But my gps said....

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  1. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Why are these types of drivers allowed to keep driving only for stupidity to happen over and over.following GPS is bad enough but not even looking at your surroundings and signs what the heck is wrong with today's drivers.the cemeteries here are barely big enough for a bobtail.good grief he had to have known he was about to enter a cemetery.his company is going to pay dearly for this one as they rightfully should.I wish insurance companies would drop these carriers.
     
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  3. Ssssnake

    Ssssnake Medium Load Member

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    That's the excuse du jour, when a driver's own stupidity kicks into overdrive. "The GPS told me to do it." That alone should be worth a false reporting charge.
     
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  4. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    I don't know how officers can keep calm with the same excuses day in day out.
     
  5. drvrtech77

    drvrtech77 Road Train Member

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    I think from here on out any dumb driver who uses the excuse that the GPS told them to go that way should lose their CDL on the spot permanently
     
  6. OLDSKOOLERnWV

    OLDSKOOLERnWV Captain Redbeard

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    Are you saying that they should trust a dinosaur of a road atlas???? I mean this is the time of great technology......:):eek::D LOL........
     
  7. Picture.Taker

    Picture.Taker Light Load Member

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    Truck # 148... doesn't sound like a "mega" to me... quit blaming them for everyda***ed thing that goes wrong. Place blame where it belongs... on a sorry driver... and not the "company" behind him.
     
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  8. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    I like that cartoon on your page.now on to your post,this type of thing happens entirely too much in the industry and most are from mega carriers.so it's hard not to blame them.it's not only the drivers fault but everyone that lets this happen continuously and doesn't do anything about it.I blame drivers I blame their company I blame Fmcsa the most.
     
  9. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    didn't see the story, but the bigger companies are self insured. They can't drop themselves
     
  10. Lepton1

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    He didn't run over just any graves, it was a veterans cemetery.
     
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  11. drvrtech77

    drvrtech77 Road Train Member

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    Not completely...only to a certain amount..then insurance company takes over...insurance companies underwrite the policies..
     
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