Engine problem - pull over or make next exit?

2 cans and a string comes to mind

 

The question is not whether you are a company driver or anO/O.
The questions you should be asking are
1. Can the truck be safely moved to the next exit? If it can, then by all means slow down, turn your flashers on and crawl to the next exit.
2. If you feel the truck is not safe to move, then where is the first opportunity for me to safely get off the road?
3. Is stopping in the breakdown lane safe for me or the public?
Regardless of what you do, saftey for yourself and others should always be your first concern.

 

Whuddaya need brakes for? All they do is slow ya down!

 

Yea them, Roadway, Cf had that habit.
I started working on a road service on the Oh . turnpike. One of their break down people would call.
We have truck 321 at the service plaza west or east bound side. Ok I go there looking for said trk . number. No trk. Ok maybe he's on the other side. Go look nope. Then back to the other side and go inside looking and asking for said driver. Where's your truck. Oh it's back up the road 10 miles. Ok why did you say it's here. Well I caught a ride here and told them it was here as I need to get back to the trk when you fix it.
I got mad one time, as the trk was at the In.line. service plaza was 24 miles of there. Our shop was kinda half way.
I told the driver he hitched a ride here, he can hitch a ride back. I fixed the trk . went to shop called told them I fixed the trk and where it really was. I said I left driver at service plaza. They went what
Told them I'm not a taxi service. Said I'm tired of chasing down drivers and broke down trks at 2 different locations

 

That right there is some funny $#!+...

I would've at least been up front about the situation on the phone, asking if you could swing by to get me on the way to the truck...at least then you'd know the situation before you even left the shop. If you didn't want to, I guess you wouldn't want to get paid, either, because I'm the one that's going to be writing that check...

Luckily these days we have cell phones, which cuts the chances of that happening a little.