Posts belonging to Category accidents
Posted by Truckdrivernews on December 21, 2009
Kentucky Department of Highways Magoffin County employee is credited for saving the life of a motorist who had been involved in an accident that left a pickup truck upside down in a creek.
The accident happened Saturday night while crews were preparing to salt and plow roads and remove trees after this weekend’s winter storm, heard the [...]
Categories: Adverse weather, accidents | Tags: accident, Chris, Chris McCarty, creek, department of highways, Fork Creek, Highway District, Kentucky, kentucky department of highways, kentucky state police, Kermit Howes, life, magoffin county, Mark A. Westfall, Matthew Bailey, Paul Bailey, Stanley Howard, water | 1 Comment »
Posted by Truckdrivernews on October 30, 2009
This is a term, I think I will never forget. It’s even a good thing to do if you are driving any vehicle.
GOAL – or Get Out And Look, is a term used in the trucking industry.
If you look closely at a tractor and trailers mirrors, especially the drivers side one.
I bet [...]
Categories: accidents, truck driver Industry | Tags: CB Radio, DON, driver, four letters, speed factor, spot, stop, truck, trucking industry, unit, vetran | 3 Comments »
Posted by Truckdrivernews on October 26, 2009
Since winter is falling upon us, I thought I would bring this question up.
Is that load you are pulling that important, if you run into adverse conditions?
Obviously company’s will tell you to keep rolling, and get that load to the receiver.
But, who makes the call? The call I am referring to is the one, is the [...]
Categories: Adverse weather, Thoughts from a trucker, accidents | Tags: adverse weather conditions, bad weather, driving in the snow, southbound side, winter time | No Comments »
Posted by Truckdrivernews on August 17, 2009
Warning! this video should be R rated, it is pretty graphic! Not suitable for younger viewers..
I saw this video on Twitter last night, and man is it an eye opener. I wished the US would come up with a video like this, to show our new drivers what could and will most likely happen to you if you drive and [...]
Categories: Thoughts from a trucker, accidents | Tags: Bus, car crashes, Comprehensive, Gwent, gwent police, sending text messages, teen drivers, text, tredegar, Twitter, US, video, warning | No Comments »