FedEx Driver Forgets To Set The Brakes And Well...

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  1. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    a rolling FedWrecks truck...?????

    mine too....!!!!!!!
     
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  3. drivingmissdaisy

    drivingmissdaisy Road Train Member

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    It's pretty bad that the truck maintained its lane better with the driver chasing it on foot than with the driver in the drivers seat.
     
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  4. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

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    Automated trucking gone wild!lol
     
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  5. Pumpkin Oval Head

    Pumpkin Oval Head Road Train Member

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    I forgot to set my brakes loading out corn in a farm yard covered with crushed rock once. Thank god it was mostly level, so the truck rolled very slowly....it only went half a truck length before I got in it. Three words come to mind: son of a b....
     
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  6. OldeSkool

    OldeSkool Road Train Member

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    Is that why those guys wear those short shorts? Wow he was really moving!!!
     
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  7. allniter

    allniter Medium Load Member

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    Did the driver catch the truck? If not what stopped the truck? Or was that the Fed Ex driver standing by the red truck with the yellow flashing light. There's been a few nights I got out of the bunk to check the red & yellow, always out.
     
  8. mem

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    Yeah that was him standing by the red truck. It got moving too fast for him by that point, would be dangerous as hell trying to jump in once it's at your sprinting speed (not that I wouldn't try).

    Had this happen to me once, I hopped in the cab and popped in the trailer brake to start airing a trailer I was picking up not realizing I never set my tractor brake. Soon as that landing gear came off the ground it started rolling. I tried spinning the handle back but it was on a pretty good hill so it wasn't stopping. Sprinted over jumped in the door using my hands on the brakes and saved it.

    I changed my trailer hooking up routine so that would never happen again.
     
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  9. allniter

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  10. Cattleman84

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    I think I would have been taking off that FedEx shirt and name badge, leave them in the street and then going to the nearest McDonald's to fill out an application.
     
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