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If you are tired go to bed

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by browndawg, May 12, 2015.

  1. May 12, 2015 #1
    browndawg

    browndawg Medium Load Member

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    A friend of mine who is also a truck driver was on I80 in IL early this morning around mile post 34 (east bound) when he come up on a large car Pete pulling a hopper bottom. Driver was going real slow and all over the road my friend called to him on the radio and said "man pull over and go to bed before you kill yourself, or someone else". Driver comes back and says "yeah its been a long day I am going to pull over at the next exit" sure enough he hammers down and keeps on pushing. Next thing you know my friend watched him lay it over right in front of him (around the 43 mile post). Just before laying it over my friend seen his right blinker come on, but there was no exit even remotely close after that he just headed straight for the divider and layed it over. So he stops to check on driver, he was out cold laying down on the door, all busted up. Then he come too, he was not airlifted but taken to Princeton IL hospital, so my friend thinks he will be alright. My friend said he could not have been more than 25 yrs old. Thank god he or anyone else was not killed and if it were not for the recent rains I think he would have made it across the center divider and oncoming traffic. I hate too sound cheesy here but don't gamble play it safe and pull it over. Stay safe out there!
     
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  3. May 12, 2015 #2
    G.Anthony

    G.Anthony Road Train Member

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    it'll happen, drivers pushing themselves. Oh well. Glad he did not die.
     
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  4. May 12, 2015 #3
    STexan

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    Many of us "drove hard" when were young and dumb ... but we could get away with it a lot easier with faster trucks, easier roads and running, fewer cops, paper logs and easier HOS rules to work around. Today, I'm not sure what allows for some to run wild but it's apparent many still can and do
     
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  5. May 12, 2015 #4
    xsetra

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    Hopper bottom. Is Agricultural exempt from HOS?
     
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  7. May 12, 2015 #5
    Big Don

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    Excellent post there, browndawg! Unfortunately, there will always be the drivers that will ignore it. Either because the company is pushing them and they don't have the onads to stand up for themselves, or because they are arrogant and money hungry, and honestly believe "IT CAN NEVER HAPPEN TO ME!"
     
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  8. May 12, 2015 #6
    PackRatTDI

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    I got my nightgown on.
    I got my pretty red panties on.
    And I'm ready to go to bed.
    *Roger beep*
     
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  9. May 12, 2015 #7
    Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    The BamBam Radio Network. LOL

    "'Nooooo doubtttt!!! Bark, bark"
     
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  10. May 12, 2015 #8
    kswildcat

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    If its farm use and marked NOT FOR HIRE you do not have to carry a log book or hrs of work... In kansas anyway.. I am pretty sure its all states.

    Regardless of HOS (even within them) a driver should know his limits.. Back when I hauled cattle I was tired and needed to sleep but was loaded with fat cows.. I pulled over and took a 4 hr nap.. When I woke up I checked the cows to make sure all were still standing (luckily they were) and continued on.. Shortly after going again my dispatcher called (again, I had slept through his previous calls) and asked were I was and why I wasnt unloaded yet.. I got "you cant sleep with fat cows on" my response was the hell I cant I just did.

    Cows stay on the trailer to long without motion can tend to lay down (or you can knock them down with bad driving). If a cow lays down or gets knocked down the others will trample it to death and you have to drag it off with a chain and having a dead cow on your trailer is not a good thing,, Or they can split out which you also have to drag them off if you cannot get them moving which is also a bad thing.

    Ive often had to pull over for a lil nap right at sunrise even if I had just started driving a few hrs before and after 7 hr sleep... Something about the sun coming up just makes me tired..lol
     
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  11. May 13, 2015 #9
    Triad

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    I enjoy, and routinely brag about, the fact that I work for a company/industry which encourages me to nap on the job. The 9-5ers in my life think it's pretty funny, anyways! It's pretty amazing what pulling over and taking a 30-45 minute nap can do for the rest of your day. Before you ask yourself if you can afford to stop and rest, ask yourself if you can afford to fall asleep at the wheel. You can get away with it 1000 times, but all it takes is one time to really do some damage.
     
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