Time for a reality check and a safety lesson. Whether you like it or not.

good topic, i read it mostly to tha end, i'd say i've driven all 48, all weather, chained & unchained. worst i've seen was on donner pass, at night, snow fall was too much for machine they have that blows snow up on shoulder. tha snow was, stacked at least 2 building stories high or more, no parking, you had to keep it moving behind regular snow plow. i drove san jaquin valley in ca, daily in fog so thick i couldn't see hood, drove during tha feeze in houston to florida, and more. i'm alive & others because i practiced what was shared here. i'd say to tha not so experienced driver take all the advice shared here, keep it in your mental tool box. i even related to tha driver who balked at smith system, i reacted the same way, cuz i had some experience, safe driver award, but in the midst of tha training i concluded it was just a reminder of what most of us drivers have learned/practiced intuitively....awareness, cuz anything can happen anytime. we don't control anything on tha road but tha truck we drive. i would say that we study all things that help us maintain control, that's what makes tha professional, i think. i've used all tha preventative measures/attitudes mentioned here, like most drivers, i'm alive, havent killed anyone, wrecked truck, been hit once, got about a million +-.......i like reality checks. i was an ironworker for some years, many thousands of yrs ago, lol, i learned tha veritable value of safety in that industry, safety is number one, over everthing. our trucks are as dangerous as building bridges, skyscrapers, in some cases some trucks (hazmat) even more so....... i've seen/experienced many deaths in both industries, SAFETY MATTERS. i know we all pride ourselves in things we do, jobs, etc, we "show out" sometimes, get pissed, etc.........do it safely or don't do it at all.......we will die bs'ing......be safe drivers.....pEaCe

 

just a heads up to all, this is going to happen again this weekend.

from the NWS

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN ACROSS
NORTHERN COLORADO ON FRIDAY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS BY SUNDAY. THERE IS INCREASING CONFIDENCE THAT
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...BRINGING
OVER A FOOT OF SNOW TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FT...AND SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FT. THIS STORM SYSTEM OVER
THE WEEKEND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT TRAVEL
ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING.


Sherman Hill, between cheyenne and laramie is 8600 ft, cheyenne is 6100 ft, laramie is 7200 ft, rawlins 6700 ft,

This will be a heavy wet snow, hard to plow, with lots of slush on the road ways.

 

And it was 92 yesterday in Odessa....

 

The world's coming to an end...