kimchris1 wrote on 04/01/10 at 22:28:05:This was on the news the other day and broke my heart.
I have had family members involved in the trucking business most of my life. I can't vouch for all truck drivers, yet the ones I know are careful and take their share of crap from other drivers of various vehicles as well.
I would like to think that the driver did not have any intension of harming any of them.
All drivers no matter the type of vehicle their driving, need to pay better attention to what is going on all around them.
My heart goes out to all the victim's and their families. :'(
kim,
I was in the trucking business a few years,and to my suprise I found most truck drivers to be god awful, many are wired on bennies, I have seen many doing lines of coke at truck stops, once parked for the night ,drinking whisky,and vodka. In a Utah weigh station myself and two others were pulled over for random drug test ,2 of us drove away,one guy didn't pass, that's pretty bad,one out of three dui .
So please don't kid your self. I'm sure there are some good ones out there ,as for me I stay as far away as possible.
If and when you come accross a big crash and tie up on the super slab,there is usually a semi involved.