another swift bites the dust
#31
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!!!!! whether you were in the oncoming lane or not, you don't know if anyone got hurt....period
#33
We kind of had this go around about a fatal accident in Washington. Lots of "good" guesses, but really no hard facts. I understand your thoughts here.
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#34
not that I expected anything better out of you but, I'm not nor ever have been a swifty, but I choose to be a lil more mature and not jump to conclusions as to why a swift truck ended up in a field. Just imagine if it was your dad or son and it was a massive heart attack that caused him to pass out and drive into a field...not so funny now is it? and to answer your question, apparently you give a f&*K or you would'nt have wasted all that important time in your life posting here...
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not that I expected anything better out of you but, I'm not nor ever have been a swifty, but I choose to be a lil more mature and not jump to conclusions as to why a swift truck ended up in a field.
Just imagine if it was your dad or son and it was a massive heart attack that caused him to pass out and drive into a field...not so funny now is it? and to answer your question, apparently you give a f&*K or you would'nt have wasted all that important time in your life posting here... ![]()
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#37
The last time I saw a Swift truck cross the median and go off the road, it was because a 4-wheeler had a heart attack, crossed the median, and went nose-to-nose with the right front corner of the truck. With part of the car locking up his steer tire, he couldn't control it. It took him across the median and across the other lanes. That Swift driver also died. That was on I-70 in IN. Not his fault at all, and nothing done stupid. A 4-wheeler that died behind the wheel. It would have been about the same ending no matter who the company was. Swift, Werner, or an O/O. It's just too bad a 4-wheeler had to take a truck driver with him.
There are things that are done by new drivers, and there are new drivers that have not properly been trained. But, seasoned drivers find themselves in a serious bind at times also. Back in Oct of '97, I took out a Nissan because I had no other choice. No, I didn't go off the road. Had the car lodged under my front end, I would have had no control either. Water on the road, and no one else involved is another matter.
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#38
actually, I was quite impressed that he went across 4 lanes of traffic, a deep median and between 2 trees and never hit anything and landed right side up. I imagine he was hurt because that had to be one hell of a bump crossing that median, it has a pretty deep dip to it
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not that I expected anything better out of you but, I'm not nor ever have been a swifty, but I choose to be a lil more mature and not jump to conclusions as to why a swift truck ended up in a field.
Just imagine if it was your dad or son and it was a massive heart attack that caused him to pass out and drive into a field...not so funny now is it? and to answer your question, apparently you give a f&*K or you would'nt have wasted all that important time in your life posting here... ![]() |

