B MACK Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I have to ask, Are truck drivers blind or do they just not understand detour signs ? The hyway project I am working on has a bridge closed. And the local detour has a 10 ton bridge. There is a truck detour that goes on another hyway route , and by-passes the torn up road construction, That detour adds maybe 15 minutes and 10 miles, but brings you to the exact same place as the road under construction. There have been countless company freight trucks and owner operators and 3 and 4 axle lowboys and cattle trucks going right past the detour signs and over the little 10 ton bridge, Why take the chance? Are these drivers afraid to deviate from their GPS route? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitchwrks Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 A lot of people do seem to blindly follow the GPS. Back home, they got so tired of truckers getting stuck down at Little Beaver State Park (WV) they put up signs telling them not to follow the GPS. We had another one, closer to the farm, trying to get from Hinton to Princeton and decided to take what everyone calls The Hoover Highway (gravel one-lane built during the depression). The Hoover Highway is fun enough in a straight truck, this guy managed to get halfway down the mountain with a load of shingles before he got too far over on the shoulder and the shingles went over. I hear everyone in Mountain Creek has a new roof now :p 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Every time the railroad closes the road by the house for 2-3 days to replace the crossing, we get the same thing. Detour signs clearly mark the route around. Electronic signs clearly stating what, where, and why the detour is posted. Every time without fail, you get folks (cars and trucks alike) running right up to the barricades and then scratching their heads when they can't proceed. Yes, there is a shortcut...but I always send them back around the long way to follow the detour. My neighbors thought I was an asshole for not sharing the shortcut, but they need to learn that when the signs say "ROAD CLOSED" and a detour is marked, they should follow the detour. Best part was the truckers...I wouldn't let them make the turn onto my road to turn around in the church parking lot. They spent a lot of money having a 1" asphalt overlay put on their chip & seal parking lot...won't hold up to trucks spinning trailers around. Made them back their way out of town to find a suitable place to turn around. Next time, read the friggin' signs! It was rather one time, though. I got home, and had to move one of the barricades to get into my driveway. Railroad guy saw me and started to say "road is closed" and I pointed at my house and said "not where I'm going it ain't!" Apparently he'd been dealing with dumbassery all day from illiterate people in their cars & trucks. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 66dc75 Posted June 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2018 What drives me bat shit crazy is the village idiots who can see a coned off lane closure from a mile away but refuse to change lanes until the very last second just before they hit the cones. I'm usually the guy getting cut off. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitchwrks Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 4 hours ago, 66dc75 said: What drives me bat shit crazy is the village idiots who can see a coned off lane closure from a mile away but refuse to change lanes until the very last second just before they hit the cones. I'm usually the guy getting cut off. Quoted For Truth :) Can't stand that either. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hayseed Posted June 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2018 Can drivers read ? They can, Just Not English... 2 1 1 Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 It's not question of whether they can read or not its that they don't even see the damn signs 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Maybe if the signs were posted on their smartphones they'd see them. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitchwrks Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 2 hours ago, h67st said: Maybe if the signs were posted on their smartphones they'd see them. New product idea: proximity modules for road signs that text the driver the info on the sign :p I bet they have emoji for most types of roadwork even. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 11 hours ago, carlotpilot said: It's not question of whether they can read or not its that they don't even see the damn signs They don’t care if they see them either. I get passed on double lines just about daily and it pisses me off to no end. Some dumbass is putting my well being and other drivers well being at risk because some a-hole that’s in a hurry and can’t wake up five minutes earlier can’t wait a quarter or half a mile to pass safely in a passing zone. About 1/5 of the impatient a-holes are truckers who will do anything to pass the instant they come up behind you so they can do 1.5mph faster than me because that’s where they are governed. 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/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 So true hayseed the signs have to be like at k five ashpalt polish mexicant Russian and english 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 If you want to see crazy drivers, gone to LA and drive around, especially in the San Fernando valley. I think they are in a hurt to get to there porn shoots.I had a bottom dump pass me on the shoulder the other day, the funny thing is I was pushing the speed limit. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Swishy Posted June 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2018 Are all the signs worth reading ?? cya §wishy 4 3 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 X hibit 'A' az proof https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.7767538,144.911092,3a,75y,217.59h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sek4p-miCpYXDhi2_1d1aYg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Wankers in Govt LOL cya §wishy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I knew Aussie truckers were some tough guys, but stopping without brakes tops the list!! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-400981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 13 hours ago, Swishy said: X hibit 'A' az proof https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.7767538,144.911092,3a,75y,217.59h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sek4p-miCpYXDhi2_1d1aYg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Wankers in Govt LOL cya §wishy Wow. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-401021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Swishy, perhaps someone should educate the signmaker on the difference between engine brakes and service brakes! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-401147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 An another thing about thr road is there are too many signs to read and drive safety with the amount of traffic we have in a construction site.I think also there is a lot of lower IQ people in trucks now.I know I work with some.But at the end of the day I say thank you Lord keeping me alive.I have been hauling on the Turnpike construction for over a year and I cant get over what you see for drivers.Our turnpike is narrowed down to two loanes now and I see some truckers that what I think is almost blind because they take up more than their half.I lost a motor mirror due to that and it cost me over 400 dollars for a new one. Quote glenn akers Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-401152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 amazing....all the stupidity these days,,,,makes the rest of us feel like geniuses...bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53593-can-drivers-read/#findComment-401214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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