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Douglas
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject: Truckdriving the most dangerous job? |
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| I've heard some people say that truckdriving is the most dangerous job you could have. Even more dangerous than being a cop, fire-fighter, rescue-worker, etc.? I find this kind of hard to believe myself. (I know driving this big trucks can be dangerous, but not sure I'd say it was the MOST dangerous) What do you think? |
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duck
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| While spending any amount of time on the road is dangerous - I would take it any day over Berring sea during crab season, Pac NW cutting timber or cop in Bagdad. |
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yoopr
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Crab fishing in Alaska
Logging |
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Mackman
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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duck
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| QB behind the Packer's O-line :lol: |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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duck wrote: While spending any amount of time on the road is dangerous - I would take it any day over Berring sea during crab season, Pac NW cutting timber or cop in Bagdad.
No "Cops" in Baghdad |
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Random_Facts
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| It's not number One most dangerous, but it is on top 10 list. From the Msn research awhile back they had that as one of the topics. Yes Loggers, Fishermen, Coal Miners, Truck drivers. |
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Random_Facts
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Here we go...America's Most dangerous jobs.
#1. Logging Workers
#2. Aircraft Pilots
#3. Fishers and fishing workers
#4. Structural iron and steel workers
#5. Refuse and recyclabe material collectors
#6. Farmers and Ranchers
#7. Roofers
#8. Electrial power line installers/repairers
#9. Driver/sales workers and Truck drivers
#10. Taxi drivers and Chauffeurs
Top ten list for 2005 a year old. But you get the idea pretty much =). |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| That aircraft pilot one surprises me-maybe it's bush pilots in alaska :P |
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duck
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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I took this to mean there are cops in Baghdad.
Quote: Police find 50 corpses in Baghdad
Sectarian violence is claiming dozens of victims in Baghdad daily
Police in Baghdad have recovered at least 49 bodies from the streets of the capital in the past 24 hours, an interior ministry official has said.
Police meaning cop. IME |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| they've got IP(Iraqi police) so I guess they're considered cops but I considered them Military police sort of and they've got ICDC which is the equivalent of our National Guard. |
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Ian Williams
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:21 am Post subject: |
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yoopr wrote: That aircraft pilot one surprises me-maybe it's bush pilots in alaska :P
I think the people making the list fail to distinguish between the aviation equivalent of "four-wheelers" and professionals.
Errors by professional pilots are fairly rare. Its quite common for armatures to kill themselves and their passengers in small aircraft, think JFK Jr and Jon Denver.
The list also completely ignors the military. I belive Lyods of London once classified the flight deck of a carrier as the most dangerous workplace in the world. |
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SteveBooth
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| Marriage |
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wot i life
Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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Location: At the bottom of the garden, dancing merrily with the pixies
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snake venom collecting type guy?
surely they gotta dangerous job? :roll: :lol: |
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WildK9
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SteveBooth wrote: Marriage
:lol: :lol: :lol: |
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