This post is 2 fold, and since "accidents" are popular, try and follw me here. In my small Colorado town, we have a Safeway food store, right in the middle of town, not easy for deliveries. Okay, yesterday, I was downtown, I noticed a Safeway trailer being pulled by a CR England truck. More on that in a second. The downtown, an well known art district, was very busy, no place for a semi, and this guy was trying to make a left turn( undivided to undivided)People weren't letting him turn, and he was blocking traffic and getting upset. He pulled up as far as he could, on an left angle, and backed up jack knifing the unit, to make the turn. I've done that many times. With his trailer axles all the way up, he would have made it, but failed to take into account the rear trailer "swing", and took the front end off of a van parked on the corner. It was heart breaking to watch, to say the least.
Now, my 2nd thing, why was a Cr England truck ( non-union) pulling a Safeway trailer( union) in the 1st place? Is that cool? I mean, I don't ever recall seeing that, is the union that lax, that they will take a non-union company to haul their trailers? And a poor one at that? Really? What's next, Swift pulling a Buster Brown wagon, and don't say it's been done.
Sign of the times?
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by 201, May 15, 2022.
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I see sub service carriers pulling YRC trailers all the timeMOBee, Flat Earth Trucker, drvrtech77 and 4 others Thank this. -
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Mercer pulls buster brown stuff every day.
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Apparently, Safeway has the same trouble getting drivers, and for the record, a union grocery store driver only touches the steering wheel of their truck, a highly sought after job in my day, and you mean to tell me nobody is going for that either? What does a transport driver make today, $40/hr with benefits? It shows to go, it doesn't matter what kind of money is offered, nobody wants to do that job anymore.
To be clear, this is NOT a "union" post, while I have 1.5 years vested in the Teamsters somewhere, I couldn't care less, I'm not a union man, but it shows not much is sacred anymore.Another Canadian driver Thanks this. -
I think it's very telling of the times when UPS in our area is paying over $40/hr at top rate and still can't find driver's.
Heck the warehouses around here are paying $25/hr to goof off and can't get help. Seems that working from home is the new 'in' thing.
Same with OTR work. Realistically, why would anyone wanna live in a truck, deal with truckstops, and all the rest of the fun of OTR work, for just a bit more (maybe) than a local guy, who goes home everyday?
The company I'm with, we always had people stopping and asking if we are hiring. Boss had a stack of applicants on his desk. Now? We can't seem to find good help.
I think after the COVID mess, lots of people have stopped and re-evaluated their work/life balance and realized there's more to life than work. I feel it's similar to the weeks after 9/11.
@201 I wasnt looking to ruffle any feathers with the union bashing. That's just a hobby of mine, and all in fun. I've nothing against unions though.Another Canadian driver and 201 Thank this. -
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Preventable at fault occurrence.
GOAL is everyone's best strategy.
Easy to implement.Last edited: May 15, 2022
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Some love to say it's for the 'Greater Good'.
Great! Sounds awesome, put me in a box with 18 wheels, bells and alarms that go off everytime you fart crooked, a black box telling you when to drive, sleep and whatever else. Oh and to add to the misery, you'll be going the same slow speed of 62 MPH as all those other imbeciles in front of you. But hurry up and deliver the toilet paper!!!!!
I see it with some posters on this very forum, too. You can tell they've been indoctrinated with this lunacy, and support it! And they'll tell you when you protest "Its for the greater good, you should be thankful there's someone looking out for the masses"
How's all this working out anyway? We see on TV all the time someone protesting something they feel some way about. Most times I see this and think "what an angry, bored person". I feel bad for them because they don't know any better. But they think because their life sucks, yours should as well.
As I said, it seems those in charge want to eliminate any sort of potential to have any fun of any kind.
I better stop now, before I really get rolling...gotta get ready to head to work anywayFfx95, 201, Another Canadian driver and 1 other person Thank this. -
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