Comments on: Laredo, Texas http://truckinwifi.com/wordpress/2006/01/26/laredo-texas My blog about trucking life. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:23:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: web_loafer http://truckinwifi.com/wordpress/2006/01/26/laredo-texas/comment-page-1#comment-372 web_loafer Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:33:26 +0000 http://truckinwifi.com/wordpress/?p=93#comment-372 Don, I too hated to hear about the terrible accident in Florida. I only hope it was not the truck drivers fault. I had a close one with a car packed with children long ago, 1975 in PA. Snow storm, idiot four wheelers, (you know the routine) gentle sloped hill, one lane open, 35 to 40 mph. Station wagon with children looking out the back window, spins out and stops sideways right there on the interstate. I dove for the ditch. I went for a wild ride down a slope and managed to dodge all of the pine trees, and come to a stop with the shiny side up. It was the children that caused me to dive for the ditch. I have conditioned my senses to stay on the road, but that time I didn't. There wasn't much damage to my truck, just the bill for the two tow trucks it took to get my tractor trailer back on the road. What I wanted to tell you about is a completely new hazard. I almost ran over a four wheeler last night. It was one of those new cars that has those daylights...(My Toyota Tundra has them)..that are on at all times. This idiot had taken off without turning the lights on, and was driving 65 mph at night with no tail lights at all. I was driving at full throttle, 70 mph. It was just foggy enough that I didn't see the cars headlights on the road ahead. All of the sudden something in my vision flashes, probably some of the chrome on the car, and I was fifty feet from the car without tail lights. I was able to avoid the idiot. It was close. Be aware of this scenario. Since my daily dedicated route is mostly Missouri miles, I see a lot of Prime Inc. Trucks. I don't worry about Prime Drivers, they are good. You know what I mean, some companies have better drivers than others. I keep this in mind when I am passing or being passed by other trucks. What do you call a stretch of the highway with 365 Swift trucks on it? a years experience. Don,
I too hated to hear about the terrible accident in Florida. I only hope it was not the truck drivers fault. I had a close one with a car packed with children long ago, 1975 in PA. Snow storm, idiot four wheelers, (you know the routine) gentle sloped hill, one lane open, 35 to 40 mph. Station wagon with children looking out the back window, spins out and stops sideways right there on the interstate. I dove for the ditch. I went for a wild ride down a slope and managed to dodge all of the pine trees, and come to a stop with the shiny side up. It was the children that caused me to dive for the ditch. I have conditioned my senses to stay on the road, but that time I didn’t. There wasn’t much damage to my truck, just the bill for the two tow trucks it took to get my tractor trailer back on the road.

What I wanted to tell you about is a completely new hazard. I almost ran over a four wheeler last night. It was one of those new cars that has those daylights…(My Toyota Tundra has them)..that are on at all times. This idiot had taken off without turning the lights on, and was driving 65 mph at night with no tail lights at all. I was driving at full throttle, 70 mph. It was just foggy enough that I didn’t see the cars headlights on the road ahead. All of the sudden something in my vision flashes, probably some of the chrome on the car, and I was fifty feet from the car without tail lights. I was able to avoid the idiot. It was close. Be aware of this scenario. Since my daily dedicated route is mostly Missouri miles, I see a lot of Prime Inc. Trucks. I don’t worry about Prime Drivers, they are good. You know what I mean, some companies have better drivers than others. I keep this in mind when I am passing or being passed by other trucks.

What do you call a stretch of the highway with 365 Swift trucks on it?

a years experience.

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