How many pounds is 6 tons?
. 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!..:) ~
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Cheap freight equals cheap rates, which amounts to drivers making less then they did 20 yrs ago. Turn over rate is out of this world. Lot of people getting in the business thinking they will make money, only to get out within the first year.
Trucking Companies don't want to pay for professionals. Instead, they buy trucks with automatic transmissions (put in gear and go) and put twenty year olds on the road after 4-6 wks worth of training.
You should be scared....very scared. This type of stupidity is on the rise.
Yet, surprisingly...most fatal accidents involving a tractor-trailer and a car, the car is at fault :h
By the way....the report also gets her weight wrong claiming the truck weight closed to 30 tons. That VOLVO with a 53' trailer is over 30,000lbs by itself---lets call it 34,000. She was hauling 43,000lbs of water, which equals 77,000lbs.
Then again----the reporter doesn't need to know the difference between 60,000lbs and 77,000lbs. However, she should have.
Trucking Companies don't want to pay for professionals. Instead, they buy trucks with automatic transmissions (put in gear and go) and put twenty year olds on the road after 4-6 wks worth of training.
You should be scared....very scared. This type of stupidity is on the rise.
Yet, surprisingly...most fatal accidents involving a tractor-trailer and a car, the car is at fault :h
By the way....the report also gets her weight wrong claiming the truck weight closed to 30 tons. That VOLVO with a 53' trailer is over 30,000lbs by itself---lets call it 34,000. She was hauling 43,000lbs of water, which equals 77,000lbs.
Then again----the reporter doesn't need to know the difference between 60,000lbs and 77,000lbs. However, she should have.
