Arkansas Accident

Driver and co - driver walked away? That looks like a miracle.

 

I can only imagine sleeping in the back and waking up on the dashboard Lol..

This is why I'll forever drive solo I trust noone

 

6 am I'd say he dozed off. He is very very lucky the way he hit in between the V. A little to the left or right would have very different results.

That's why I would never team. You put your life in someone else's hands.

A few million to fix? This is going to be a high dollar case. If I was your friend I would be seeking medical attention and talk with a lawyer. Many times an injury will go unnoticed and have delayed effects. That's not your normal walk away accident.

 

That's why I will never drive team, I have a hard enough time trusting anyone behind the will off any vehicle I'm riding in, and don't forget about that wreck up near buffalo a few years back where a team driver beat his co driver to death while going down the road.

 

Simple odds making tells you you're more or less twice as likely to get into a fatal accident in a team operation vs a solo operation, then factor in the idea one member of that team may be very inexperienced and/or simply a bad, unsafe truck driver, and those odds maybe could potentially triple

 

They were real lucky. I guess even team driving doesn't ensure that you aren't tired.

 

Team driving ensures tired driving.

I speak from experience, having spent most of my career team driving. I get a great "night's" sleep about once or twice a week. Usually my sleep gets interrupted by something, whether it's rough roads, stopping for fuel, or needing to answer nature's call because my biorhythm isn't in sync with my sleep schedule.

The trick to staying safe when driving as a team is to not put pressure on each other to continue driving when you are tired. I will extend a 30 minute break in the middle of my shift if I need to hit the top bunk and take a nap if I'm tired. If my codriver has a problem with that (and one did), then that codriver isn't in my truck anymore.

Codrivers putting pressure on one another to drive as many hours as inhumanly possible is a dangerous situation. If you are team driving make sure you have a clear understanding with your partner regarding the, "If I'm tired then I'm stopping to take a break" policy. Any problems with that then get another partner. Even if you are comfortable in your own skin standing up to that kind of bullying, the fact is that a driver that is willing to put you under that kind of pressure most assuredly is putting themselves under that kind of pressure, and I certainly don't want to be in the sleeper berth with a driver behind the wheel with an attitude like that.

 

Can you explain the story a little better? Did he beat the other driver while driving? or after the wreck?