tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14375154813520493582023-11-15T07:13:53.788-07:00ROAD RAGEThe Common Joe vs. The Big RigsDisplaced Easternerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410008818495979noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437515481352049358.post-41284517263132138152009-03-06T19:16:00.005-07:002009-03-06T19:28:14.296-07:00Transport trucks no match for Wreckhouse gusts. (Click here to see full story on CBC Website)Winds in one of the most notorious stretches of highway in Newfoundland and Labrador proved too much for some truckers Wednesday.Two large transport trucks were blown off the highway at Wreckhouse, which for decades has had a reputation for high winds, often topping 100 kilometres per hour.Displaced Easternerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410008818495979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437515481352049358.post-8691780772774900782009-03-05T09:51:00.006-07:002009-03-06T09:35:51.515-07:00Education of New DriversMy daughter is currently preparing for her beginners licence. She is taking a drivers education class at school and studying a drivers handbook. I asked her just a few days ago if there was any coverage at all regarding commercial transport (big trucks) to which she replied, "I think there is only one question in the handbook and nothing mentioned in the class".Folks, we have a problem, and I Displaced Easternerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410008818495979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437515481352049358.post-62611800223993449692009-03-04T13:09:00.002-07:002009-03-06T09:41:41.242-07:00Make a Stand for What's RightWhen was the last time someone who drives for a living make a stand for what's right?Besides, the common Joe wouldn't want the Professional Driver to do whats right anyway.You see, when a "company" driver tells his dispatcher he's too tired and has to pull over and go to sleep, he knows he may be messing up his chances of any happiness in the near future. It's rare to have a dispatcher who will Displaced Easternerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410008818495979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437515481352049358.post-49577341817945545782009-03-04T13:07:00.002-07:002009-03-06T09:39:33.226-07:00YEE HAW! (The New Driver)I was a new driver once upon a time. But for some reason, back then, I never quite seen myself as I see these new drivers being turned out today.When you look at them sitting on their air ride seats fully decompressed, behind the wheel, all you can really see is the logo on their ball caps. How the hell can they see where they are going? There's no seat belts on, the heavy metal is turned up as Displaced Easternerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410008818495979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437515481352049358.post-45401804081864931142009-03-04T13:03:00.002-07:002009-03-06T09:39:56.864-07:00Road Rage - How it startsI don't think for one minute that not one soul out there has any idea what I am talking about here when I say, "Road Rage is an epidemic".It is most likely one of the leading contributors to accidents on the road. I was hauling 62,000 lbs of pop down a long steep grade on day. I had my tractor trailer moving at about 55 to 60 km/hr at the top of the hill as I made the decent. By time I reached Displaced Easternerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410008818495979noreply@blogger.com1