"WTF" Things Wheel Holders Do
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Uncle Birchy
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Seen a lot of mega fleets lately with their drivers sounding the horn when the drivers release brakes, setting brakes and backing up.
Reinhardt's last week I saw all of those. At crystal geyser and again at market basket in Tewkesbury this week.
That was Old School Trainee.....put the 4 ways on and blast the airhorn before popping the clutch....at bar closing time in the SUICIDE alleydock around the streched Long Nose at the Pee-Lot
Ya "behind" the TIMES bro....
The NEW thing is Backing ALARMS.....
Anytime the tranny is in R goes BEEP BEEP BEEP ....sounds like an amplified Smoke Alarm...
Duck
Sarcastic remark goes here
This guy somehow managed to rear end not one but TWO school buses
Bad wreck involving semi, school buses in Jackson County: 72 injured
Bad wreck involving semi, school buses in Jackson County: 72 injured
Tazz
Infidel
Chip hauler on that part of 90 was ducking the Marianna scales.
Seen a lot of mega fleets lately with their drivers sounding the horn when the drivers release brakes, setting brakes and backing up.
Reinhardt's last week I saw all of those. At crystal geyser and again at market basket in Tewkesbury this week.
Might be some good reason those "wheel holders" are sounding their horns:
Man killed by delivery truck at United Supermarkets in Abilene
From OSHA:
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I would have posted more, but I'm in a bad area and started getting false server errors.
Swift was involved in something like these some years ago: Driver was hooking to a trailer and a warehouse employee stepped between the tractor and trailer. Killed the warehouse guy. The driver was found to have been innocent in this accident. That's when the honk your horn policy went in. Once bitten..
So, make fun all you want to. When you're the guy on the ground not paying attention, you'll be happy the driver made some noise so you'd look up.
Uncle Birchy
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AK7
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Believe me,I'm not shedding any tears.
Uncle Birchy
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I rolled over a few years ago in my buddies jeep. We slid sideways and hit the snow bank then up and over the side and down. Not sure how many times we rolled. Fire department said if we had not been wearing our seat belts we both would have gone out the side window and crushed. We had a case of beer in the back. All the cans opened up and sprayed us. I was surprised they didn't check us for DUI. He said that happens all the time in a roll over.
ironpony
Professional Pot-Stirrer
Its the aggregate collection of drops... get enough, and the bucket fills.
Keendriver
Hates all of you
You know we make fun of situations like this (rightfully so....to an extent).
But do you think that Jerry and his people must some times just throw their hands up and say "feck it...we give up".
I mean look at all this damage...2 trailers, a tractor (ok....looks like a lease truck) and 2 loads damaged/delayed.
Customer confidence takes a hit.
And for what?
I wasn't there but I've been out there (the road) long enough to give it a pretty good guess......
Tailgating/lack of attention and road/traffic conditions bit them in the ass.
Completely feckin preventable!
You know this happens all the time not just to Swift but all the mega's.
Hate to sound like I'm crying for the rich but this is just STUPIDITY!!!
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