Bad weather, shutting down.

High winds and flood. Or if the state decides to shut down the interstate for you.

 

I don't drive in heavy fog or on ice if I can help it . That gets tricky with hazmat though . If you encounter unexpected adverse conditions you don't want to be parked on a shoulder or ramp either .

 

this is also my policy...EXACTLY

 

Basically my rule of thumb was if I didn't feel safe I parked it. End of discussion. I ended up in Wyoming in a wind storm last year lost 30 hours total because of bad weather. My driver manager didn't argue one bit. I had a non english speaking russian jack knife in front of me, I parked it. Told my dm he got my load rebooked for a later time. This happened after being shut down for 14 hours because a pick up with a fifth wheel trailer hit a big truck by the bridger power plant. It took them 7 hours to clean it up.
i then sat for 16 hours in Rawlins waiting for the road to be reopened. When it opened I ran to Cheyenne and got some sleep. The next day I counted 15 big trucks in the middle and the ditch on I 80.

 

My policy is when the roads get dicey, or the no tow goes into effect, I park.

The last company I left a couple of weeks ago. The policy was what the driver thought was safe.

HOWEVER.............
The load could not be delivered late and would not be rescheduled because of the conditions of mother nature. These were classified as driver fault. Loads were based on dry roads.

 

From a rest area, I phoned central control that we were shutting down for black ice. I nearly fell while walking to the phone. Then, we went a few more miles to a truck stop.

 

Ain't that a load of horse hockey! loads based on dry roads what a joke.
Glad you are outta there medic. the new company treating you well I hope.