comedian Tracy Morgan hurt in bus/truck crash

I am with you too sir... This is all very very sad and unfortunate... Stuff can happen to anyone... regardless of how many million safe miles one has... Again, my sincere prayers to all involved and their families.

 

Hey you can pull over NOW and take that nap even with E logs.

Only make sure it's limited to just 30 minutes, otherwise you burn too much time on your 14... and just don't take that nap before driving 4 hours if you want to protect your 11... also don't do it before driving 6 hours if you're trying to protect your 14.

So yes, go ahead and enjoy that very refreshing 30 minute nap, but make sure you remember all the RULES if you want to make $ and if you want to stay out of trouble with your company!

 

This kind of "but for the grace of God go I" stuff terrifies me. Each us are in situations everyday when one small lapse can put us on the front page; I think that's one thing that the "normal" public tends to forget. In the vast majority of jobs, a three second lapse isn't going to do that much. Most truckers cover about a football field in that time; there really is not that much of a margin for error when you think about it.

I'm definitely sad for everyone involved, but hopefully things like this make us all step back and think for a minute. Even the best of us are not immune; it is usually a question of being in the wrong place at the exact wrong time. I've been accident free for 21 years, but I know that could all change at literally any second. A healthy respect for what can happen is really our only defense.

Be safe out there.

 

Here is the truck.

 

The HOS are intended to provide drivers adequate time to get rest, elogs are intended to ensure they take it. There is no intent by either to guarantee a driver use the time get the rest.

When you start your analysis from false premises, you can end up anywhere.

 

500 people didn't die today or have they any day in the US as a result of vehicle crashes. 500 * 365 = 182,500. Annual US fatalities due to vehicle crashes vary between ~35-45K. 45,000 / 365 = 123.28.

Statistically, though, ~26,027 crashes were reported to police today. (9.5M / 365) No telling how many occurred that weren't.

 

Walmart is already one of the safest if not the safest big fleet. So I predict one of 2 possible outcomes:

1) Walmart does away with its private fleet altogether and moves totally to subcontracting with Swift, England, Covenant, etc

2) Walmart becomes the first mega fleet to fully adopt disk brakes

 

How the heck did this become about elogs? Some of you folks sure do love your conspiracy theories

 

IF they are the safest big fleet ( which I believe they are ) why would they do away with its private fleet? That makes no sense to me and ya let England and Swift completely ruin the Wal_mart name which already has tons of opposition...