To New Drivers >>>> Be aware of what's going on ...

Yeah I heard about this in the news. This isn't the first time a driver left the boom up and cause an accident. Maybe a mirror check could had save the driver and the headache

 

Sad to hear....here in Ohio(Cleveland) I just saw this happen Monday with a straight dump on the street,no deaths thank GOD,scared a lot of people me included,(sitting at the stop light he took out)
And on I90 last summer,semi with dump bed pto engaged did the exact same thing at 5 am.
Freeway was re-routed all weekend while the bridge/walkway was taken down.

 

Chalk this up to being complacent.
My guy was thinkin "just another day at the job"

smh

 

Um, wearing a seatbelt probably would have saved their life. Shame, that 5 seconds to buckle the belt was too much of a hassle.

 

No seatbelt, loft raised and rolling?

Not to be too course, but that driver was not long for this world.

How lucky is it that no other people on the road just behind him/her were not killed?

Mikeeee

 

Absolutely yes. However, today not as many people have a CB and those that do don't have it on. A couple of weeks ago I tried to signal a guy that passed me eastbound on I-30 at night on the way to Little Rock. Sparks smoke were coming off the remnants of his right rear trailer. No CB, didn't stop for flashing lights. Other truckers tried to raise him, but he kept on driving for another 50 miles before the tire beside it blew and the trailer settled down onto the front set on that side.

He obviously wasn't checking his mirrors. It would have been hard NOT to notice all the sparks and the fact his trailer was starting to lean to the right. I guess he finally got the memo from the braking action when the trailer came down on the front set of tires. I finally passed him parked in a bad spot on the shoulder, with skid marks showing he barely cleared the fog line before he came to a halt. He had the fire extinguisher out.

Not ONLY should drivers be ready and willing to communicate issues and problems with other drivers, you should be ready to RECEIVE communication. Last week I had a guy alert me that a trailer light was out just as it was getting dark. I stopped and replaced the burned out bulb, just before passing a cluster of LEO's that seemed to be focused on truckers. Saved a ticket by keeping the CB on.

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4257139]Um, wearing a seatbelt probably would have saved their life. Shame, that 5 seconds to buckle the belt was too much of a hassle.[/QUOTE]

Wearing a seat belt saved my legs and probably saved my live as a young man. I don't get the whole argument that not wearing a seat belt is a form of "independence".

 

This happens all the time, Many times forget the PTO is engaged and a slight arm movement resting on the controls can raise the rails. It's really common, Have done it several times leaving a site and miles down road with NO WARNING LIGHT. My indication was obviously the rails are up looking in mirror or semi-difficult to float gears. Roll off dumpster sure was fun


This just happened begining of summer around my area. Almost retired Driver smacked a off ramp bridge and he ate the steering wheel and caused a major off ramp and the under pass lane to be to detoured for several weeks until the STATE DOT could patch it up, Smacked it really good and the driver barely survived.


Kudos for surviving and impressive damage. go big or go home lol



Added link
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/07/11/truck-hits-overpass-in-glenfield/

 

I was on the side of the road last night, fitting to air hose going to the brake chamber broke on the interstate. Breaks locked up. Managed to get it off the road. Only one driver the whole time raised me on the CB checking on me. Others talked smack because of the company im with and were making fun of me being broke down. I don't give a #### what idiots think, but I check on other drivers all the time and im always calling things out.

 

Why does this have to be explicitly pointed at new drivers? You think old veteran drivers arent out there making mistakes just as new ones are? I agree newbies make mistakes, hell they probably make more than most, god knows Ive made a few already, but complacency breeds mistakes and shortcuts, and you get complacent when you get comfortable in your position, which tends to come with time in the seat. I think what needs to be said is ALL drivers need to take a few extra minutes to make sure that they are safe, and everything is good. This accident, and the death of that driver could have been prevented had he just done a quick check to make sure things were good.