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Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by EndHatred, Jun 18, 2015.

  1. EndHatred

    EndHatred Medium Load Member

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    Yes have seen & heard the pileup on i80 in Wyoming. The snow was coming down thick, visibility was barely 300', which should be a sign to drivers to slow down, right? If you can't see what's ahead of you there's no amount of money that should make a driver keep speeding down the roads as if the sun is shining.

     
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  3. EndHatred

    EndHatred Medium Load Member

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    Actually the swift driver's problem who got stuck on the ice
    may have been arrogance. Many a driver will not admit to having gotten stuck or making a mistake. It starts out long before becoming a trucker, back when a man won't admit he is lost & keeps driving in circles. At least the Werner driver called for help to get a tow.
     
  4. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    Jokes on them, my credit cards are maxed out and there's no cash in my wallet. :D
     
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  5. Raiderfanatic

    Raiderfanatic Heavy Load Member

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    Common sense. I know it's a quality most don't seem to possess anymore but that is main thing, IMO. Use common sense. You aren't driving a darn car so don't act like you are in one. So many drivers drive like they can stop on a dime. And bad thing is, it is what they are taught by people who haven't been in a truck but a few months. It just keeps compounding.

    It's not difficult to be safe out on the roads every day.
     
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  6. sshewins

    sshewins Road Train Member

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    Can't use what you ain't got. Common sense ain't so common any more
     
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    Sik_Life Medium Load Member

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    No I think she just discovered youtube and is pasting all the old russian videos here lol.
     
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  8. dca

    dca Road Train Member

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    There's just one little problem with that, Many keep their CDL and other plastic cards in the wallet, I've over heard a few conversations. Driver stranded. No cdl in possession, no cash, how to explain it to so n so's, oops
     
  9. georgeandson

    georgeandson Heavy Load Member

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    Let them be stupid and make mistakes. It thins the heard LOL
     
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  10. georgeandson

    georgeandson Heavy Load Member

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    LMAO!
    I was gonna say the same thing LOL
     
  11. G.Anthony

    G.Anthony Road Train Member

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    Russian You Tube videos, the new terrorist attack!
     
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