Another personal rule of mine is never park next to a guardrail, jersey barrier, etc., regardless of emergency unless truck is immobile or barrier is way too long to drive past. Blown tire? Overheating engine? Drive on (slow) to a point where you are less hemmed in.
Parking On The Shoulder, 3 Dead
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Opus, Mar 6, 2019.
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Drivers do have control; not the clock. It is up to drivers to use the tools at their disposal to complete their job within the framework of regulations and corporate policies. If a driver is continually running into time issues it is possible they are poor at planning or they are working for a company that has unrealistic expectations. If the latter, then they should likely look for employment elsewhere as those types of companies will typically throw a driver under the bus at the first issue. -
And I have to work not to drift towards them.
So odds are that car wouldn’t have left it’s lane if the doofus wasn’t illegally parked on the shoulder because he was too lazy to find a safe place to park.
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He should lose his CDL just for taking a 10 hour break along a highway. -
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Lets not defend this stupid thinking that we can park anywhere we want.Bud A. Thanks this. -
This driver will be going to prison for a long time and he deserves it.
I see drivers parked on the shoulder too close to the travel lanes all the time. Yes I know it is not easy to find parking right on the 11th hour. However that’s not an excuse to park on the shoulder just because you are too lazy to put some effort and find a safe place to park.
Last year a driver parked in the travel lane on a 3 lanes street so he can get breakfast at McDonald’s. A car crushed into him and killed the driver. That guy was charged with negligent homicide or something similar.Bud A. Thanks this. -
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