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

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by joseph1135, Apr 21, 2015.

  1. dca

    dca Road Train Member

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    I would think you'd be in 7th heaven f you stuck to running north of the U.S. / Canada border
     
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  3. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    50% of the time I do. If I could make the same money staying in Canada I would.
     
  4. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    Suffering from fat fingers? Or keypad has a mind of it's own?
     
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  5. Agtrucker

    Agtrucker Light Load Member

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    Pulling over sounds right but in those types of conditions where the visibility is low to nothing it almost seems like your screwed in whatever you do... You slowly pull up and stop you're just a sitting duck for the guy whose coming up clueless... Sit it out on the shoulder back a ways and with the poor visibility someone loses sight of the rd or lines you still wind up getting smashed...
     
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  6. Arkansas

    Arkansas Medium Load Member

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    I saw more ice related accidents this year than I ever have by far.
     
  7. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    I mainly run the Midwest, I took 2 and a half snow days off.
    Sure I lost a little money, but no crashes
     
  8. truckon

    truckon Swamp Thing

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    Pulling on the shoulder a few miles before the pile up probably comes with like a 95% chance of not getting hit vs parking on the road directly in the wreck.
     
  9. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    Hwy 401 between Montreal and Windsor is the busiest 600 mile stretch of road in north America. And most if it is only two lanes in each direction

    Throw in a few thousand new Canadians that have never seen snow plus speed limiters that have all the trucks running nose to tail and now you have a recipe for death and destruction.
     
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  10. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    I didn't try all 7 pages and didn't see any videos but IME most crashes involving trucks are caused from following too close.
     
  11. Lone Bear

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    My male german shepard / husky used to be violated by the neighbors twice his size male pit bull if I chained him up outside. Once I had to warn said neighbor to keep it on his side of the fence.

    Only once.

    Never mind the dog. Beware his owner.
     
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