Watch for unexpected passengers in Atlanta, or you could face charges.

[Mike]

The video shows a man grabbing a smoke and hitching a ride on two separate occasions on two different eighteen wheeler trucks in Gwinnett and in DeKalb County.

”I’ve actually never seen anything like this before, just when you think that people have found the most idiotic things to do someone comes up with, something brand new,” President & CEO Georgia Motor Trucking Association Ed Crowell said.

The video now has the attention of GSP, the Georgia Motor Trucking Association and Trucker Associations across the country.

“I would caution truck drivers once they have done their walk around the vehicle, take a second time around,” Crowell said.

“I showed the video around the office here asking if anyone has ever seen anything like it and no one could think of anything quite like that at all,” Norita Taylor Owned and Operated Independent Trucking Association.

'It’s something I haven’t seen before': Georgia Trucking Association shares new warning for truckers

ATLANTA (CBS46) -- Georgia State Patrol Officer Ltn. Riley said in his 15 years of patrolling metro Atlanta highways there is a new kind of risk taker on the streets

www.cbs46.com

 

[Phantom Trucker]

A careful operator would’ve caught that. The truck has blind spot mirrors mounted on the hood that would’ve made it easy to spot the guy right away.

 

[Electric Chicken]

A quick lane change will take care of that. Be sure to hit a pothole for good measure.

 

[Shreck]

A careful operator would’ve caught that. The truck has blind spot mirrors mounted on the hood that would’ve made it easy to spot the guy right away.

Typical,we all know it’s automatically the drivers fault.

 

[Electric Chicken]

A careful operator would’ve caught that. The truck has blind spot mirrors mounted on the hood that would’ve made it easy to spot the guy right away.

Why would you automatically assume that the driver doesn't know he's there?

 

[389 Hood]

The driver wouldn't know he was there only if he never looked out the window. And by the looks of some of the trailers going down the road, they don't.

I was delivering to a Shell station down on Miami Beach. In order to get there, you had to go and come back through "The Hood". On the return trip one of the savages decided to hitch a ride on the rear ladder of the trailer. Here I was tooling north on I-95 and I was surround by FHP. I pulled over and they all jumped out of their car pointing their weapons at the back of my trailer.

One of the Trooper said to me, 'Do you know how many times you almost lost him weaving in the traffic?' The idiot came down off of the ladder yelling, 'Dat mudda fuckah crazy man. He be drivin like a crazy man'.

This was about 35 years ago. He probably thought he was going to hitch a ride to the next corner. Timing the lights, I never had to stop all the way back to the entrance ramp. He wasn't about to jump off doing 30mph. I was laughing my ass off!

 

[Electric Chicken]

The driver wouldn't know he was there only if he never looked out the window. And by the looks of some of the trailers going down the road, they don't.

I was delivering to a Shell station down on Miami Beach. In order to get there, you had to go and come back through "The Hood". On the return trip one of the savages decided to hitch a ride on the rear ladder of the trailer. Here I was tooling north on I-95 and I was surround by FHP. I pulled over and they all jumped out of their car pointing their weapons at the back of my trailer.

One of the Trooper said to me, 'Do you know how many times you almost lost him weaving in the traffic?' The idiot came down off of the ladder yelling, 'Dat mudda fuckah crazy man. He be drivin like a crazy man'.

This was about 35 years ago. He probably thought he was going to hitch a ride to the next corner. Timing the lights, I never had to stop all the way back to the entrance ramp. He wasn't about to jump off doing 30mph. I was laughing my ass off!

Cool story but you didn't respond to the question I asked.

 

[389 Hood]

You're asking the wrong person. Ask @Phantom Trucker

The way I see it, if you looked out the drivers window and didn't see that paw holding on to the mirror bracket, you're just a blind dumbass.

 

[Electric Chicken]

You're asking the wrong person. Ask @Phantom Trucker

The way I see it, if you looked out the drivers window and didn't see that paw holding on to the mirror bracket, you're just a blind dumbass.

Agreed but that isn't what I'm saying.

 

[Rigjockey]

Surely you would notice the hand on the mirror arm or see them in the hood mirrors. (Ha,ha, giving Hood mirrors a new meaning) the problem is many drivers do not look in their mirrors.
But what can you do about some hood rat hanging on to your truck? Well, if you got a narrow cab Pete or KW you could kick the passenger door open.
What can you do? Do you really want to stop and confront this guy? Not really! Why do the cops blame the driver?

 

[Mike]

Do you really want to stop and confront this guy?

Lower the window and crack him over the head with a tire thumper, or show him the business end of Mr. Ruger.

 

[Rigjockey]

Lower the window and crack him over the head with a tire thumper, or show him the business end of Mr. Ruger.

Yeah MR Ruger meet Mr Smith and Mr. Wesson. he might pull a gun on you too.

 

[Mike]

Yeah MR Ruger meet Mr Smith and Mr. Wesson. he might pull a gun on you too.

That's why you don't pull it unless you intend to use it. If he sees it, then goes to pull a gun, pop....

 

[Rigjockey]

That's why you don't pull it unless you intend to use it. If he sees it, then goes to pull a gun, pop....

Ok so now you are in more trouble for killing a man than you are for having a man taking a ride on the side of your truck.
Just curious, what would be the legal justification for shooting a rider?

 

[Mike]

Ok so now you are in more trouble for killing a man than you are for having a man taking a ride on the side of your truck.
Just curious, what would be the legal justification for shooting a rider?

He wasn't a rider, he had a gun and was trying to get into my truck. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Y'all telling me you don't have the driving skills to use another driver's ICC bumper as a bug pick?

 

[Phantom Trucker]

Why would you automatically assume that the driver doesn't know he's there?

Sorry for the delayed response.

Instinctively, I assumed a commercial driver wouldn’t be that irresponsible with their license. But after thinking about it, maybe there is some careless schmucks that would do something like that.

 

[krelithous]

Surely you would notice the hand on the mirror arm or see them in the hood mirrors. (Ha,ha, giving Hood mirrors a new meaning) the problem is many drivers do not look in their mirrors.
But what can you do about some hood rat hanging on to your truck? Well, if you got a narrow cab Pete or KW you could kick the passenger door open.
What can you do? Do you really want to stop and confront this guy? Not really! Why do the cops blame the driver?

have you not figured out yet that drivers are the blame for everything wich is complete BS

 

[Electric Chicken]

Sorry for the delayed response.

Instinctively, I assumed a commercial driver wouldn’t be that irresponsible with their license. But after thinking about it, maybe there is some careless schmucks that would do something like that.

I'm not implying that the driver allowed it to happen in the "sure, hop on" sense.

Most likely these guys are hopping on while the truck is already in a slow roll. Like bums and trains. Driver sees it but what's he gonna do? Stop and kindly ask them to get off? You don't know whether these people are violent or not. Should the driver shake them off with the truck? Then he gets blamed for any harm that comes to the bum.

It's kind of a no-win unless you're lucky and hit a deep pothole.