Here’s what I’ve learned from 6 months as CDL A driver

There are 5 types of pedestrians on the roadway

1 - 50-60% - drug addicts . People who will risk anything and everything to get what they want instantly

2 - 10-20% angry/teens . They’re not quite willing to risk it all but they’re a danger to themselves and others

3 - 5-15% Gramps/ granny -almost normal but a bit slow and can become grumpy/ angry with little provocation

4 - 3-9%Cops - they want to produce revenue and know they can legally shoot but you can’t

5 -1-3% friendly/ happy - allow merging, create distance, don’t cause stress

my solution-
Since they want to put cameras everywhere, my truck has at least 3 outwards facing cameras I know of, let truckers use them…. To their advantage

truckers should be able to submit any video evidence from their cam, straight to law enforcement and the evidence should be able to be used to produce tickets.

this would over time severely cut down on the amount of drug addicts and angry drivers on the roads.

truckers would essentially be turned into a roaming mobile police force with camera-only powers.

the amount of tickets produced from the drug addicts/angry drivers would pay for road improvements, and create safer roads for everyone.

merry Christmas

Chi Town

 

Merry Christmas- my present to the community- feel free to do whatever you’d like with the gift- it’s just for fun

 

The 5 “pedestrians” ha

 

It’s down right ludicrous out here. I saw my first flipped over truck yesterday. I can only imagine what the pedestrians did to him to make him drive like that! He was turning onto the freeway at a light and must’ve been absolutely flying. It was a pretty major intersection and it even had a double left turn lane with tons of room. No chance he was going under 50 as he turned. It was an old Pete too. That truck had been on road for years and years and years.

I can only imagine it had to be some pedestrian on the way to get granny’s ham, risking it all, that finally drove old Pete to flip it over.

 

That’s what I’m saying! The biggest thing that’s changed from 30 years ago (in my humble non 30 year experience opinion) there’s way way way more vehicles on the roadways!

even in the middle of no where I’m getting run off the road by drug addicts! Any time of day. Any road. Any town! It’s truly insane.

great points I like your ideas.