In the news: you can't make this stuff up...

CarsAndGuitars · 04-12-2023, 02:22 PM

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/east-pa...es-on-highway/

TboneS54 · 04-12-2023, 04:34 PM

Perfect way to describe this country

22Article · 05-22-2023, 04:07 PM

Stuff like this happening is all too common at the moment.

KevinC · 05-22-2023, 04:40 PM

Where’s Pothole Pete??

leopard print · 05-22-2023, 06:28 PM

At this point, it’s like all the bad shit that’s happening is all on purpose.

M-technik-3 · 05-22-2023, 08:08 PM

74 years of age, why do we have rigs this big being driven by someone of this age. That's a bit frightening in itself.

vreihen16 · 05-23-2023, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by M-technik-3

74 years of age, why do we have rigs this big being driven by someone of this age. That's a bit frightening in itself.

The truck driver shortage is real.....

cmyx6go · 05-23-2023, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by M-technik-3

74 years of age, why do we have rigs this big being driven by someone of this age. That's a bit frightening in itself.

To drive a tractor trailer, you must have a Commerical Drivers License. A CDL is different from a regular license. Drivers have to get medical clearance - a medical card - every two years under normal conditions, more often in certain cases. They have to go to a DOT doctor, so they can't just get a signature from their buddy who is a doctor. They check vision, hearing, blood pressure, reflexes etc. If they don't pass, they can't drive. They can't renew their license. Their employer must keep track of their medicals and can't employ someone without a valid medical card.

It's not like your dad, who has dementia or trouble hearing or seeing and it driving around.

vreihen16 · 05-23-2023, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

To drive a tractor trailer, you must have a Commerical Drivers License.

Don't forget the HAZMAT endorsement that is needed in the above case for hauling toxic waste.

My DW used to work with a 75-year-old guy with his CDL, who was crew chief and driver on a tree-trimming bucket truck clearing power line right-of-ways. That guy in one truck did more work than a team of SIX bucket trucks on another crew, because of the work ethic of the greatest generation. The groundsperson on the crew was 82 years old, and used to drop and do pushups in the road when people questioned him about his age.

Sadly, my ticker condition is an instant disqualification on a CDL physical.....

allinon72 · 05-23-2023, 04:51 PM

I think it's time to give up our fear of being labeled a "conspiracy theorist" and dive deeper on some of these incidents that are, on the surface, a little too coincidental.

King_Leonard · 05-24-2023, 02:16 PM

Surprised no has said it yet, but the guy clearly Falck'd up.

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