So, your Swift stories are true.

Discussion in 'Road Stories' started by CMoore2004, Dec 3, 2007.

  1. CMoore2004

    CMoore2004 Road Train Member

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    On the way to Wisconsin today, I spotted a Swift truck. On the other side of the highway... facing the same way I was. The camera phone snapped it about 1 second late, but you get the idea. I saw another truck lying on its side, and another one that had just been towed to the rest area, but I couldn't read the name (due to the fact I could only see the bottom of the truck).

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  3. palerdr

    palerdr Medium Load Member

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    Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Strange. Was it icy out? Was the Swift truck jacknifed? are there any more clues that you can think of?






     
  4. CMoore2004

    CMoore2004 Road Train Member

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    Ya, we had a heck of a storm the night before. I was doing about 35-45 most of the way home from a concert. Kept getting passed by the supertruckers. I guess they just couldn't get all the wrecked ones off the road last night. The small town I neighbor (smaller than the one of 3000 that I live in) had something like 32 calls to the firehouse.
     
  5. palerdr

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    the only thing that makes any sense in this situation is MAYBE the swift truck was trying to assist the other driver that rolled over. Still hard to understand why he was facing the wrong direction though. It doesn't really make much sense. Maybe he didn't have enough coffee and was half asleep and turned down the wrong ramp !!! This is definitely a strange one.







     
  6. CMoore2004

    CMoore2004 Road Train Member

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    No, they were two completely separate incidents... Swifty just lost it, driving in conditions above his skill level.
     
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  7. Roadmedic

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    I don't drive for Swift and never have ever driven for them. But you are shown as a student. I am not sure you should be passing judgement as to whether he was above his skill level.

    Just my opinion.
     
  8. CMoore2004

    CMoore2004 Road Train Member

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    Perhaps I'm just a student, but he should have pulled it over if it wasn't safe to drive. A four-wheeler can see it, a cop can see it, and I doubt it was put down as an unpreventable accident.
     
  9. Roadmedic

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    I don't disagree. But there are always circumstances not known. There are times when driving, the road is fine in the truck when not in a car. All of a sudden, the road might glare over and then you are stuck in the conditions. If he didn't damage the truck, or hit someone else, I would think he was lucky, but will not pass judgement on his abilities.
     
  10. SD40T2

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    I agree road conditions will catch even the most experiansed off guard
     
  11. CMoore2004

    CMoore2004 Road Train Member

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    I'm not sure how "off-guard" you can be when the entire state's under a winter weather warning. The day before, we had a winter weather watch. Anyone in the midwest should've known the storm was coming. I'm pretty sure that checking the weather is part of the trip planning, but as a student I couldn't possibly know anything.
     
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