When I learned to drive in 1998 at the age of 23, we did not have QC, GPS units and cell phones in the trucks. The Allied agent that I worked for got the directions for you and if we had any problems out on the road, we used pay phones, and a truckers atlas(just like the old timers taught me when they trained me drive). I like the new toys too but I don't rely on them to do the job for me.

 

Just goes to show there is no replacement for good ol' common sense

 

What's a payphone?

 

Double R

I gotta agree with you also on the CDL mills,(and everything else you posted on this topic ) I think there is something goin on with them, I don't know what i missed by not goin to trucking school, but I don't think it was much. I had my class A and was driving trucks before they had the CDL's I started in '87 but I didn't have a cell phone until around '97 or so.

 

I think he was waiting for his GPS to tell him to stop, before he actually did. Hope this guy switched professions after this, don't need idiots like him on the road.

 

OOOOHHHHH I think he switched professions allright. He's standing in line at the job hut behind that guy which drove for U.S.A logistics (the one at the tunnel) remember

 

It's like a slot machine takes quarters and doesn't pay you back, but you get to talk to it and noone will laugh at you

 

I guess cops cant legally issue tickets for stupidity! :shock: I just cant believe he didnt realize his roof as well as trailer was missing!

 

Extracted from the article:
The city of Dover apparently notices the "trend" in trucks hitting the bridge. Even though the bridge is marked with the height restriction, it is apparently not adequete.

Im not trying to defend the driver, he is clearly at fault, and admitted to not paying attention to his driving. GPS can be a wonderful thing, but you better be using only as a supplement to your "navigation". Even if he failed to see the signs, he had to know he was going under a bridge (you would think, anyway) and 9 foot 6 inch is so short that a reasonable driver shouldnt need signs to tell him that he aint gonna fit.

Since he continued to his consignee, he apparently doesnt check his mirrors much for the location of his trailer while making turns. I would hazard a guess, that 100% of the drivers on this forum, check their mirrors while making turns, to observe the track of the trailer.

(I cannot believe he wasnt ticketed)

It would be interesting to know what his company did with him. Althought it should be pretty obvious.

 

They can for littering.. :lol: :lol: