why do companies spec trucks so stupidly?

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  1. Midnightrider909

    Midnightrider909 Road Train Member

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    Does it have wing windows? I really really miss those
     
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  3. Suspect Zero

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    Wing vents rocked. Whoever made the decision to do away with those should be tarred and feathered.
     
  4. ShooterK2

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  5. mjb927

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    Wing vents should have never been removed from any moving vehicles.
     
  6. Lepton1

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    Yep. If you spit out the front side of the wing it comes back in the back side. Ask my brother how he knows.
     
  7. x1Heavy

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    Those wing vents were what made the FLD very useful in the growling of winter. Crank up the heat toast the windshield and dessicate the driver too. But only open that wing a crack and dump excess heat still toasted glass. No ice. Good for venting smoking too.
     
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  8. Ridgeline

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    I come to realize this afternoon after dealing with an accident that one of my drivers had with another stupid driver, the question that should be asked is why did god spec these drivers so stupidly?

    Just an FYI, when you have people telling you that you don't have trailer lights when you are at a shipper and that your pre-trip wasn't done to show you have no right hand indicator lights on the right side, so when you turn your turn signal on to make a lane change with a truck next to you doing 67 mph, you need to understand that you need to yield to them, not expect them to see an imaginary light asking to get over and run them off the road.
     
  9. TankerP

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    In a decade or two the main complaints here at TTR will be, "my auto-drive feature stopped working, I have to drive the truck manually, this company sucks. Waaah"
     
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  10. Midnightrider909

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    I thought self driving trucks were supposed to take over by then.
     
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