Reported for talking on phone.....

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by blackciti, Aug 22, 2019.

  1. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    ...Same things it got used for in any other year.
     
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  3. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    New breed truckers of today will talk about the good olden days of Google maps on their phone for trip planning.
     
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  4. Gdog66223

    Gdog66223 Road Train Member

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    That, plus they will tell their trucker stories after 6 months of experience.
    "6 months ago I was pullin a load up Yonder Cabbage Mountain and I barely made it out alive"
     
  5. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    and using a GPS that lands them...in the water...down a very narrow street, and on a boardwalk in NJ.....
     
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    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

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    10/4 back door put the pedal to the metal and let roar...... Lil'geater in the vw microbus.
     
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  7. blackciti

    blackciti Bobtail Member

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    Well y’all told me lol. Im 34 and I’ve only been driving 2 years. I thought about getting a cb, but since I’m a company driver and there aren’t any hookups in this truck I drive for a cb, I decided against it.

    If I go around a corner and see a moose, I’ll probably wish I bought one and made jb hunt install it. Before I die I’ll say “truckers report was correct in their assessment, I should have bought one. ###### man”.
     
  8. G13Tomcat

    G13Tomcat Road Train Member

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    Here's another example:

    I got myself in a unique situation the other day. I'm in the same areas on a weekly basis since I'm a dedicated driver. There's a rail road track running parallel with Hwy 80 and it causes some headaches for truck drivers. There are some places where there's not enough room to go over the tracks and get stopped at the stop sign without straddling the tracks. That's just not a smart move. One of our drivers actually got hit by a train as he was leaving the plant. I typically stop before the tracks, wait until everything is clear, then roll over the tracks, make a cursory stop at the stop sign, then roll on through.

    Just down the road from the plant is the intersection of 17 and 80. There's a traffic light at this intersection. The other day I was North bound on 17 and going to turn West onto 80. There's room to cross the tracks and stop for the light. I do it all the time. On this occasion as I'm approaching the intersection there's already an eighteen wheeler sitting there at the light, but there's still plenty of room for me to tuck in behind him. There's probably enough room for two more cars behind me, but not enough room for the flatbed truck who pulls in behind me. He straddled the tracks as two more cars pull up behind him.

    There we all sit when the crossing warning system starts ringing its chimes and lowering the gates! I look to the East and there's the headlight of a fast moving train coming our way with his horn screaming at us! The flatbed behind me is doomed - he can't move anywhere. He starts blowing his air horn in a panic. I can't move anywhere, and the four wheelers behind him seem oblivious to the danger.

    I quickly grab my C.B. mic and try to get the grain hauler ahead of me to roll through the red light - there's no crossing traffic. He pulls up as I follow close behind him. The foolish flatbedder behind me gets clear. Somehow the train came roaring through there with none of us getting hit.

    (This is NOT my story, but that of a friend of mine; really makes ya think, though.)
    I wouldn't have tucked in behind the grain hauler, but wait before the tracks, personally...but....thank God for that CB, this man saved that f/b'ers life, methinks.

    ps: the original author is a flatbedder, as well.
     
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  9. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    you could always have handy a walkie talkie cb radio, but i had one and it really did not do all that great.

    all you need is a cigarette lighter adapter plug for power and a vice grip mount and a francis antenna, quick connect/disconnect..

    in fact, that's exactly what i had all these years when i went dedicated, cuz i'd never know when my truck would go in for service, and i might never get it back again.
     
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