I'll bet you were glad you were being paid hourly.
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I never did get a speeding ticket while being paid by the hour.I'll bet you were glad you were being paid hourly.
A driver usually finds a way to get to a truck stop before calling in for a breakdown. One thing you can take to the bank, if a driver calls in & he is not at a truck stop the rig is really broken down.Try finding out from a young driver where he is when he calls in a breakdown...................................all he can give you is a address he has no clue how he got there...........
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What do they mean by, Adult Toys?Guilty as charged....I broke down here once (maybe more than once) !
Is that like an inflatable doll,wearing flip flops?
I thought I got lucky the time I broke down at the fuel island (true story)....you have much better luck than me!!
In ND, most of the time it’s safer to stay in a running truck than to get out In the cold to try to find help. I always thought that if I slid off the road, I might not be found for a week….North Dakota.
Truck driver, stuck in ditch for two days, stays with his rig
FINGAL, N.D. (KFGO News Dakota) - It was a long couple of days for a semi driver who left State Highway 32 and...kfgo.com
This time sounds like the exception, since there was contact made with civilization, and police apparently offered him shelter.
One time I spent 3 1/2 days stuck in my truck, at a gas station because Wyoming closed the Hiway. Town of Rock River, Wyoming- population 264. No other businesses there but the gas station and a taxidermist next door.
Batesville; caskets & taxidermy? Hmm, I can see a connection.
A hairy box?Batesville; caskets & taxidermy? Hmm, I can see a connection.
I survived, luckily because the truck kept running and the snow plow came by and gave me a ride into town.
Big deal, I was once marooned on a Ga highway with no AC for an hour.
A Carolina driver gave me a lift to a restaurant about 1/4 mile up the road and saved the day.
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You have to furnish the flip flops. Bar maids & waitress only wear high heels.
Jimmy, I don't think this guy stayed in his truck for too long. Sure looks like fun driving in North Dakota though. (PS - Just happened yesterday, January 2, 2022 not 2021 as the typo in the article states).
Truck takes a cold plunge when driver confuses frozen lake for open field
A truck driver got a nasty surprise after mistaking a frozen lake for a snowy field in North Dakota on Sunday morning. The accident happened on January 2nd, 2021 in Dunn County near Skunk Bay.
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Ok , wheres this at ? As wondering if I could get them to open one down Clarence Iowa ! And call it the Wongrisque-cafe & motto be our buns raise at 46 mph & have oversize mirrors in the bathrooms !!
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Micanopy, FloridaOk , wheres this at ? As wondering if I could get them to open one down Clarence Iowa ! And call it the Wongrisque-cafe & motto be our buns raise at 46 mph & have oversize mirrors in the bathrooms !!
We use to say a good driver would break down at a diner and have the coffee ready when you got there..................................................
I learned a long time ago, if you can drag it to a safe haven, DO IT! Who wants to sit in a breakdown lane and have trucks passing by within a foot or two rocking your cab while you wait for help! How many times have broken down vehicles in the breakdown lane been rammed into! Sometimes death resulting! Nope. I’ve dragged axles with blown tires into safe havens. It’s not always possible but whenever I could I would! I had a supervisor ask me how is it that I always seemed to be b/d at a service plaza? I said “Cause I know how long you take to find a vendor that’ll come out and service your equipment”! He didn’t like that at all. And after all those years I was lucky to retire. That’s why I did it!
Imagine how much fun this would have been if all the cars stuck were battery powered?
Hundreds of drivers stuck on a 50-mile stretch of I-95 overnight due to snow, ice after fierce winter storm.
Hundreds of drivers stuck on a 50-mile stretch of I-95 overnight due to snow, ice after fierce winter storm.
27-hour commute: Virginia officials pelted with questions after hundreds of drivers were stuck on I-95 overnight
The winter storm brought havoc to roadways, left more than 234,000 without power in Virginia and caused at least five deaths across three states.
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