traffic jam question

Not sure if this has been mentioned, If your not leaving yourself enough room and the vehicle in front of you rear ends the vehicle in front of him, Now you are stuck behind the accident with no room to get around it and trying to backup is not a smart option

 

sounds like your trainer needs to learn the laws a little more before he tries to show others...

 

Can you clarify the law for me, I know its for personal errands, but I still don't quite understand it

 

Why relax and leave room in traffic, here's why.
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...12768-rearended-a-vehicle-my-career-over.html

 

I had a Canadian scale on the 401 keep my Blackberry an hour thoroughly checking the e-logs . I had Xata Turnpike and they had instructions in there computers for checking it .

 

Only problem here is that if he had not been leaving enough room in the first place, maybe the bobtail would not have jumped over and slammed on the brakes.

 

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1997-04-04/html/97-8406.htmBasically , if you are off duty you are exempt from FMCSR . An area of debate is defining an unladen vehicle . Despite the opinion of some , an empty trailer is unladen unless it is a chemical tanker with residue or if the trailer itself is the load as in a new trailer being delivered .

 

I'd love to see your safety department accept responsibility when you get rearended . Again , e-logs record the location where you go off duty and where you go on duty . On our system off duty miles weren't shown on miles for the day but they were recorded .

 

AlOT of these so-called trainers are barely out of trucking school themselves and are lease operators picking up extra cash

 

I do it all the time. Why? Because when we start rolling again, I'm not going to put my truck into your back seat when you slam on your brakes.