Have you ever given a stranger a ride?

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  1. Still undecided

    Still undecided Heavy Load Member

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    I have a driver a ride once years ago. I had a summer job that involved driving at night and noticed a driver starting to look for a payphone as I was finishing up for the night. It was pretty early and he was pretty grateful.
     
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  3. FloridaRetired

    FloridaRetired Medium Load Member

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    That knife never made it to the median. I found it in my hissing drive tire while fueling in Osseo another day...
     
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  4. HogazWild

    HogazWild Light Load Member

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    Interesting fact: passenger seat belt pressure sensor can be remotely monitored; it's on every make and model.. It often is even at Chicago companies
     
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  5. hyperliquidloser

    hyperliquidloser Light Load Member

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    yes once there was a girl under a bridge her boyfriend kicked her out it was in the desert in like arizona she needed a ride. I told her it was against company policy but id give her water... Well she was thirsty and said if i give her a ride she will give me one... Im only human and a lonely male trucker WTF you think i did? technically though because of insurance you shouldnt give rides to strangers... but if its a cute girl i mean im sure everyone understands.
     
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  6. NightWind

    NightWind Road Train Member

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    About 30+ yrs ago heading southbound on I65 just north of Nashville below the scales pouring down rain was a young man, car hood up he had started walking. I stopped he got in I took him to the TS and dropped him off. We didn't speak 5 words. Never saw him again. I stopped because my inner voice told me to.
     
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  7. Numb

    Numb Crusty Curmudgeon

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    "Im only human and a lonely male trucker WTF you think i did?"

    sounds like what you did, was take advantage of a girl in distress.

    if it actually happened. :rolleyes:
     
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  8. mustang190

    mustang190 Road Train Member

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    Once.
    I picked up a hitchhiker in the cold rain on a lonely stretch of highway.
    Drove most of the night until I spotted an old cafe, I tossed him a dime as I dropped it into low and told him to have a cup on me. And I drove off into the night. :cool:
     
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  9. Still undecided

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    Did you die in a fiery wreck while hauling gasoline instead of running into the broken down school bus full of kids too?
     
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  10. mustang190

    mustang190 Road Train Member

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    Actually it was a pickup truck with kids and dogs in the back.
    But a school bus made a better impression. :D
     
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  11. 4wayflashers

    4wayflashers Road Train Member

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    It’s a DOT violation to have any uninsured passengers in an CMV.
     
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