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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Ever wonder what happens inside a truck that has to slam on it's brakes or swerve to avoid taking out a car?
Some loads are heavy and don't take much to shift.
Banding, straps and various restraint methods may not ensure that the load remains secure in an emergency move.
Sometimes the packaging or improper loading can contribute to damage from an evasive action.
Best thing is to leave lots of space between vehicles and don't give trucks a reason to make evasive moves, it just might save your life!
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
This accident may have been a case of driver fatigue or perhaps health related.
The tracks leaving the road were gradual and straight with no skid marks at all.
The area where it occurred is near the end of a very long stretch of highway bordered only by fields and wooded areas for miles, a fertile area for tunnelvision to occur. 
Drive Safe
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
I have posted this video of a truck driving over my camera before, I need to shoot it again but this time with some lighting on the ground pointing upwards to light up the chassis as the truck drives over.
I don't work for this company anymore (LMT Transportation But I still do their website), every truck they had was immaculate, Now either Ken or Karl's truck would be newest looking and somewhat clean.
I'll see how it comes out if I can muster up the lighting and wiring if procrastination doesn't set in.
I really meant to do it all last summer and even had my camera in hand looking for Karl one day that we both had nothing to do but something came up before I found him so I put it off again.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
while exiting a busy highway
in a snowstorm
downhill on a curved exit ramp
and see
NOTHING BUT TRUCK
three feet from your bumper?
As Safety and Compliance guy for a trucking company several years ago, I took a call from a lady about our driver bearing down on her in heavy traffic, she was terrified for herself and two kids in the car, she said she thought she was going to die. She later wrote me a letter passionately describing her ordeal.
Unfortunately this happens all too often and does sometimes cause drivers to panic and make a mistake which on the highway can be deadly.
It doesn't have to be a truck though. Some drivers can be intimidated into making a foolish mistake they would not have made otherwise by a car tailgating them or it could develop into a case of road rage.
Don't Tailgate!
Most of the accidents I see (and I see a lot) are from people following too close! Unfortunately we all pay in higher car insurance costs because of it.
Without the stupid accidents, our auto insurance rates would most certainly drop.
Leave at least TWO to THREE seconds between vehicles - in good conditions.
More in poor conditions, better safe than dead!
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Truck trailer plummets sixty feet off overpass and crushes 4 cars below killing one man.
I had to make my way around the massive congestion caused by this crash three times today with one trip passing right by the scene. My camera battery was dead when I drove past the scene though unfortunately, I had my camera on too long earlier taking the long distance shots shown here.
I have seen many many crashes over the years but never anything as dramatic as this one. The wreckage was more like a pile of scrap metal pushed across the road.
All together the westbound lanes were closed about twelve hours for the investigation and clean-up.
Beyond the human cost of the tragedy, can you imagine the other costs of this accident paralyzing the south west corner of the city the entire business day and into the evening.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
How did this happen?
Was he following too close?
Was he fiddling with some GPS gadget?
Was he making a call on a cell phone?
Was he trying to send a text message?
Was he too tired to be driving?
Was he suffering from a medical condition?
Was he looking for his next delivery information?
Was he distracted by something he saw?
Maybe he was checking out the architecture and marble work of this building when the brakes went on.
Could you imagine if there was a car between these trucks.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Run Over by a Truck
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
I spend a lot of time on busy highways all day and I'm seeing more and more driver distractions develop.
I commute one hour into the city in my car in the morning, drive a truck intercity through the day then commute one hour home to the burbs in my car.
From my car, I see what everyone sees, lots of drivers talking on cell phones, some drivers eating or drinking, maybe putting on makeup or fixing hair.
From the truck though, I can see that drivers aren't just reading the newspaper and eating cereal, they are absorbed in their Blackberrys or trying to "text" on a cell phone or type into their laptop while they drive.
Between adjusting the music, talking on the phone, dealing with kids in the back seat or a thousand other distractions, it's amazing that there aren't many more accidents on the roads and highways.
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Friday, April 4, 2008
There is a dangerous behavior I encounter occasionally while driving a truck past highway entry ramps. Vehicles entering the highway racing past the end of the on ramp to get in front of the truck.
A guy in a pick up truck did it today when I was already going 60 mph in solid traffic, he almost clipped me as he passed then instantly slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting the car in front of me when the shoulder narrowed and he had to merge.
Luckily I wasn't carrying an unstable load because I had to hit my brakes to avoid hitting him.
He has stolen MY SAFETY SPACE and could have potentially caused a serious accident.
Some people just don't get it when it comes to road safety.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Legislation was tabled Wednesday at Queens Park, to make speed limiters mandatory for all Transport Trucks traveling through Ontario.
Trucks would be limited to 105 Kph or about 65 Mph as an absolute maximum speed.
What most people won't immediately realize is that this is going to limit the speed of all traffic and cause enormous bottlenecks on long stretches of two lane highways like 401 from Windsor to London because trucks won't be able to pass each other anymore so they will run down the road side by side at their top speed of 105.
Meanwhile, the car traffic that likes to drive 110 to 120 Kph or more will be sitting behind trucks that can't pass each other.
What do you think?
Am I wrong?
Any Opinions?
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