I was driving in the truck, southbound 481 just south of Fulton Ny. This is a 4lane divided highway.
I am cruising around 77mph, the trucks governor, and a northbound car is flashing his lights at me. So I slow as I crest the hill to 65, thinking it was warning me of a cop....
NOPE....
Bright lights, weaving up the road at me, I hit the brakes, and as I slow to maybe 20, the car is slowing, so I parked my rig across the road to block his path, was not that risky, as there was plenty of vision and no traffic....
White cadilac pulles up, stops, at the line near the median, I immediatly call 911, to report.
Give them the plate, and discription, car is still sitting, I move truck to shoulder, as I do I see a man slumped over in the driver seat. I park, and grab flashlight and the 3foot steel load-bar I carry, not relly knowing what to expect if the man is startled.
I walk up to the car cautiously, and he is sleeping, car in park.
SO I wait there 15 minutes for the cops, and the cop starts to wake him up, the man starts fumbling at the wheel, and I said, "Take the keys", the cop then took the keys out and set them on the roof, and proceeded to talk to the man.
cop "sir are you ok?"
man mumbling....
"Do you know where you are?"
man, "yeah Im here"
"do you know where here is?"
man "YEAH, right here..."
thats pretty much when I split, did not need nosy cops peering into my logbook, etc.
Another funny part, the man was dressed like "Larry the Cable Guy", which I found amusing and fitting....
K
Funny story.....almost bad....
Discussion in 'Road Stories' started by earthbrown, Sep 1, 2007.
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Last November I was heading to work about 6am on the narrow two-lane road that heads from my house the I-75. It was raining, pretty good down pour. I come across this car in the ditch. I figured he slid off the road with all the rain, visibility was pretty bad too. I stop and get out, he opens his door and the smell of alcohol about knocks me off my feet, even in this heavy rain. He is so wasted he can't put together a coherent sentence. I jump back in my truck and dial 911 and wait for the Sheriff's Dept. to get there before heading off to work.
I can't believe some people think they can operate a vehicle like this.
On another note, I heard a guy on the radio the other day talking about how two of the drivers at his company got busted for DUI at scalehouses in one month. WTF!!!!!
I halfway expect it from four wheelers, but truck drivers? These guys should be charged with attempted vehicular homocide or something!
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most national carriers if they catch you with just an empty 'beer' can in your truck will 'can' (excuse the pun) you!! Dont see anything wrong with having a beer while at the Alamo in Reno and waiting til the next day when I-80 re-opens!!
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