[inmate1577]

Swift can post any policy they want but it doesnt matter when some nitwit dispatcher sends the route via qualcomm to the driver who has never ridden that road.
I'd say the driver is also a motorcyclist....
He handled the corners pretty damn good and didnt hit anyone and slowed down for oncoming traffic.

[BigWheels]

Too funny...I was LMAO during the orange cone massacre.

Must of been a high-milage day -- hey?!

Did you see at the very end the number of vehicles that were following him?! Bet they were happy! :evil:

[ct77]

Originally Posted by BigWheels

Too funny...I was LMAO during the orange cone massacre.

Must of been a high-milage day -- hey?!

Did you see at the very end the number of vehicles that were following him?! Bet they were happy! :evil:

I know, I like the part where about 4 or 5 came out at once.

How many points would that have been on a CDL test?' :P

[ct77]

Originally Posted by inmate1577

Swift can post any policy they want but it doesnt matter when some nitwit dispatcher sends the route via qualcomm to the driver who has never ridden that road.
I'd say the driver is also a motorcyclist....
He handled the corners pretty damn good and didnt hit anyone and slowed down for oncoming traffic.

I agree and it looks like a good shortcut on the map, no squiggles but like the sign says at the start 318 curves in 11 miles and 12% percent grades trucks should use alternate route

[chubyboy]

the only truck combination that should ever run that is a single or double 27 foot trailer combo, not a fuggin 53 with a sleeper cab

[bigtimba]

This is a new chapter to an old story.

It's no coincidence that the biker/cinematographer was there and ready to shoot. Locals have complained about and to every company they find on that route. There are a ton of videos on youtube and elsewhere to back that up

Swift, to it's credit, has responded by deleting any reference to the Dragon from their routing and declared it "off limits". This is a situation where the Driver chose to ignore the routing.

To those who think he did a pretty good job, given the circumstances, you're wrong. He should have stopped the truck before he hit the first cone, called THP and let them prescribe the appropriate course of action.

[carlos64030]

I ran into a road like that in West Virginia at 2 a.m. The trees were so thick that it was completely pitch black out there. There was no cell phone reception or a QualComm signal. I was still a new jack driver at the time, and I'm not gonna lie.... I was absofreakinlutely scurrrrrred!

[Malaki86]

LOL

Do you remember which road it was?

[chubyboy]

cones notwithstanding, he did a good job. speaking of the cone scene, that reminds me of the first week of driving on the course at school...that was hilarious (at school)

[matcat]

Originally Posted by chubyboy

cones notwithstanding, he did a good job. speaking of the cone scene, that reminds me of the first week of driving on the course at school...that was hilarious (at school)

You know, at school I think I only killed 3 cones