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ford_truck_guy
Jan 03, 2018Nomad
troubledwaters wrote:cbshoestring wrote:If you're saying you are not smart enough not to kill someone, then I guess my prayers for you are in vain. Generally big rig drivers are a pretty smart, responsible, and safe lot. Your statements depict something less. Do you really fear you'll lose the load by stopping for a red light?PDX.Zs wrote:troubledwaters wrote:cbshoestring wrote:I pray in reality you're really smart enough not to kill someone; because that statement represents a pretty irresponsible attitude for a big rig driver.
Once that point is crossed, I'm coming through the intersection no matter what color the light is.
Read the whole post again.
He is talking about the simple physics of driving a big rig.
Thanks for clearing that up. I was busy trying NOT to kill someone in Cincinnati's rush to leave the city.
Too keep it RV related...those physic apply to just about any heavy vehicle. In my opinion...those lights are sequenced for passenger vehicle traffic. Hence all the skid marks others have mentioned seeing.
Skid marks normally occur when the trailer is EMPTY...if the light truck locked them up, what chance does a fully loaded semi..or RV
..have? ????
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes . ....
I drove big rigs for years, and YES... There is a point of no return with ALL vehicles.. It just so happens that the point is far different with a loaded big rig..
Have I run 1 or 2 lights because of it, yes... did that make it right.. no.. but it is a fact of life..
Not because I wanted to injure someone.. because I had just no other choice.. sometimes what is behind you dictates the decisions you make.
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