Hard to angle a set of triples, I would imagine
Two Killed In Crash Involving Two Semi-Trucks On Turnpike In Grady Co.
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Hard to angle a set of triples, I would imagine
C'mon! You know Dave knows better. Just stick that tractor out into the travel lane.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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My point was they drive a passenger vehicle and know how dangerous it is to park on the shoulder.
I cannot imagine parking my pkg car, let alone a set of triples, on the shoulder of a major highway.
Our guy put himself in an unsafe situation from which he did not walk away.
I cannot imagine parking my pkg car, let alone a set of triples, on the shoulder of a major highway.
Our guy put himself in an unsafe situation from which he did not walk away.
You would rather he stop it in the middle lane of a major highway? As a CDL licensed driver, this is how we're taught to do an emergency pull off. If he were completely outside of the white line of the shoulder, then he did nothing wrong.
And, if you blew a tire, you would drive on until you found an exit or a rest area to pull over? Possibly risking a catastrophic accident if the tire shredded causing loss of all control?
Only in the BOG.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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If I blew a tire I would get as far off the road as safely possible before calling AAA.
PT Car Washer
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And hope the tire does not catch on fire because now you got real problems.
What if, while you were on the phone with Triple A some maroon came and read ended your car at highway speed? How could that be misconstrued in ANY way as your fault?
Do you know how far off the road our driver was?
When I pulled off to check my sister's camper, we were coming up on a construction zone. I sure as h*ll didn't want a problem there, and was absolutely as far away from travel lanes as I could safely be.
Unless you were riding shotgun in the truck, give it up.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Obviously not far enough.
Dave, that's BS. He had a driver drive THROUGH 2 out of his 3 trailers yet you are saying he wasn't far enough off the road? It's not like his mirror was hit or something like that.
In this situation you are 100% wrong. I'm sure that hurts for you to hear, but it is true.
not sure, 3 AM, it could have just happened. He was between the last two trailers, possibly at the dolly.
Probably an air line issue. Also, there are no rest areas on that part of the turnpike
trickpony1
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Upstate-
Let it go.
You don't know what you are talking about.
You can't compare your Nissan Ultima with a set of triples.
Let it go.
You don't know what you are talking about.
You can't compare your Nissan Ultima with a set of triples.
I don't know, the more I think about it, the more that comparison works
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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It doesn't take a Mensa candidate to see that it is not a good idea to pull a set of triples on to the shoulder of a major interstate.
Contributory negligence.
I am embarrassed for you to put something so dumb on here Dave. One of our brothers died due to another driver's bad decision, and you try to say our driver (who was pulled ALL the way out of the travel lane) is partially to blame? Unbelievable.
Where would you like him to pull over his roughly 110' long rig? Mind you, we've already been told there are no rest areas nereby.
Packmule
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That's what I was wondering. Either broke down or out of hours.
