Snow And Ice Driving

Road looked cleared off.Bet he went too fast around the bend and hit a slick spot.

 

He went off the night before. If I remember right there was some freezing rain in the area when it happened. Don't know the cause, just that he walked away after ending up greasy side up in a deep ditch.

 

Usually those that come flying by you complaining are the ones we see on their side in the median, or shoulders of the road. Go at your own pace, and if you get uncomfortable stop, it all comes with time, the more comfortable you are with your driving helps, but on ice really nothing helps alot, but remember sometimes it's more dangerous to try and get off the road than to stay on it, the exit ramps, not used near as much as the road, could be more solidly packed with ice and crash trying to get off the road, if your radio has weatherband helps, to know what you're up against and nowadays everyone has internet on their phones and can check weather and drive accordingly, another thing, if you're stuck snowed in at a truckstop, they only keep enough food for a few days maybe, so eat there while being snowed/iced in because they are not getting any deliveries either, and save your lunchmeat in the truck so that if you're there for a while due to being iced in you still have your food saved in fridge in truck.

 

That's the main thing he walked away.Looks like he was in the mountains,thats when drivers should take extra caution in the winter.

 

Some drivers can handle any adverse conditions with ease and most are veterans but companies piticular starter companies should not ecspect new drivers to get out in bad weather if they feel its unsafe.

 

judge;
" and nowadays everyone has internet on their phones and can check weather and drive accordingly"

not everybody. I still use a dumb phone and don't carry any of the other high tech "gizmo's"

lol, love that word, gizmo..

 

Yeah I should have said most, my dad only has phone also no text or internet, but I still use the weatherband

 

Who needs a phone to check weather just look outside,yep its bad,lol.

 

That is the sad, sad truth with newbies/rookies. They finally have a job that they wanted for so long, made sacrifices along the way and now they are on the road for the first time, in the winter months. They want to do the job, they do not want to let down thier bosses (ie dispatch clowns), so they get bullied into situations that they cannot get out of, then if they crash, they get fired and are told something like, "well you could have shut down, instead of crashing, you're fired".

Until the newbies and rookies can stand up in a very nice way and say that it is UNSAFE out here to continue, dispatching clowns will humiliate them into submission. It will only take one newbie/rookie to make a bad judgement and continue on to satisfy the clowns in the office, to make his future in serious doubt in getting another driving job.

 

Yep, walked away is the important thing. Love the way that truck was reshaped.

Lots of twists and turns there. Could of been going too fast, got distracted for a second or a hundred other things. It was right about here https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48....d=oIBCFGpRNQ5FUb0gcE8PXQ&cbp=12,83.56,,0,3.19