Make sure they see you

I am always wearing blaze orange or safety yellow. I pull a flatbed and previously worked in construction, so to me HI-VIZ is part of my attire any time I am out of the truck. That means I also wear it in the truck cuz I am not changing clothes every time I get in or out of my truck.

My seat belt is not hi-viz, but I am.

 

They should teach this in truck driving school.

Happens all the time. And not just at the fuel island. Stay away from the front of the truck you don't have a chance to move out of the way when you're so close like that.

http://wivb.com/2014/09/08/arkansas-woman-struck-killed-at-ny-truck-stop/
http://www.wlky.com/news/local-news...in-memphis-truck-stop-lot-identified/23870340

 

Beware when in Florida we have a yield to pedestrian law down here that permits any idiot to dash out in front of you without warning where a marked pedestrian crossing is ,even if it is night and the crossing is unlit.
Than we have all the idiots on vacation that just walk out in front of a car going 50 mph thinking hell I have right away they have to stop.

That doesn't work out well very often.

i had to Cross 2 very busy streets by myself to go to school as a kid of 5 and never had a problem because we e were taught to look both ways. These days these idiots can get ran over coming out of a Bestbuy because they refuse to look up and take responsibility for their actions.

 

Hell we have a local train that runs down the middle of a 4 lane surface raod, no more than 2 weeks between either car vs train or ped vs train. Umm they cant swerve very well with those tracks holding them in place....

 

First words from the victims: " He should have seen me! "

 

But YOU have to pay attention also.