Crashed Trucker Says He Was Afraid Of Being Ticketed For Taking A Nap

[pwjohn]

Instead of the North Carolina Governor using his office to force workers into dangerous situations, just to make his wealthy donor happy, maybe this dirtbag could have worked towards adding more parking to nearby rest areas, or build more rest areas.if necessary.

McCrory donor sparked Highway Patrol campaign against napping truckers


A trucker who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his truck spilling 50,000 pounds of potatoes over I-77 in North Carolina says that he didn’t want to pull over to take a rest since he was worried he’d receive a ticket. It turns out that he was driving in an area where the North Carolina Highway Patrol had instituted a no-truck-parking enforcement push after a major political donor of the governor complained about “unsightly” trucks near his vineyard.

 

[Iceweasel]

Wow, that must be a big ass vineyard. How long is it? 100 miles? No place else to snooze? How do all the others manage. Or was this just another smear by an internet jackass?

 

[pwjohn]

Wow, that must be a big ass vineyard. How long is it? 100 miles? No place else to snooze? How do all the others manage. Or was this just another smear by an internet jackass?

Highway safety should be a priority in the governors office.

 

[Iceweasel]

Wow, that must be a big ass vineyard. How long is it? 100 miles? No place else to snooze? How do all the others manage. Or was this just another smear by an internet jackass?

Highway safety should be a priority in the governors office. Instead, this governor will happily sacrifice highway safety, for the price is right.

You are confused. The shoulder of the highway is for emergencies, not snoozing. A semi parked on the shoulder is a death trap.

 

[pwjohn]

Wow, that must be a big ass vineyard. How long is it? 100 miles? No place else to snooze? How do all the others manage. Or was this just another smear by an internet jackass?

Highway safety should be a priority in the governors office. Instead, this governor will happily sacrifice highway safety, for the price is right.

You are confused. The shoulder of the highway is for emergencies, not snoozing. A semi parked on the shoulder is a death trap.

No, you and your dirtbag governor are badly mistaken. Trucks parked on the shoulders of on ramps late at night during periods of low traffic flow in rural areas is common practice and much preferred over the alternative.

 

[Iceweasel]

Wow, that must be a big ass vineyard. How long is it? 100 miles? No place else to snooze? How do all the others manage. Or was this just another smear by an internet jackass?

Highway safety should be a priority in the governors office. Instead, this governor will happily sacrifice highway safety, for the price is right.

You are confused. The shoulder of the highway is for emergencies, not snoozing. A semi parked on the shoulder is a death trap.

No, you and your dirtbag governor are badly mistaken. Trucks parked on the shoulders of on ramps late at night during periods of low traffic flow in rural areas is common practice and much preferred over the alternative.

Wrong. That isn't what the shoulders are for. But I am glad the governor butthurt you.

 

[Timmy]

Sounds like the trucker is trying to get out of trouble by blaming everyone else .

 

[pwjohn]

Wow, that must be a big ass vineyard. How long is it? 100 miles? No place else to snooze? How do all the others manage. Or was this just another smear by an internet jackass?

Highway safety should be a priority in the governors office. Instead, this governor will happily sacrifice highway safety, for the price is right.

You are confused. The shoulder of the highway is for emergencies, not snoozing. A semi parked on the shoulder is a death trap.

No, you and your dirtbag governor are badly mistaken. Trucks parked on the shoulders of on ramps late at night during periods of low traffic flow in rural areas is common practice and much preferred over the alternative.

Wrong. That isn't what the shoulders are for. But I am glad the governor butthurt you.

Obviously highway safety is purely a political issue for republicans

 

[pwjohn]

Sounds like the trucker is trying to get out of trouble by blaming everyone else .

Forcing workers into dangerous situations will always produce the same results as you see here in this thread.

 

[easyt65]

That's the result of big govt over-regulation, when common sense is thrown out the window due to over-regulation.

Common sense says if you're so tired it's dangerous to keep going you pull over to take a nap, thereby NOT endangering fellow drivers / pedestrians. NOT doing so, however, because you know the government will fine you for pulling over and doing the smart thing is being more afraid of the govt, which in this case discourages putting safety 1st, and it's regulations, fines, etc.

Anyone remember the old commercials that encouraged people to pull over and rest if needed? Now we're telling people 'we'll fine you if you do'? Does the govt (federal/state/local) really need more tax money that badly?

 

[easyt65]

Wow, that must be a big ass vineyard. How long is it? 100 miles? No place else to snooze? How do all the others manage. Or was this just another smear by an internet jackass?

Highway safety should be a priority in the governors office. Instead, this governor will happily sacrifice highway safety, for the price is right.

You are confused. The shoulder of the highway is for emergencies, not snoozing. A semi parked on the shoulder is a death trap.

No, you and your dirtbag governor are badly mistaken. Trucks parked on the shoulders of on ramps late at night during periods of low traffic flow in rural areas is common practice and much preferred over the alternative.

Wrong. That isn't what the shoulders are for. But I am glad the governor butthurt you.

Obviously highway safety is purely a political issue for republicans

Safety should never be a POLITICAL issue, but you seem to think a person's life - their living or dying - should be based on politics.

Reminds me of how Hillary chose politics over lives when she abandoned / sacrificed 4 Americans to protect the illusion of Obama's lies (Al Qaeida on the run, the war on terror is over) to help him get re-elected. The common sense action would have been to pull our people out when every other nation did...or after 2 terrorist attacks on a compound. Politics says 'No, politics is more important than lives'.

Common sense says pull the truck over, save lives. Govt says if you do the smart thing we will punish you for it.

 

[Iceweasel]

That's the result of big govt over-regulation, when common sense is thrown out the window due to over-regulation.

Common sense says if you're so tired it's dangerous to keep going you pull over to take a nap, thereby NOT endangering fellow drivers / pedestrians. NOT doing so, however, because you know the government will fine you for pulling over and doing the smart thing is being more afraid of the govt, which in this case discourages putting safety 1st, and it's regulations, fines, etc.

Anyone remember the old commercials that encouraged people to pull over and rest if needed? Now we're telling people 'we'll fine you if you do'? Does the govt (federal/state/local) really need more tax money that badly?

Pull over, yes. But not anywhere you please because that too can be a danger. Find a parking lot, take the next exit but don't sleep on the freeway.

 

[easyt65]

At some point you have to do the right thing, though, no matter the consequences - Personal accountsbility. If you're that tired, pull over, F* the fine!

 

[pwjohn]

Wow, that must be a big ass vineyard. How long is it? 100 miles? No place else to snooze? How do all the others manage. Or was this just another smear by an internet jackass?

Highway safety should be a priority in the governors office. Instead, this governor will happily sacrifice highway safety, for the price is right.

You are confused. The shoulder of the highway is for emergencies, not snoozing. A semi parked on the shoulder is a death trap.

It wasn't a problem before the repub governors wealthy donor complained about it.

 

[pwjohn]

That's the result of big govt over-regulation, when common sense is thrown out the window due to over-regulation.

Common sense says if you're so tired it's dangerous to keep going you pull over to take a nap, thereby NOT endangering fellow drivers / pedestrians. NOT doing so, however, because you know the government will fine you for pulling over and doing the smart thing is being more afraid of the govt, which in this case discourages putting safety 1st, and it's regulations, fines, etc.

Anyone remember the old commercials that encouraged people to pull over and rest if needed? Now we're telling people 'we'll fine you if you do'? Does the govt (federal/state/local) really need more tax money that badly?

None of this was a problem until the governors wealthy donor complained about it.

 

[easyt65]

You lie. Something is either dangerous or it's not. It doesn't become dangerous because someone from a certain party says so.

 

[SwimExpert]

A semi parked on the shoulder is a death trap.

As opposed to one traveling at 60 mph with a sleepy driver?

 

[pwjohn]

You lie. Something is either dangerous or it's not. It doesn't become dangerous because someone from a certain party says so.

Read the article dumass

 

[Iceweasel]

A semi parked on the shoulder is a death trap.

As opposed to one traveling at 60 mph with a sleepy driver?

Goddamn you are stupid. You want to excuse a hazard by mentioning a bigger one? You're the kind of guy that the law is designed for, too stupid to know better.

 

[SwimExpert]

A semi parked on the shoulder is a death trap.

As opposed to one traveling at 60 mph with a sleepy driver?

Goddamn you are stupid. You want to excuse a hazard by mentioning a bigger one? You're the kind of guy that the law is designed for, too stupid to know better.

Amazingly, you acknowledge that the alternative is more dangerous. And now you're mad because you've been spanked once again by a superior intellect (sadly, you are right when you say that I'm really fucking stupid). So you have nothing but hissy to support your position.