Comments on: Truck vs. Trailer

By: Tyger42

Tyger42 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:11:47 +0000

@LukeV1-5: Problem is, there are extra "reaction steps" in that scenario. Driver reacts to the passanger warning him, usually by look up to confirm and then reacts to that. The delay could be too much depending on the situation, and is really unavoidable.

By: Special Kail

Special Kail — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:33:09 +0000

i just hope he doesn’t vote…

By: LukeV1-5

LukeV1-5 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:35:09 +0000

^ “She just sat there, then BAM, she realised she was driving a car! From that day forth, lesson learned, the bad female driver never left the kitchen again.

By: phat_stack

phat_stack — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:38:01 +0000

@LukeV1-5: That doesn't always work. I was riding with a co-worker who stopped under the warning bar that drops down when the train comes. Then I heard the train coming and said, "I think there's room for you to pull forward!" She just sat there, then BAM, the bar came right down on the hood. She freaked out while it went up and came back down. I had to yell, "BACK UP! BACK UP!" People just freak out and freeze even with the warning of impending doom.

By: rompSku

rompSku — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:35:16 +0000

^lol

By: Tyger42

Tyger42 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:48:33 +0000

Dumbass. And being a trucker, I can tell you that there’s a good chance that they’ll find some way to blame the trucker for it, too.

By: LukeV1-5

LukeV1-5 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:48:33 +0000

No.

Unless the passenger was retarded, they would have been like, “Dude, there’s a big fucking trailer, you’re going to hit the trailer, man, don’t hit the trailer, you best not hit the trailer, man”.

By: token2k6

token2k6 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:47:13 +0000

yeah, the scary thing is, he almost did have a passenger! the guy who hit the trailer was coming back from lunch when this happened. His co-worker was going to go with him as he does everyday… but on this day he had to get gas, so he drove his own truck – this guy was in more shock than the guy who actually hit the trailer!

By: awfulintentions

awfulintentions — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:42:23 +0000

What a fucking idiot. Smoking kills. Had he had a passenger, they probably would’ve died.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:12:37 +0000

second post!