Strange or bizarre tips for drivers

Getting ready to get started out in the business after the housing market killed my last job! That was a very good list of items that might be needed. I especially liked the one with the camera. I always have a camera.

I had the idea of with the way 4 wheelers drive around trucks that if such a thing is available to have a dash cam, something like the cops use. I think the video would put an end to the people who want to blame their accident on the trucker instead of admitting it was their own stupidity!

One more thing, I have been reading this thread for several pages and you guys are funny! Keep em' coming!

Anyway, thanks for the informative list,

chiefs83

 

Yep... I'll second that!

As a former 40 year resident of Michigan, I can attest to that fact. Leave the heat off the windshield... it only melts the snow and clogs up your wipers. Dry, frozen snow blows right up and over.

 

Hmmmmmmm
I gotta remember those tips
for when it gets REAL cold,
about +40 degrees,
here in Southern Claifornia.

I freeze my patootie off in weather THAT cold. And when it gets Waayyyy down to +32 degrees, I don't usually attempt to venture outside --- until it gets above +50 degrees.
Man wasn't meant to be out in weather THAT cold.

Man-0-MaN!
I'm freezin' just THINKIN' 'bout it.
Burrrrrrrr!

 

An excellent example of good advice being passed on. We don't see as much of this as we should. Would really help the new guys starting out.
New versus old:
We used to raise the hood on the old Internationals, place a strip of wooden yard stick on the cowl, lower the hood on it. This gave you a slit
of hot air off the engine right in front of your windshield. Kinda like an outside emergency defroster. Use the whole yard stick and the passenger could see too.... LOL....

Joke:::: Anyone ever hear of the old guys telling the new guys back in the 50's to carry a jug of chlorox when going up north. Supposed to pour it on your tires to gain traction when stalled on ice. (Never tried it-May work.)