Having only been driving 2 years.. and talking to people here and there,

I am pondering...is trucking a cause of paranoia? ....

or does it simply aggrivate our basic instinct for self preservation ?

Definatley a strange line of work

I have come to accept that i may show up to work and hit 'ready for dispatch' ... and simply be told i am no longer needed ...for no reason whatsoever...

Like the uncertainty principal for trucking...

Ya never really know :roll:

a TV camera installled in your rig ?... will it alter fate or destiny ?

has it helped you out so far i am wondering ?...several people where i work speak of installing them into their rigs

i am curious :arrow:

 

caps lock is cruise control for cool 8)

 

The issue here is not strictly a matter of who was at fault, but also whether or not the wreck/accident was preventable on your part. Safety departments can use a very broad brush in determining that matter.

BOL2U!

 

yeah,u got that right. i found that out when they fired me. i guess i woulda been better of running the trk into the drink off that bridge rather than tag a 4 wheeler. still dont know how the company's gonna put it on my dac. i can pretty much imagine, though.

 

I suspect they'll say you should have had more following distance and when you saw the car 2-3 ahead of you being cut off, you should have started bringing your rig to a stop.

 

thats exactly what i did. 79784 lbs gross aint gonna stop on a dime. believe it or not, saftey told me i shoulda had 8 seconds between me and the car in front of me. 8 seconds.... in christmas traffic....... yeah right.

 

I think the 'rule' that I had to know for my test at the MVA was 1 second per 10 feet of vehicle length. Add a second over 45 mph. Add 'much more time' in bad weather, night, etc. So with a 53 foot trailer and another 15-20 feet of tractor, I'm sure that they can claim that eight seconds was required.

It sucks, but the rules are in place for 'them', not you and I. Good luck with it.

 

Sorry this happened to you MAN. On the subject of leaving room in front of you it is amazing how many trucks you see barreling down the road
at 70plus right on someones tail , not only are trucks guilty but 4 wheelers more so. Anyway not ment to reflect on your accident but the post concerning the one second per ft rule was a subject I have thought about addressing on this forum before.

 

I teach driver's ed (hopefully only for another month. I promised I wouldn't go anywhere until end of January. I burned 'em once before a little bit when trying another new career, so I kinda owe them since they took me back when it didn't work out) and one of the big things I preach is following distance. It's very, very tough to maintain those by the book following distances, be it care, bike, or truck, but damned if it isn't a helluva lot easier than doing an emergency manuever.