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A safe driving tip for y'all.
I've mentioned before my annoyance with tail gaters. Not only do they freak me out because they vanish from view when they get too close, and if I suddenly brake they will die, no they annoy me for another reason..
Things fall off trucks. Today, it was my rear gates. My brand-new, formerly shiny gates.
I was coming down 580 E. I hit a big bump, and heard an odd crashing sound. I look in my mirror and see that the two lift gates in the rear had come loose, and were both hanging by a thread. Emergency flashers, and as fast as possible I begin slowing and moving to the shoulder.
Not fast enough, as I angled over I heard two clangs as the gates hit the road. Luckily, they hit flat and didn't bounce. And since I was already heading towards the side of the road the gates skidding out of traffic. Neither was bent, and I didn't lose my load, but...
Had someone been close up on my truck, they would have run over a gate. That will kill a tire or two. Had the gates bounced, a close-following car would have eaten it. These are the nightmares a truck driver has. People crowding us, tailgating, not understanding that in any argument between even a small truck like mine and a passenger vehicle I will win.
So please, give us some space, OK?
Once I reassembled my truck, I got caught in a thunderstorm coming up Vasco Road. Had there been room to stop safely, I would have stopped and enjoyed the rain and the show.
Things fall off trucks. Today, it was my rear gates. My brand-new, formerly shiny gates.
I was coming down 580 E. I hit a big bump, and heard an odd crashing sound. I look in my mirror and see that the two lift gates in the rear had come loose, and were both hanging by a thread. Emergency flashers, and as fast as possible I begin slowing and moving to the shoulder.
Not fast enough, as I angled over I heard two clangs as the gates hit the road. Luckily, they hit flat and didn't bounce. And since I was already heading towards the side of the road the gates skidding out of traffic. Neither was bent, and I didn't lose my load, but...
Had someone been close up on my truck, they would have run over a gate. That will kill a tire or two. Had the gates bounced, a close-following car would have eaten it. These are the nightmares a truck driver has. People crowding us, tailgating, not understanding that in any argument between even a small truck like mine and a passenger vehicle I will win.
So please, give us some space, OK?
Once I reassembled my truck, I got caught in a thunderstorm coming up Vasco Road. Had there been room to stop safely, I would have stopped and enjoyed the rain and the show.