Rather funny accident outside of Laredo Pilot

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  1. truckermario

    truckermario Road Train Member

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    Okay I know I shouldn't say accidents are funny. And losing your job isn't funny. But something about the entire scene just struck my funny bone. I was in line to get a breakfast item at the McDonald's when I saw the lights of a cop cruiser just past the railroad tracks. A couple people were talking about a big screw up from a truck driver, but I couldn't see what had occurred. After I got my meal and had finished, I walked outside to get a better look. I thought someone had tried to make a U Turn inside the intersection, which would've been very dangerous. Instead, I saw a CRST driver stuck because he had attempted to make a U Turn inside the very narrow frontage road! So they had the northbound ramp closed off while I stood there staring and smiling at the image of a truck jack-knifed with the cab in the dirt on one end and the tandems in the dirt on the other. I wish I had taken a picture. I can't imagine what had been going through this guy's mind. Hopefully he still kept his job, but I thought I had seen some amusing accidents driving for Swift.
     
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  3. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    What was strange about that incident, is that the student was in the sleeper & the trainer was driving, when the incident occurred.
     
  4. WRIGHTRACING

    WRIGHTRACING Heavy Load Member

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    At what point did he think..."hey, I can make this still."

    Or

    "I think I f'ed up"
     
  5. Truckinchic

    Truckinchic Medium Load Member

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    Seen a lot of this with new drivers. Some think they can make it then get stuck. I feel bad for em cause 9 times out of ten it is a newbie with a trainer mentally asleep.
    Ya cant do this folks,,lmao :biggrin_25522:
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  6. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    ....or like this maybe?
     

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  7. truckermario

    truckermario Road Train Member

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    Uncanny. Exactly like that.
     
  8. slowpoke89

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    CRST: Crash & Rollover Stunt Team, a.k.a. big bunch of poorly trained idiots.
     
  9. mattbh23

    mattbh23 Heavy Load Member

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    Not good, I've come close to that happening once or twice.
     
  10. Red Hot Mess

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    Rule of thumb...NEVER put your truck someplace you can't see your way out of.

    Better to pay a $50 ticket for blocking traffic than a $5000 bill for towing or a wreck.
     
  11. walstib

    walstib Darkstar

    Or what order did he say those?!
     
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