Do we know who this is?
- Thread starter billg27
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Sorry for your loss. The drivers at Load 1 are some of the best. I hope my wife never sees this photo. If any good can come from an accident like this, it reminds me to keep a 4 second distance and keep my fingers crossed that it doesn't happen to me. I have been blessed. Hope everyone else is also.
The driver is named in one of the news reports online. I have met him on the road and enjoyed a nice visit with him. He had a great sense of humor. It will be a sad night for this vanner at the "J".
Oh God....my heart hurts for the Driver's Family and Friends. Tragic.
It can sometimes be tough to remain 4 or 8 seconds back of you don't realize the vehicle way up in front of you is no longer moving out of moving really slow, as in this case. You're constantly scanning the road and mirrors and you see the vehicle a quarter mile up ahead, you scan some more, then suddenly look up and that vehicle is right in front of you.
Plus that 8 seconds is gone as soon as a passing vehicle slides into that big gap.
That's not good nope sure isn't
You should also remember and always have in the back of your mind that when coming into a work zone 18 wheelers have and will jump out on you even if your in the right driving in the lane that is shutting down. Hell I've seenthem do it when it was 2 miles befor e the lane closure.
We all believe we are great drivers because it's what we do. But you sure can't rule out being lucky. If we all added up the near misses we have had, it's a wonder we have survived.
JOHNCLARK
Expert Expediter
John. Wow brother. Im sorry. Our condolences from the J.D. Clark family. Of course it goes without saying if we can be of any service to you, your staff or their family. I didn't hear anything about this we had been wrapped up in our own company accident a day previous to this.
