Should I feel guilty for calling police?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by wise2727, Oct 5, 2016.

  1. double yellow

    double yellow Road Train Member

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    Anything helps. I last called 911 a few weeks ago when an impaired driver nearly clipped my hood driving through Rapid City, SD; 250 miles later, by Mitchell, SD I see the same car on the side of the road with the driver in the back of a squad car. Sure, it took them a while, but they got their man!
     
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  3. Ke6gwf

    Ke6gwf Medium Load Member

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    They should add another award to this forum for snitching! Lol
     
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  4. farmboy73

    farmboy73 Medium Load Member

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    Switching....isn't that what Bruce Jenner did?
     
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  5. Lucidiousgibs

    Lucidiousgibs Bobtail Member

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    I call 911 at least once a month. Usually on somebody drunk, falling asleep, or playing on there phone. I can never tell which one it is it is but they are all over the road. As for two flat tires, if you can get up next to them blow the air horn. I'm guessing it was a western express? In that case just let them go on their way. That's how they like to operate over there.
     
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  6. TROOPER to TRUCKER

    TROOPER to TRUCKER Anything Is Possible

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    Bet the soccer dad was happy.......













    That they didn't find his heroine
     
  7. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    Who cares... hopefully the police did their job and addressed a public safety issue... and no one died or was injured or even had a minor insurance claim on a broken windshield.

    The OP did the right thing by "ratting him out"!!!

    When it comes to addessing a potential safety issue on the public roads... and is clueless that another driver is trying to get his attention... that drivers isn't in my "brotherhood"... you can have him in yours.

    And as a secondary issue, just what frame of mind was that driver in that he couldn't notice, or didn't care, that someone with lights and horns was trying to get his attention... not saying we can hear everything inside our cabs but he was obviously clueless about the environment that he was driving in as well.

    Two reasons to "rat him out".
     
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  8. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    Really? And if that tire came off or caused another tire to fail because it's now overloaded... Hey, it's all cool cause he was staying in his own lane???? Unbelievable.
     
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  9. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    Better safe than sorry... even if he was on the other side making a call already... why chance it by assuming.

    And part of the LEOs job is to "serve and protect"... calling the cops doesn't mean anyone will get a ticket or lose their CDL... cop pulls up... brings the issue of concern and safety to the attention of the driver and the problem is addressed and fix and everyone goes home safe and alive at the end of the day.

    And if he is on the other side of the truck and already addressing the issue what harm is it that a cop shows up???

    Win win for all...
     
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  10. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    LOL ... you so funny!!! LOL

    No one is pretripping his truck for him... someone saw a potential public safety issue and called it in... who cares if someone's 10 was interrupted...

    This is the "Brotherhood of Twue Twuckers" that I am glad that I am NOT a part off.

    After the inspection the officer can give him a citation for not securing his load! (Tree limb on cab)

    LOL
     
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  11. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    Some either just don't get it or prefer to make excuses for other truckers... I just hope their families don't feel the impact of others turning a blind eye to such things.

    Most of us here get it... you did the right thing...
    Two here disagree with you and your actions but that says much more about them than about you...
     
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