Surprised fellow drrivers are passing such swift and harsh judgement..Walmart runs a tight ship, tighter than anyone else.. If you have a cellphone in the truck, it must be approved by the company to have it, and you cant use it while driving.
For you drivers who have never driven at nights, it is terrible, and at that time of the morning your body just wants to go to sleep..It is terrible. I usually pull over, but sometimes you try to push it, and something like this may happen.
It is a terrible thing to happen to a fellow driver.
i too worked nightly, up to the date of my injury. i worked from about 8 PM till 5 AM 5 nights a week.
yes, we that work those hours can get tired, and perhaps doze off a bit.
but, when we push it like you say, it doesn't make driving at night any better.
we get that half hour break, a good time for a quick power nap, if ever there was one.
that wally-world driver, and only according to the published reports thus far, hadn't any sleep in 24 hours.
none of us know why, none of us know if he was jacked up on caffeine, or sugar.
what we do know thus far, is he fell asleep behind the wheel, and killed someone.
why did he not take a power nap, why did he push it (if that is what he was doing), he must have had ample time for some sort of quick nap.
many times some of us got lucky, that we made it home after each shift.
many times, drivers never make it home.
this guy will now have nightmares he has to live with.
in the end....??
whatever happens to him, like getting fired, getting sued, not being able to find another job..??
he brought that all on himself....
he cannot blame dispatch, nor anyone else. he made the decision to drive on......death resulting.
i personally do not feel any sympathy for him, he made his decision, now he has to suffer the consequences, like me, you, or anyone else.....in any such situation.