Popular Post 41chevy Posted January 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2017 Definitely had an angel on his shoulder! Terry Jacobson, the snow plow driver, had over 23 years of experience on the job. “A semi truck decided to pass him on the right-hand side. That truck clipped the plow and sent the plow across oncoming traffic,” narrowly missing potential head-on crashes, said Carlos Braceras, executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation to the Salt Lake Tribune. “He went through the guardrail,” he said. “And then it went down 300 feet of embankment, rolling several times.” Jacobson, who was wearing a seat belt, survived but still remains in the hospital with serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening. A driver coming from the opposite direction caught the accident on video with his dash camera. UDOT distributed the video Friday. Neil Lundell, a snow plow supervisor, said he spoke to Jacobson Friday after the accident. “He doesn’t remember very much, other than going through the rail and rolling down the hill,” Lundell said. Lundell said UDOT asks drivers not to pass snow plows, but drivers often ignore the warnings. Jacobson’s accident was the fourth time this winter that vehicles have hit snow plows while trying to pass them. The semi driver was ticketed for improper passing and failure to stay in his lane, KSTU reported. UDOT is in the process of investigating the accident, but they said that the semi driver lost visibility while trying to get around the plow. 3 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post carlotpilot Posted January 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2017 not a ride i would have liked in either vehicle 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DailyDiesel Posted January 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2017 The safest place to be in a storm is behind the plow. 4 Quote www.dailydieseldose.com Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted January 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2017 they should have charged the truck driver with attempted vehicular manslaughter instead of improper passing. 5 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MACKTRUCKS4 Posted January 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2017 I had trucks rented to Penndot for 10 years. We would run trains on the interstate with 3 trucks in a row. I can't tell you how many times cars would come up and try to pass in between the trucks with rooster tails of snow flying 10 feet in the air. The trains would run 50 MPH, not that we were going slow but people are so impatient. In those 10 years, I could write a book on the things I saw. 5 Quote Live every day like it's your last, because one of these days, it will be. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dirtymilkman Posted January 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2017 What?!? No explosion at the end? The vehicle always explodes after it rolls down an embankment. 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Freightrain Posted January 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2017 ^^only just after the driver gets free of the wreckage...................usually. Unless it's a "bad guy" then they never get out in time. 4 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 When the road got icy on I 80 or the Pa tpke, I used to WAIT for the plow and them follow him! 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 This looked like a real cowboy. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post carlotpilot Posted January 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) from what i could see in the vid tt was running to fast` his choice was to either hit the plow in the rear or try to pass him in both scenarios he was wrong Edited January 17, 2017 by carlotpilot 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brocky Posted January 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2017 Also notice he "drifted" over into the plow as at that speed he could not hold it in his lane.. Steering wheel holders and electronic logs make for safer drivers, JUST ask our Gubbermint!! 53 minutes ago, carlotpilot said: from what i could see in the vid tt was running to fast` his choice was to either hit the plow in the rear or try to pass him in both scenarios he was wrong 5 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 8 hours ago, Dirtymilkman said: What?!? No explosion at the end? The vehicle always explodes after it rolls down an embankment. That's only on CHiPs or EMERGENCY! 2 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hobert62 Posted January 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Brocky said: Steering wheel holders and electronic logs make for safer drivers, JUST ask our Gubbermint!! And automatics. I'm currently driving one and doing what I do with 11 stops a night I love it. However we have guys that have no idea how to drive a manual and refuse to. They say its just like driving there SUV, and the sad thing is that's how they drive the trucks just like a 4-wheeler. Hopefully the plow driver has 100% recovery. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Underdog Posted January 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2017 We have an ever- increasing accident and damage rate at my company, with approx. 70 car carriers. Whenever the boss asks, " what is causing this?" My standard answer is E-LOGS and the 14-hour rule. Everybody is mindlessly in a hurry. Common sense thought goes out the window. 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-358859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-42 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I could not have stated it better! I have observed exactly the same thing since E-Logs have become more and more common. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 So you'd rather they be cheating on paper logs? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r686st Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I would prefer no logs but, maybe I'm the exception. Nothing to cheat if it doesn't exist.... Drive until you are tired. It would reward those that will work hard yet let everyone go at their own pace. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Underdog Posted January 20, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2017 So you'd rather they be cheating on paper logs?It's got nothing to do with cheating. As soon as you start your day, that internal clock tick, tock, tick,tock reminds you that any slight delay or change of plans can throw the entire day. And paycheck. So that leads certain people to make poor decisions throughout the day. Did you ever watch a contestant panic on a gameshow when they know time is running out? Not every trucking job is as carefully laid out like a teamster linehaul. Most days I start without knowing where I will be after lunch. 8 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 That flatbed had a DoD load, most likely Landstar or Mercer, so probably driver is on E-LOGS. Too fast for conditions, trying to maintain average speed for the allotted 14-hour window. Again, a poor decision that ended badly. Has nothing to do with "cheating" on the logbook. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 3 hours ago, TeamsterGrrrl said: So you'd rather they be cheating on paper logs? Elogs are to strict or literal if that's the right way to put it. On a paper log you go by quarter hours, so if you're being honest you get 7 min past each quarter hour before you should (ethically) have to claim another quarter hour on your logs. So if I have plenty of time to get to a spot where I can take my government mandated (stupid stupid stupid law) 30 min break before I go over my 8 hours of work time is up and I run into trouble, i.e. Get stuck behind an oversized load or a slow moving vehicle or road conditions dictate I slow down and I don't make it to my destination where I can legally pull over I get wrote up. 1 second past 8 hrs and I get wrote up and every write goes for points against me. 4 points and you're up for review and the bosses decide whether to keep you or give you more "training". So I watch that fricken elog count down timer like a hawk because on my route 15 minutes can make or break my second load. If I don't get a second load I go home early without pay. Now mind you we work a 3 day rotating work week so getting 3 ten hour days leaves me in part time status and really stings the wallet. 2 Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Underdog Posted January 20, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2017 Heavy gunner , you're doing it all wrong... You're supposed to leave your home terminal Drive out 5 hours to another terminal , swap trailers , eat your lunch for 30 minutes , and then drive 5 hours back to your home terminal every day. According to the rule makers , isn't that the way every Trucking operation works? 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Guys, when everybody is cheating on hours of service all you're doing is cheating yourselves. If everyone ran legal the freight rates would rise and we'd be making decent wages. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 boy if our local log truckers had to run e-logs they would only be home every other day ! a lot of 14 to 16 hr. round trips this time of year. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Another kicker is speed. I only drive 210 miles a night, but I have 11 stops. 11 stops can make you loose alot time. 5minutes here and 5 minutes there can loose an hour real quick. My truck does 61mph on the floor, and usually it's doing 61mph when ever it can. I cant even run the speed limit on the interstates so I have to make time somewhere. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Another kicker is speed. I only drive 210 miles a night, but I have 11 stops. 11 stops can make you loose alot time. 5minutes here and 5 minutes there can loose an hour real quick. My truck does 61mph on the floor, and usually it's doing 61mph when ever it can. I cant even run the speed limit on the interstates so I have to make time somewhere. Exactly my point about linehaul trucking. If all I had to do was 500 miles on the interstate every day, I would have no trouble with E-LOGS. My car hauling schedule is much like yours, Hobert. MAYBE 200 miles a day with lots of stops, pickups, drop-offs, and variables to suck up your time. Speaking of sucking up time, I'm starting in Little Ferry, NJ this morning with 3 stops in Brooklyn and Queens, and a reload out of JFK airport... NYC on a Friday gotta love it! Hope it all fits into 14 hours, but either way I'm going home tonight. My only hope is that all the snowflakes have gone to Washington DC for the blanket party. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48403-lucky-plow-driver/#findComment-359078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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