[quote author=ranger309 link=topic=79968.msg831096#msg831096 date=1274244044]
[quote author=Shadowhauler link=topic=79968.msg831051#msg831051 date=1274233376]
Pic says it all, but, I cannot help but think that most of you all where born driving a truck straight out of the womb, it's not the "schools"... the "schools" teach how to pass your CDL test, the companies that hire the foolios is where the problem stems and the lack of training that follows... besides schools cannot teach common sense nor common courtesy... you either have it... or you don't
I guess things like this never happened back in the day?
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No, not at the rate I have seen it in the last 10 or 15 years. There have been lots more "accidents" like this, then back in the 1980's and before, IMO. Common sense says if you dont know the route, to take it easy and beware or such things. Same thing with deer, ect. when you get up in the mountains, you are gonna see animals, so its best to beware and pay attention to the road, but a cell-phone.
We have a small city out here in No. Calif. that has a marked "truck route" with a 12.6 ft. railroad under-crossing, that has caught more then a few drivers unaware.
I was always under the impression that "truck route" meant your rig would clear 13.6, but obviously no one told that to the street depts so it depends on where you are located I suppose.
Going slow, looking ahead and common sense should prevail in these case, not some GPS unit or cell phone.
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Nah Ranger,
It seemed to me that Truck Routes were laid out to steer you off the nice wide main drag coming in, down through the railroad yards, across the "undesirables" residential area, and out up the big hill in front of the regional hospital (the one with the Quiet Signs). Took real genius to map these out in small towns.
