So, your Swift stories are true.

Student or not, Thanks for the laugh.

Swifty just lost it, driving in conditions above his skill level.

 

Well first off you are not a truck driver by your own admintance. First spend a couple of winter sitting in the drivers seat before you start throwing stones. Because heres what is sad, that swift driver no matter how new he maybe is a expert compaired to a person that has not driven a truck yet, and being a student does not count you are not a driver yet. Until youve at least driven in bad conditions in s truck please with hold judgement.

 

Thought process above your IO level.
You are less than a newbie to the industry, wait till your in the drivers seat. Right now your not even qualified to park a truck.

 

lots of old threads popping up here lately
this forum has been slower than the economy

 

Well, personally I do make sure I can make it and if I can't I get ahold of the right people and let them know my alternate route. That failing I park it and continue to seek updates until the road is open. Most don't want to know and think ignorance is bliss, but this one dude I tried to get to pull over with me before a tornado struck the interstate decided it was better to chance it and so wound up thrown into a very dense thicket of trees sideways a few miles down the road.

I should tell you this also. There are situations where there is no warning and for no good reason at all #$%# happens. Not more than a few weeks back I remember hearing about a newly paved road where it was so slick regardless of the conditions that there where multiple accidents on a daily basis. I myself have been involved in one of those situations in my 4 wheeler. There's no amount of signs or anything that people can do about it short of closing off the segments in question until such time as they are safe enough for regular traffic.

 

I know it's not right to insult a fellow trucker. Thanks to your safety my insurance rate are really low.
When I called to get insurance on my Freightliner, I was told they go by a per mile safety record for over the road rigs. The average trucker has a serious accident every 10 years, but they cover over 3 million miles. They figured for recreaional use I might drive 5000 miles a year. That puts my rate at $33 per month for full coverage.
Thanks again for the safety record.

 

Boy, I remember the days of "trip planning" and what-not. It was always easy to judge others based on external evidence. Get a few years under your belt then come back and talk about trip planning, and about how much money you've made.