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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Johnny99, post: 304471, member: 12138&quot;]Back in the days of the &quot;Rubber Duck&quot; and Sonny and Will, truckers were respected for the most part. It wasn&#039;t unusual to see trucks parked on the shoulder helping someone out that was in trouble. You do that today and you might get robbed or shot. Today you have to really be alert and aware of whats going on around you all the time. If there is an accident they are going to do their best to blame the truck, after all they could get a big payday&nbsp; if the trucker is at fault. During the 1980&#039;s I worked for one of the large union tanker companies and I was the driver trainer at our terminal. The guys they hired had 2 yrs OTR minimum and a clean record. All I did was teach them how to handle a tanker. Part of my job description was to work with the company safety dept if there was an accident. Even if the driver wasn&#039;t at fault they wanted to determine if the accident was preventable. If it was ruled preventable you got a mark on your record, and you were disciplined. They were covering their a-- with the insurance co.&nbsp; And beleive me, the only accidents that had a chance of being unpreventable were the ones where an animal was involved. And then they looked at your log book. If you weren&#039;t where your log book said you was supposed to be, it was a preventable accident because you weren&#039;t supposed to be there anyway. What I&#039;m saying&nbsp; to these guys is you have to look out for yourself. Nobody is your freind once something happens. The cops need someone to blame it on, the company is trying to&nbsp; Cover their a-- with the insurance co, and the other people involved are looking to hit the lottery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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