Nap time

[UPS4Life]

Glad the driver wasn't seriously injured, this could have been a lot worse! Happened over the bay in Maryland.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Close-Call-for-UPS-Truck-on-MD-Bridge-125627918.html

 

[Number24]

am or pm driver?

 

[Billy Ray]

3 points for a leaner

 

[UPS4Life]

am or pm driver?

I'm not sure. It was caused by wind. The nap time was in reference to the truck taking a nap. Kinda like saying I'll stop here for my 30 minute break.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

3 points for a leaner

It's 3 points for a ringer, 2 for a leaner and 1 for closest to the pin.

 

[Billy Ray]

It's 3 points for a ringer, 2 for a leaner and 1 for closest to the pin.

not here

 

[Billy Ray]

That trailer had to be empty, when you look at the fulcrum point and consider how much of it is over center.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Driver should have saw the wind coming an honked his horn.

 

[Operational needs]

I noticed at the bottom of the article that this happened in 2011.

 

[MaceFremonti]

That was back in 2011...that bridge is horrible though, only one lane each direction, no shoulder, and always windy. First time I went over it I was pulling a 53' full of empty Canon print cartridges. I enjoyed it so much I took 95 north to the DC Beltway during rush hour on the way back to avoid it!

 

[Wally]

Pretty sure the Management Manual lists wind as chargeable. Driver failed to control the weather.

 

[olroadbeech]

that was avoidable. if the driver had stayed home.

 

[scratch]

Maybe this feeder driver was napping. He was pulled over on the side of the interstate when another truck clipped the corner.

 

[The Driver]

Driver should have saw the wind coming an honked his horn.

And did he check his mirrors?

 

[Indecisi0n]

And did he check his mirrors?

Mirrors and guages every 5-8 seconds.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Maybe this feeder driver was napping. He was pulled over on the side of the interstate when another truck clipped the corner. View attachment 47453

...yet people here give me a hard time when I criticize feeder drivers regardless of employer who pull over on the side of the highway rather than at an approved rest area/truck stop...

 

[olroadbeech]

we had a driver get blown over and he was charged with an accident. they said he was going too fast for conditions. now when there is a wind advisory he calls out. they don't like that either. you cant win with these people.

 

[ManInBrown]

Driver should have saw the wind coming an honked his horn.

LOL. He should have been facing his work also. Was he properly hydrated?

 

[govols019]

...yet people here give me a hard time when I criticize feeder drivers regardless of employer who pull over on the side of the highway rather than at an approved rest area/truck stop...

No, people give you a hard time because you have a pathological need to comment on things you have no knowledge of.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

No, people give you a hard time because you have a pathological need to comment on things you have no knowledge of.

Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows just how unsafe it is to pull over on the side of the interstate, especially with an 18 wheeler.

I especially love the idiots who insist upon pulling an 18 wheeler on to the wrong side of the street while making a delivery and then forcing their way back in to traffic when they are done. Morons.