Alberta Imbecile Factor Over 50%

(l) “darkness” means the period commencing one hour after
sunset and ending one hour before the next following
sunrise or, when due to insufficient light or unfavourable
atmospheric conditions, objects are not clearly discernible
on the highway at a distance of 150 metres ahead;

 

No need to apologize, I thought it was 1/2 hour as well... even as recently as a few weeks ago.






However, 1% of increased productivity would be nice.

 

And remember, if the "D" Sign or other Overdimensional signs are NOT required, it is illegal to display them. Put the darn things away. Heck, you see tractors bobtailing and the #### sign is on the bumper or over the roof etc.



(4) A dimensional sign referred to in Schedules 2 and 3 must be
(a) kept in good repair,
(b) kept clean and legible at all times, and
(c) covered, folded or removed when not required to be displayed.



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i bet a lot of guys never read part about clearly visible or good repair .they get mad when u inform them everything is buried under snow lights and signs after they just pulled out of truckstop

 

One of the first things I learnt when pulling oversize. Put the sign away when your empty or don't need it. It was one ticket I never wanted.

 

My favorite is the safety CLOWNs who decided that pilot trucks need to sit on the edge of the road with their lights on for the whole show to get onto location, on one site they had 2 pilot trucks on the road for a week or better with their lights on in case they needed to sweep the road. And then wonder why people ignore lights and signs.

I think that I may have encountered a large portion of said imbeciles about a year ago, wide loading an excavator from Frog Lake to Cochrane, got just south of Red Deer and the road was really bad. 6 inches of powder in the hammer lane , and at least 4 inches on the slow lane except for the wheel tracks, tractor, t/a jeep and a wide track lowbed. At anything over 70 klicks the bed would start to rut hunt so I was running 70 klicks, plenty fast for those conditions anyway. Had several rigs pass me, the best was a rocky mountain double, driving blind for what seemed for ever after that one. turned off on 27 thru olds, still bad weather , but I figure less traffic this went well until a winch tractor and scissorneck decided 110 was the ideal speed in those conditions. He had his trailer wheels in the left ditch by the time he finished passing me, and it was drive by braille again.

 

Let's add dustings to the list of imbecile truck driver maneuvers. Several (maybe several dozen) trucks were put into the ditch by imbeciles who dusted their helpless victims into oblivion this week.

For those not familiar with an imbecile dusting: in really cold weather snow is powdery and flies up in the air forming a wake that obliterates all vision of the road, especially at night. This week a nitrogen frac unit, a log truck, a grocery truck and a fuel truck (at least) ended up in the ditch or the median when they were severely dusted by a passing imbecile.

 

So this is why things are improving here on the left coast

 

Ha ha ha ha ha ha......

 

Several outfits have distinguished themselves lately. High Arctic snubber drivers have sailed through stop signs (into oncoming traffic) with gay abandon. Gravel truck drivers have done every idiotic thing possible (as usual) but one company has brought terror to the highway in a consistent and relentless manner. That company is grain bin manufacturer Meridian. Meridian drivers have caused me more trouble than any other single company. They have snuck up behind me at night in a snowstorm (no pilot car), overlapping their (oversize) bin to within centimeters of my trailers which are clearly marked "Giant Explosion If You Hit This". They have forced me onto the shoulder on several occasions. They repeatedly pass me when unsafe to do so and they are always speeding. It's not as if I'm driving slowly. They are driving like monkeys on crack.

 

I try to to keep as far away from oilfield trash as much as possible. That's what you get with those cdl mills these days. Have you thought about calling those companies with the reckless drivers?