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Anyone had a bad experience with a truck stop and their maintenace of the grounds?

Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by BringJoeSmithHome, Jan 22, 2010.

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  1. Jan 22, 2010 #11
    Allow Me.

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    From a practicle stance, you can't expect every square inch of sidewalk to be ice free in a snowy region, wheather on public or private walkways. As the snow comes down, the air freezes and the ground ices up. It's "citizen, beware" if you ask me. (Not intended to be legal advice). Just like cars sliding into other cars on icy roads. You think you're going to sue the city/state for failure to de-ice the road?
     
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  3. Jan 22, 2010 #12
    BringJoeSmithHome

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    We have obtained Legal advice, I was looking for trucker feedback....
     
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  4. Jan 22, 2010 #13
    Scuby

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    I have slipped on snow/ice once. This was due to me trying to get some ice off the landing gear. Luckily I wasn't hurt. The biggest problem with T/S's or any other place in the snow region is trying to keep up with snow events. I look at it this way. When on snow/ice watch your step.
     
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  5. Jan 22, 2010 #14
    BringJoeSmithHome

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    :biggrin_25515:A lawyer has been retained, Not really looking for Legal advice, just checking in General if this is how most truck stops are maintained for the drivers.
     
    BringJoeSmithHome, Jan 22, 2010
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  7. Jan 22, 2010 #15
    BringJoeSmithHome

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    Lawyer was the first thing we did. Not really looking for Legal advice, just checking in General if this is how most truck stops are maintained for the drivers.....
     
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  8. Jan 23, 2010 #16
    Swaps

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    you sure like repeating yourself.
     
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  9. Jan 23, 2010 #17
    BringJoeSmithHome

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    Not really looking for Legal advice, just checking in General if this is how most truck stops are....
     
    BringJoeSmithHome, Jan 23, 2010
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  10. Jan 23, 2010 #18
    BringJoeSmithHome

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    Due to a tragedy suffered on December 15th, 2009, my father, 62, is now a paraplegic for life. My parents are now both indigents as they owned a single semi truck which was their only means of living. My dad was the driver and my mother was a partner as the dispatcher for the sole proprietorship business.
    My father stopped in Spokane WA after loading a large military vehicle from Fort Lewis in Tacoma WA. After eating his meal at the Petro truck stop, he exited the building to continue on with his route. He was loaded with a military vehicle to be delivered to a receiving base in GA. He was then to reload in GA and head north to his home in Dover OH for the Christmas holiday. He has yet to make it home. He had never in 40 years of my life missed a Christmas celebration. That was until this Christmas. As he was walking towards the location of his semi, the sidewalk had not been properly maintained causing him to slip on the unconditioned sidewalk. He broke his back instantly from the impact of the fall on ice-changing his life forever. He has no mobility from the waist down; Doctors say it would be a miracle if he ever gets the chance to move a toe.
    Now what? Trucking is the only thing this hamily has done, I grew up the first 6 years of my life sitting in between my parents on the doghouse traving coast to coast. Dad obviously can't work and mom is 62, no insurance and in poor health herself. What do they do now? tHIS JUST SUCKS FOR THE HARD YEARS he was gone for weeks at a time to be over just that quick.
     
    BringJoeSmithHome, Jan 23, 2010
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  11. Jan 26, 2010 #19
    txschwab

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    probably trying to do a little back ground checking for the lawyer. to prove this was the truck stops fault, because the standard is to put out salt and maintain the walk, therefore his father had no way of knowing it would be slick. Just a thought..not saying this is the standard.
     
    txschwab, Jan 26, 2010
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