Don't Stop Drivers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  1. TokyoJoe

    TokyoJoe Road Train Member

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    And I'll remember the next time some moron situation is going on like this one that people like you will just believe whatever unbelievable #### that is spewed because one time there was a picture like that one posted on the internet.
     
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    Now is the time for you as a driver to think about what you would do in the same or similar situation. If you stop your truck, you are likely to face the fate of Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, pulled out and beaten to a pulp.

    Since you can't do a u-turn, there is only driving straight through, but make no mistake about it, the rioters will attempt to get in the truck somehow, they will try spiderman acrobatics to get on the truck and then to you. Of course, there is strength in numbers and you can only swing a crowbar so fast or use pepper spray, but eventually they will get you if you stop. Unless you have something else in reserve. I expect more of this in the future, so it's something to think about as a driver who is sent to all kinds of places you are not really all that familiar with.
     
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    More videos are coming out on social media. I thought the link I posted from IG would work because it’s a public page but I guess not.

    Edit: Largecarsmafia has a video that a protester shot of any of you are on Instagram.
     
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    Last time I checked, local fuel haulers, fuel haulers in general require 1-3 years OTR, this photo is a rookie mistake, apples to oranges.
     
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    Oh, so only rookies make mistakes. I will also note that.
     
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    Yeah, or they can’t read.
     
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    The photo states height, and I am positive there were plenty of signs beforehand. Also a tanker driver gets paid more, they have more on the line, you would know that if you drove. Their accessorial pay, load pay, hourly pay, etc. But note that.
     
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    Long is just trolling. At this point nobody believes any of the horse #### spewed previously in this case. This experienced driver was driving into a lions cage and he didn't even know it.

    It could have been any of us. I've been up around Minneapolis dozens of times. Why would the entire interstate system be shut down? I'd think that. For idiocy? Seriously?
     
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    Minnesota Department of Transportation (@MnDOT) on Twitter
     
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    Yep
     
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