safer to drive... vans, tankers, or flat beds?

Just be safe out there regardless what you drive. I remember one time being on I-40 . There was construction going on and we were at a stand still. A really bad storm was going on and funnel clouds kept forming and disappearing. It spooked a lot of drivers out and they were cussing up a storm on the CB about how we should get to moving. One guy comes on and says, "Well if its your time, it's just your time."
If that tornado would have hit us, it wouldn't matter if we were in a tanker, flatbed or van. We'd be outta there.

 

i never used them and never will.. my feelings always was, if i needed to chain up and drive, i don;t need to drive.

i do not know of any company here in the east that uses them.

nothing is a perfect safety feature. it still comes down to the drivers discretion

 

I have never used chains. Honestly only time in my career they were needed was a cold winter in Oregon going down Cabbage. I waited at the truck stop until it was safe to proceed without chains. If they tell me to chain up, I'm sitting. The freight will get there when it does.

 

Even as a new driver, if you tell them you don't feel safe driving in those conditions there is nothing they can do. Do what you feel safe doing. There will be DM's who harass you and try to make you fee bad. That's the nature of the beast. Bat and your ground if you don't feel safe.

 

All of Anthony's posts are serious. They may just be laced with sarcasm, humorous truths or otherwise.

And pfft... Chains. Put yer big boy panties on and don't even bother. No better time to drive if you ask me! Everybody's sphincter needs exercise!

I'm kidding. It's just like when I was in pharmacy. It's my license. If I don't feel safe doing what was asked of me; even a #### act of congress won't make me change my mind.

Also...anyone find it funny that "certain posters" go after those with charged arguments versus ones with actual applied logic?

 

Hey man, I go after EVERYONE! I don't care if you laid some logic on me or not. I say throw out some insults, make up some crap that gives me some sort of credibility, and then duck out when the crap hits the fan.
When it gets real, I'm all "Later, Dood"