canaryinthemine
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Anybody remember Bob Dearborn on ‘Nighttime America’? This would’ve been early 80’s.
Was he out of Chicago, too?
Anybody remember Bob Dearborn on ‘Nighttime America’? This would’ve been early 80’s.
No. Syndicated late-night broadcast from NYC on the now-defunct RKO Network. If I remember correctly, the studio was in Midtown Manhattan at 1440 Broadway. I’m guessing a Chicago station probably had the broadcast on though.Was he out of Chicago, too?
Nighttime AM was the best,....pre-satellite days. Midnight on, you could get good reception right about to 5:00 . Kept me awake many nights.....
The freightliners are the ones that lock the brakes when it beeps at a over head sign . Every time any of us drive one of these units that lock the brakes on the road by the computer write the number down .. If someone has a wreck, they (ABF) should have to dig deep out of there pockets. I was on wet roads last week and truck done a nose dive braking . A wild ride for a few seconds.. Freightliners only.. No problem with the macks. I guess ABF trust this junk more than a seasoned driver with 25 years experience on the road.. I hope no one gets hurt on this junk ABF is putting in there trucks.
The freightliners are the ones that lock the brakes when it beeps at a over head sign . Every time any of us drive one of these units that lock the brakes on the road by the computer write the number down .. If someone has a wreck, they (ABF) should have to dig deep out of there pockets. I was on wet roads last week and truck done a nose dive braking . A wild ride for a few seconds.. Freightliners only.. No problem with the macks. I guess ABF trust this junk more than a seasoned driver with 25 years experience on the road.. I hope no one gets hurt on this junk ABF is putting in there trucks.
The Freightliner system I referred to as the latter is the Detroit Assurance system while Mack uses the Bendix system. Historically Detroit has been on top of new technology & innovations.
Certain stations had a 50,000 watt power broadcast license. A few I can remember. WOWO out of Fort Wayne, IN, KSL Salt Lake City, WLW The Queen, Oh, KOMO Seattle, WA WGN Chicago WHO Des Moines IA, WSM Nashville, TN, WABC NY NY, WBBM Chicago & Many more. von.I could get a WWVA signal when I was in Northern Maine. WBAP also had a strong signal but I don't think it carried very far north. I could sometimes get a signal strong enough to listen at night when I was in Southern Nevada. I don't know the exact mileage from Vegas to Dallas but the signal from that station was strong. I think they advertised 50K watts of power. Bill Mack had an audience that wasn't just truckers even though he was regarded as the trucker's DJ.
Real world conditions are much different from laboratory conditions. The ill fated 121 brake systems are just one example of that. Trucks operate under adverse conditions that test the quality of products. I don't know if Detroit evaluated their system thoroughly. I do know there is no room for error with truck braking systems. There is no second chance in emergency stops with trucks. I am sure manufacturers know they are liable for faulty products that can cause accidents. Of course if there is an accident the trucking company is also liable if it had knowledge there was a problem with a particular model truck & continued to operate those trucks. Word spreads quickly among fleet maintenance men of defective products & a safety problem will stop others from placing orders of that product. I am sure there is an urgency within Detroit headquarters to solve this problem.
ABF has been willingly used as a guinea pig in the past to evaluate new products.
Kind of like an attorney saying in front of a Jury. He ran over a piece of metal in the roadway & failed to swerve or stop in time to prevent the blowout which caused the roll over which killed the family of 5. And the Jury gives them 10 million because I didn't swerve? Oh, & the accident happened @ midnight making visibility hard to see the metal in the roadway. And the Appeals court affirms the 10 million dollar judgement. von.As long as there is a driver in the truck..........companies have a “liability “ out. No matter what the technology does,......it will be the driver’s response to any failure that determines the outcome of any lawsuit.
Even in cases of extreme technology failure,.......where it’s provable that the technology caused the accident,.......the liability will get.....”spread around”......as long as there is a sueable entity in the cab......the driver......
And fer chrissake Brakes not "Breaks".Holy crap...it's "collision", and "foreman".
And fer chrissake Brakes not "Breaks".
I didn't wanna go total ******** that early in the thread. I figured point out two easy to fix errors, and then as we progress I would throw in another here and there.And fer chrissake Brakes not "Breaks".
I think we get the gist of what he was saying, Brother. Except for "certain" people here on this board..(me..)....We aren't held to a high standard of semantics, punctuation, or grammar. A Good Point is a Good Point.....
As far as me,.....I hold myself to an impossibly high goal of perfection........only because I am a fussy, old curmudgeon with plenty of time on my hands, and access to a Thesarus...........
Might wanna dust off the cover of that THESAURUS, so you can atleast spell it right.
Hah! You got me!