to an Illinois state trooper in the TA truck stop near Chicago on I-80. He told me he preferred to be called instead of having to clean up a situation where a driver goes off on a tangent and tears something up.
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