.Or - "I'll cross that bridge when I come to it"So *if* a commercial driver has negative comments about RVers, ya just pull out your copy of the *article* and smile!..:)~

..too uneducated to be driving a truck. Don't see that every day. Apparently doesn't know what a truck with a red line through it means either.

Mary Lambright reportedly told law enforcement investigators that she had missed her exit and was planning on parking her semi truck at the Paoli Walmart. After she tried unsuccessfully several times to turn the big rig around and pull into the local Walmart, she decided to attempt to cross the Paoli Bridge instead.Lambright told law enforcement investigators that she did see the weight limit and “no semis” sign but also said that she did not know “how many pounds six tons was.” The tractor-trailer she was driving reportedly weighed close to 30 tons at the time of the Indiana bridge collapse.She also told police officials that she was uncomfortable backing up the semi truck and that fear played into her decision to drive across the bridge.1880 Historical Bridge Destroyed due to a 'math genius' :SYEP....they are out there driving heavy semis Remember that the next time you are along side one :E

There are a lot of good men and women doing a great job for the trucking industry, they're Professional Drivers.Obviously, this was not one of them. We can't fix stupid. :S

If you're reading this on a computer...Thank a truck driver.Bada bada bing

More common than you might realize. "It wasn't my fault, it was the GPS..."http://abcnews.go.com/US/driver-reportedly-blames-truck-stuck-milwaukee-park-gps/story?id=26891262While I believe most truck drivers are good ones, over the years I've increasingly seen some dangerous stuff being done by truckers.

How many pounds is 6 tons? | Good Sam Community

46 Replies

bukhrn
Explorer III
Jan 02, 2016
06Fargo wrote:
Raften wrote:
"Why not prohibit vehicle combinations that cannot articulate to stay mostly on their own side of this road from using it?"

Going to be really hard to put that on a sign.

Fill in the blank in feet.

Say prohibited instead of not advised

State the fine

Ticket the offenders and ring up the cash registers...
There is one of those at the end of Ca 245, near Sequoia NP, the blank is filled in with 30'.
noteven
Explorer III
Jan 02, 2016
Raften wrote:
"Why not prohibit vehicle combinations that cannot articulate to stay mostly on their own side of this road from using it?"

Going to be really hard to put that on a sign.

Fill in the blank in feet.

Say prohibited instead of not advised

State the fine

Ticket the offenders and ring up the cash registers...
Raften
Explorer
Jan 02, 2016
"Why not prohibit vehicle combinations that cannot articulate to stay mostly on their own side of this road from using it?"

Going to be really hard to put that on a sign.
nineoaks2004
Explorer
Jan 01, 2016
I stand by the old saying, "you can't fix stupid" However a $135.00 ticket will not start to replace the bridge. I will bet she knew she was over the weight limit and also ignored the "no semis" sign.
noteven
Explorer III
Jan 01, 2016
mpierce wrote:
Bipeflier wrote:
Lots of bad truck drivers out there. Below shows some of them that try to shortcut through the Smokey Mountains.
Trucks on US 129

Don't blame it all on the drivers. A LOT of trucking companies ORDERED their drivers to take that road! The big companies send you the route you HAVE to take, and 129 was a big shortcut on their mapping programs, so they sent the trucks over it.

Why not prohibit vehicle combinations that cannot articulate to stay mostly on their own side of this road from using it?
mpierce
Explorer
Jan 01, 2016
Bipeflier wrote:
Lots of bad truck drivers out there. Below shows some of them that try to shortcut through the Smokey Mountains.
Trucks on US 129

Don't blame it all on the drivers. A LOT of trucking companies ORDERED their drivers to take that road! The big companies send you the route you HAVE to take, and 129 was a big shortcut on their mapping programs, so they sent the trucks over it.
bukhrn
Explorer III
Dec 30, 2015
All I can say is just WOW. :S
wa8yxm
Explorer III
Dec 30, 2015
Happy Prospector wrote:
Another case of DWW--Driving While Woman. Lord help the other drivers on the road. Get use to it.

Now that is just plain not nice. I know many women who could translate tons to pounds in their head faster than you can look for your calculator.. I spent the morning with one of them (A professional truck driver) my mother was another (A professional accountant) In fact there is a very good chance a pound or two of something you own or owned was paperworked by my mother. (Company she accounted for supplied all 3 major auto makers)

I also know many men who either can not figure out how much a tone is or like one man told me about a week ago "I can't read, I quite school when I was 14 and my dad died so I could get a job and support the family, I can't read"

The document I was showing him was about the 10 year old reading level if that.. But he could not read cause he dropped out at 14 (I'd hate to tell him how young I was when I graduated to some fairly serious reading... but in fairness, I had a great teacher, Said mother).
Bipeflier
Explorer
Dec 30, 2015
Lots of bad truck drivers out there. Below shows some of them that try to shortcut through the Smokey Mountains.
Trucks on US 129

Back in the 60's when I first got my "chauffeur's license" as the CDL was called in those days, we were required to parallel park the rig and back into a loading dock at 90 degrees on the blind side. If it took more than 2 tries at either one, you failed.

Oh My, how times have changed.
frankdamp
Explorer
Dec 30, 2015
Close, John. The UK (or "long") ton is actually 2240 pounds and I think the only countries still using it are former British colonies.

A pound avoirdupois is 16 ounces. A hundred-weight is actually 112 pounds and 20 hundred-weights make up the "long ton".

Interestingly the metric "tonne" is within a couple of pounds of the British ton.