Almost killed someone.

When you see somebody's face turn white, eyes opened and body stiffen, that's when it's a close call. Poor old man...almost had me lose control by swerving away. Called my dad and told him I need a Jesus piece or something because I need more good luck. Drivers out here are gonna get me killed!

Is it just me or does it feel like the safer you drive the more dangerous it gets out here? That's how it feels. When your doing the right, everyone else is doing the wrong!

 

Its a good thing nothing happened. One piece of advice if I could. Not only is it company policy but Canadian law, keep to the right lane except to pass. No one should pass on the right.

 

Just to be on the safe side, along with getting your bearings back, you may want to ask your company for a temporary transfer to the office, maintenance, or the loading docks, for a period of approximately 1 to 2 years.
After the 1 to 2 years are up, request that the company then transfer you back to the fleet as a truck driver, with refresher training and a trainer for about 4 to 8 weeks.
In the mean time, you will have gotten over the stress of what happened to you and you will be more refreshed.

Good luck to you! God bless you and your family!

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

I got a new Cascadia and it has BLIND spots, compared to a Prostar.
It's a poor design, put on small tucked in mirrors to save a gallon of fuel over the trucks life.

 

Hi Krafty24,

How are you?

I made the suggestion, as shown below, as a means to HELP you overcome the stress of what you went through, by taking a breather from the highway for about 1 to 2 years. Afterwards, you would be fully recovered from that stressful situation, that almost turned into a fateful situation.
Also, keep in mind that I recommended a temporary transfer within the same company that you are currently working for, to avoid being unemployed.

FORTUNATELY and THANKFULLY, I do NOT take any medications or drugs whatsoever.

Again, good luck to you! God bless you and your family!

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

I agree with the many that said no crash so it was a learning moment.

All of my trips begin and end in ATL, so it really doesn't bug me too much. Interchanges like that one you can't just go slow and stay right. Even if it's a right hand exit, there's usually lane choice involved too. If you're not used to the interchanges to know where exactly where you need to be in advance, it can stress you out.

When I get into congested traffic, it isn't enough to just have good clean mirrors. I sort of subconsciously track and anticipate the 4-wheelers close to me, above and beyond that. I'm gonna suggest maybe that hard to see car with no lights was somewhere else right before, or even a mile back. Not saying you had to see him, but what if you'd spotted Mister No-Lights further back and sort of kept track of him expecting he'd do something stupid, since he was already dumb enough not to run his lights in the dark?

Kind of like when I see someone looking down into the cell phone in their hand. I make it a point to track them and stay clear.

Again, not being critical. They'll sneak in on you no matter what. Just sayin what works for me driving in that particular mess more often than many.

 

A little dramatic stating you almost killed someone as you didn't even make contact but glad nobody was hurt and you're owning your mistake!

 

Had a close call last night around 6:30pm. Coming up a state road out of a 25mph zone into a 45mph zone my side of the road picks up an extra lane. It ends about 2 miles up the road but its basically a hill climbing lane once you get past the interstate ramps. I'm loaded heavy with 63k lbs of Sulfuric and I'm not hitting the interstate (left turn) so I slide over to the right lane. Coming the opposite direction was a little 4 door kia driving down the wrong way of the left lane, and it was just after a blind bend in the road so ZERO time to react. It was an older middle aged woman, didnt look like she was even distracted but just completely oblivious to the lane she was in. I blew my horn and luckily there was noone coming up behind me or it would have been bad.