D.O.T. Regs about slick roads

I'm glad you are aware of your limitations. Some of us spend nearly half the year driving on ice and snow without issue. However, drivers should not drive if they feel it is unsafe to do so because they alone bear the burden of the outcome.

 

i dont know how we can call a man a fool if we werent there

we dont know how slick the roads were, the student may have been driving too slow out of fear and just fear,, maybe the roads were fine

you cant judge a man by the one-man testimony of hearsay

 

At the end of the day if more drivers would forget about the shippers, the receivers, the dispatchers, Just maybe we wouldn't see the 100 vehicle pile ups on the news and hear about the anti trucking groups calling for more regulation against us. it is just common since not to drive on ice covered roads or fog so thick you can't see the nose of the hood ( don't matter if you have 20 years or 20 days over the road) that is the problem today, everyone is in a hurry and willing to risk life and death for nothing. And for those that keep posting up that they been driving for 20 plus years over the road, shame on you for telling someone else that they should get over it and just keep driving, and it don't matter where you have lived. You should know as a experienced driver that you need much more stopping distance when driving on snow and ice if you can stop some times, and in heavy thick fog you have zero reaction time. Experience don't make you a super trucker/ stupidity makes you a super trucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

sometimes its better to drive out of the storm than sit three days in it

and that has nothing to do with DOT, dispatchers, recievers, shippers or anyone else

i dont want to sit at a truckstop for two or three days when i could have driven 4 more hours and been in better weather

elogs will take that option off the table, more people will have to sit in bad weather than leave for better, safer conditions

 

Here you go.....

if you feel the conditions are not safe for you to drive in.....snow, ice, fog or any other sort of reason just type in the qc (unsafe driving conditions) that's all you need and shut down......

if company tries to tell you, you have to drive via qc then you have them by the balls, if they call you record the conversation and again if they tell you to move the truck well again you have em by the balls.

just putting that phrase in qc will help, and you can call your safety dept. first and put it to an end right there but if that doesn't work then take it up with local dot. But make sure you put in the qc unsafe driving conditions....

 

In addition to others comments, If you cant roll on, the road(s) will be closed..

 

I like many before and many after have and will drive in the snow and ice. I would very much appreciate all drivers that can't or won't drive a minimum of 45 on the Interstate in the slow lane and within 5mph speed limit in the hammer lane. Park your truck. You are being a safety hazard on the road. I have at times decided to park rather than drive slow in a storm. Twice I think. (sarcasm) Good luck and have a safe ride.