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Tractor-trailer slams into stopped traffic on I-15
The Victorville Daily Press ^ | May 30, 2018 | Staff Reports

Posted on 06/02/2018 1:03:35 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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To: ronnie raygun

The worst drivers in Texas are the ones in pickups around Conroe on I-45.


21 posted on 06/02/2018 7:34:17 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Jeff Chandler

Sounds like a good one.


22 posted on 06/02/2018 9:33:34 AM PDT by moovova
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To: 9422WMR

Or watching porn.


23 posted on 06/02/2018 9:37:35 AM PDT by moovova
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To: PAR35
The worst drivers in Texas are the ones in pickups around Conroe on I-45.
24 posted on 06/02/2018 9:45:49 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: PAR35

Oops. LOL - Stayed overnight at a Conroe hotel. Took a stroll around the grounds in the morning and saw a woman examining her BMW. The upper grill and hood was smashed in. Told her it looked like a pickup backed into the car overnight.


25 posted on 06/02/2018 9:50:20 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: moovova
Sounds like a good one.

You should buy a copy on Amazon. Here's a review:

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26 posted on 06/02/2018 10:25:41 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

failing to yield to stopped traffic


Wait, what? I never yield to anything that is stopped, lest I remain stopped forever. Is this something like getting pulled over for attempted speeding?


27 posted on 06/02/2018 11:21:57 AM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: Hot Tabasco

My uncle has a pickup truck, but he actually uses it to pick up stuff.


28 posted on 06/02/2018 2:38:27 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
My uncle has a pickup truck, but he actually uses it to pick up stuff.

.....That's rare

29 posted on 06/02/2018 2:39:40 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Mother nature is a serial killer......)
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To: Right Wing Assault

If you want to see a slow pickup, just check out your average duelly. I don’t know whether it’s the wheelbase interfering with the speed or what, but they tend to go slower than the average.


30 posted on 06/02/2018 2:40:55 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: sparklite2

Yes, but I’m sure you actually go AROUND the stopped traffic, not through it.


31 posted on 06/02/2018 2:57:47 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I’m probably gonna look for it at the library first. Tend to do that with most books.

Thanks for the recommendation.


32 posted on 06/02/2018 5:14:28 PM PDT by moovova
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I’m probably gonna look for it at the library first.

It's not in the library yet. I wish it were. Besides, don't you want to help out a fellow Freeper? (I wrote it.)

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33 posted on 06/02/2018 5:19:20 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Thanks...Kindle it is.


34 posted on 06/02/2018 7:02:57 PM PDT by moovova
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To: 9422WMR
I bet the trucker was texting. I’ve seen tractors pulling doubles weaving across two lanes of interstate traffic. When I finally got beside him he had his phone in hand texting or watching something. He had been swerving for over 10 miles before I got beside, then past him. Fed Ex double.....

As a FedEx truck driver I'm saying next time that happens get his truck number and call the company. If they can prove it, it's automatic termination. Even if they can't prove it, your complaint will be followed-up on and will put the fear of God into him/her.

FedEx is pretty lenient with it's drivers but using electronic gear, even hands-free, while driving is automatic termination.

That said, as a truck driver, I'd say easy 95% of the people I see in cars in the passenger seat have a phone while well over 50% of the drivers are texting or reading their phone. I've come across numerous accidents where in daylight, dry conditions where the driver has just gone straight off the road instead of making a curve. The reason is obvious.

Of course it affects ME as their screw-up by not paying attention results in backups.

35 posted on 06/03/2018 6:12:28 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (To Vote Republican Means You've Lost)
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