Let's all DUI in our trucks......
 

Originally Posted by :
The truck's driver, Stephen Mark Novacic, of Shaler, is being charged by police with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and careless driving.

Thanks to one drivers dumb move, a innocent victim is now dead. Drink up. Maybe one day you'll all be on the news too.

STORY HERE

Apparently the drivers who come though New Stanton dont need any alcohol at all. They just dont know how to drive period.
Theres been about 5-6 roll overs in the last 4-5 weeks, all with about 3 miles of the interchange. The last one was last Monday I think. Crete rolled it over at the 56 on 70.
I noticed that for a while the DOT pressure at New Stanton has been pretty light compared to what it was a year ago. They were there EVERYDAY this time last year. I guess they were givin us a bit of a break but I wouldnt be suprised if they start hammerin heavy again after all this bullshit.

I'm a big supporter of drinkin & ridin.

Originally Posted by Jimbpard:
Apparently the drivers who come though New Stanton dont need any alcohol at all. They just dont know how to drive period.
Theres been about 5-6 roll overs in the last 4-5 weeks, all with about 3 miles of the interchange. The last one was last Monday I think. Crete rolled it over at the 56 on 70.
I noticed that for a while the DOT pressure at New Stanton has been pretty light compared to what it was a year ago. They were there EVERYDAY this time last year. I guess they were givin us a bit of a break but I wouldnt be suprised if they start hammerin heavy again after all this bullshit.

I'm a big supporter of drinkin & ridin.

That's because they don't read the speed limit sing on the ramp.

Originally Posted by Double R:
That's because they don't read the speed limit sing on the ramp.

For gods sake, are these the first times that these people have ever been on an interstate or highway with on-off ramps???
MOST ramps are a standard 25mph. I'd think that you should know to approach any ramp with caution regardless of with the posted speed is though. The state shouldnt have to be responsible for you having common sense. It dont take a rocket scientist to figure out that you shouldn't go around a ramp at 40+MPH.

Originally Posted by :
For gods sake, are these the first times that these people have ever been on an interstate or highway with on-off ramps???

Yes. It's thier first time on thier own. They don't have a trainer to hold thier hand anymore. Plus some of them can't read ENGLISH!

Originally Posted by :
I'd think that you should know to approach any ramp with caution regardless of with the posted speed is though.

Common sense in the trucking industry died along time ago.

Originally Posted by :
The state shouldnt have to be responsible for you having common sense.

Who else is going to hold thier hand. They can't think on thier own.

Originally Posted by :
It dont take a rocket scientist to figure out that you shouldn't go around a ramp at 40+MPH.

Most them were Rocket Scientists BEFORE they became truck drivers. Just ask any of them. They gave a six figure job to drive a truck. :lol:

Originally Posted by Jimbpard:

Originally Posted by Double R:
That's because they don't read the speed limit sing on the ramp.

For gods sake, are these the first times that these people have ever been on an interstate or highway with on-off ramps???
MOST ramps are a standard 25mph. I'd think that you should know to approach any ramp with caution regardless of with the posted speed is though. The state shouldnt have to be responsible for you having common sense. It dont take a rocket scientist to figure out that you shouldn't go around a ramp at 40+MPH.

Just a thought... Do you think they would be driving a truck if they were "ROCKET SCIENTISTS"??? They simply have not GRADUATED from being 4-WHEELERS. These trucks do not like being driven like a 4-wheeler. To error is human, but to forgive is not the policy of an 18-wheeled vehicle.

Originally Posted by Windwalker:
Do you think they would be driving a truck if they were "ROCKET SCIENTISTS"???

Maybe. I have meet and heard a few that clam they gave up a six figure job to drive a truck. :lol:

Re: Let's all DUI in our trucks......
 

Originally Posted by Double R:

Originally Posted by :
The truck's driver, Stephen Mark Novacic, of Shaler, is being charged by police with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and careless driving.

Thanks to one drivers dumb move, a innocent victim is now dead. Drink up. Maybe one day you'll all be on the news too.

STORY HERE

Am I the only who noticed that it wasn't actually a big truck, but what looked more like an F750 - the type anyone with a regular Class D license can operate?

Re: Let's all DUI in our trucks......
 

Originally Posted by JeffTheTerrible:

Originally Posted by Double R:

Originally Posted by :
The truck's driver, Stephen Mark Novacic, of Shaler, is being charged by police with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and careless driving.

Thanks to one drivers dumb move, a innocent victim is now dead. Drink up. Maybe one day you'll all be on the news too.

STORY HERE

Am I the only who noticed that it wasn't actually a big truck, but what looked more like an F750 - the type anyone with a regular Class D license can operate?

:wink: But what fun would it be to admit a regular four wheel driver did that?

Re: Let's all DUI in our trucks......
 

Originally Posted by RebelDarlin:

Originally Posted by JeffTheTerrible:

Originally Posted by Double R:

Originally Posted by :
The truck's driver, Stephen Mark Novacic, of Shaler, is being charged by police with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and careless driving.

Thanks to one drivers dumb move, a innocent victim is now dead. Drink up. Maybe one day you'll all be on the news too.

STORY HERE

Am I the only who noticed that it wasn't actually a big truck, but what looked more like an F750 - the type anyone with a regular Class D license can operate?

:wink: But what fun would it be to admit a regular four wheel driver did that?

:|

Looks like a "Honeybucket" truck as well...probably why the dipstick was toasted.

:|

Originally Posted by Double R:

Originally Posted by Windwalker:
Do you think they would be driving a truck if they were "ROCKET SCIENTISTS"???

Maybe. I have meet and heard a few that clam they gave up a six figure job to drive a truck. :lol:

I've met one also. He'd been working for AMOCO CHEMICAL for eighteen years, until the company moved to MEXICO. And, after that, a lot of companies will say that you are OVER-QUALIFIED. "We have to pay you according to your experience, and we MUST start new employees at the starting wage. We can not pay you at two levels at the same time. We can't hire you". Yes, I HAVE heard that before. That was why I went to work at an electric motor plant rather than a TV station some years ago.

This guy might have been driving a truck, and pulling a trailer with a backhoe, but that truck is also allowed to go where we can not go. He was not one of us in that sense. But, the public lumps us all into one basket.

Originally Posted by Windwalker:

Originally Posted by Double R:

Originally Posted by Windwalker:
Do you think they would be driving a truck if they were "ROCKET SCIENTISTS"???

Maybe. I have meet and heard a few that clam they gave up a six figure job to drive a truck. :lol:

I've met one also. He'd been working for AMOCO CHEMICAL for eighteen years, until the company moved to MEXICO. And, after that, a lot of companies will say that you are OVER-QUALIFIED. "We have to pay you according to your experience, and we MUST start new employees at the starting wage. We can not pay you at two levels at the same time. We can't hire you". Yes, I HAVE heard that before. That was why I went to work at an electric motor plant rather than a TV station some years ago.

This guy might have been driving a truck, and pulling a trailer with a backhoe, but that truck is also allowed to go where we can not go. He was not one of us in that sense. But, the public lumps us all into one basket.

Amoco Chemical became part of BP, when they merged in 1998. While I am sure that they opened a plant in Mexico...most of the plants that were AMOCO before 1998, are BP now. Some were sold, because of FTC regulations...but they didn't move to Mexico. They just changed the name to "Huntsman" or "Celanese" or "Oxy", depending on which chemical company was salivating over the particular plant.

Originally Posted by Windwalker:

Originally Posted by Double R:

Originally Posted by Windwalker:
Do you think they would be driving a truck if they were "ROCKET SCIENTISTS"???

Maybe. I have meet and heard a few that clam they gave up a six figure job to drive a truck. :lol:

I've met one also. He'd been working for AMOCO CHEMICAL for eighteen years, until the company moved to MEXICO. And, after that, a lot of companies will say that you are OVER-QUALIFIED. "We have to pay you according to your experience, and we MUST start new employees at the starting wage. We can not pay you at two levels at the same time. We can't hire you". Yes, I HAVE heard that before. That was why I went to work at an electric motor plant rather than a TV station some years ago.

This guy might have been driving a truck, and pulling a trailer with a backhoe, but that truck is also allowed to go where we can not go. He was not one of us in that sense. But, the public lumps us all into one basket.

In this forum it isn't the public lumping us all together, now is it?

Originally Posted by RebelDarlin:
In this forum it isn't the public lumping us all together, now is it?

Define "us." As referenced above. Us..............?

Read what I quoted and see if you can figure it out.