When you see a car in a ditch and the passengers are a mother and her 6 year old daughter...should you help or not?
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Should have frisked them before helping?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by TallJoe, Feb 1, 2019.
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They have communications, we have the state patrol etc.
We stop for no one. Not with a million in narcotics and kits in that back of that Pharmacy trailer.
Even if it was just toilet paper by the pallet, we still stop for no one these days. The liability is not worth it anymore.WeWantGreatness, adayrider, rabbiporkchop and 2 others Thank this. -
I often drive by some abandoned vehicles that appear to be broken down. They've been there for awhile and have all sorts of state patrol "get this out of here" stickers on them. Did the driver actually have somebody come pick them up? Or did they actually end up hoofing it back to the nearest town, catch a Greyhound, and wrote the vehicle off as loss?
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A flare guy pointed at the driver to keep driving?...he needs his man hood checked ( grantee I’ve never been in that predicament) but I feel like I would have been driving and gave her the meanest left hook to shatter her dang skull. Not the first time I’ve gotten up in the cab as it’s moving lol.
Plus its a flare gun what damage could it really do.D.Tibbitt, BigDog Trucker, snowman_w900 and 4 others Thank this. -
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I haven't seen any big trucks cross the block from that situation but ha...
I left my 18 wheeler once in my lifetime. This would be in Rockville Md inside the median strip (Center, express lanes) of I-270 in the early speed rush as the hordes of barbarians race home from DC. I had 6 lanes of that to cross twice on foot. Dove once.
That was successful, the company sent coolant enough to get it to shop at the old 76 that day. Someone had pinholed the coolant hose behind the turbo until all of the fluid was gone to that level.
But I am not doing that again. Even if I wanted to at my age, I would be suicidal to attempt it.bentstrider83 Thanks this. -
Of course the guy he bought it from kept ducking him until he got notified of his abandoned vehicle being towed. Then he decided to try and ride my friends behind. Disposable vehicles. When the tow and repair outweigh the actual cost of the vehicle and it becomes a financial blackhole!! -
Nope, especilly for a woman. 25% are mentally ill and the other 75% are undiagnosed..
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I don't pull over for nothing... Accident, fire, nothing. BUT...
I did once hit the side of the road while i was in a traffic jam. Up ahead of me I see a sedan pulled over and an older gentleman trying to get out of the driver seat. By trying I mean he's barely able to stand/walk... So I hit the shoulder, kinda trot over to him and see if the "young man" was alright. His response was for me to call 911 as his slurred speak and vacant look in his eyes told me he was possibly having a stroke.
Stayed with him until State and EMS arrived. Come to find out I was right. Hopefully I saved the guys life that day.PoleCrusher, Flat Earth Trucker, BigDog Trucker and 5 others Thank this.
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