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Fleet fixer. Fact finder. WHCA. Investigator. ExpertWitness. Writer covering trucking & White House policy/Transportation. Long form loyalist. Conservative.

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Illegal U-turns arent just a truck or ELP problem. 4wheeler in right lane cuts left across a large car already passing beside it to use an authorized vehicles only median crossover. T-bone at interstate speed. FMCSA found the passenger vehicle was assigned the critical reason in 56% of two vehicle truck passenger car crashes studied vs 44% for the truck. Sometimes the truck is just the vehicle that gets handed somebody else’s BS.

Illegal U-turns arent just a truck or ELP problem. 4wheeler in right lane cuts left across a large car already passing beside it to use an authorized vehicles only median crossover. T-bone at interstate speed. FMCSA found the passenger vehicle was assigned the critical reason in 56% of two vehicle truck passenger car crashes studied vs 44% for the truck. Sometimes the truck is just the vehicle that gets handed somebody else’s BS.

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You cannot lease on the revenue and pretend you did not lease on the risk. An owner-operator may not be your employee, but when they operate under your DOT number, pull your trailer and make an illegal interstate U-turn, you inherit the crash, claim and scrutiny. Vet them. Contract it right. Monitor behavior. Enforce accountability. Your trailer. Your authority. Your exposure.

You cannot lease on the revenue and pretend you did not lease on the risk. An owner-operator may not be your employee, but when they operate under your DOT number, pull your trailer and make an illegal interstate U-turn, you inherit the crash, claim and scrutiny. Vet them. Contract it right. Monitor behavior. Enforce accountability. Your trailer. Your authority. Your exposure.

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That bridge you're on? It froze before the road did. Every year we gotta learn this again. If you're one of those people who needs to know why, the ground under a road retains heat. The bridge has cold air under it. Now you know. Stay at the house.

That bridge you're on? It froze before the road did. Every year we gotta learn this again. If you're one of those people who needs to know why, the ground under a road retains heat. The bridge has cold air under it. Now you know. Stay at the house.

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We had a driver this week in a litigation case lose their load because they didn't know straps werent the same WLL as graded chain. Not all drivers are created equal. A CDL is not a CDL is not a CDL. We’ve got plenty of dock-bumper drivers for basic freight. The real shortage is trained, mechanically inclined, mode-specific operators. Dry van is not open deck. Open deck is not tank. Tank is not hazmat. Hazmat is not heavy haul. When fleets add specialized modes and start sliding basic freight drivers into them without real training, securement knowledge, mechanical sense, or understanding of the exposure, that is where failure starts. The truck may look similar. The work is not.

We had a driver this week in a litigation case lose their load because they didn't know straps werent the same WLL as graded chain. Not all drivers are created equal. A CDL is not a CDL is not a CDL. We’ve got plenty of dock-bumper drivers for basic freight. The real shortage is trained, mechanically inclined, mode-specific operators. Dry van is not open deck. Open deck is not tank. Tank is not hazmat. Hazmat is not heavy haul. When fleets add specialized modes and start sliding basic freight drivers into them without real training, securement knowledge, mechanical sense, or understanding of the exposure, that is where failure starts. The truck may look similar. The work is not.

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70% of todays truck drivers are not the truck drivers you envision after watching Over the Top or Smokey and the Bandit. The driver persona has changed a lot over the past 10, 20, 40 years from professionalism to skill to experience. This is who we're sharing the road with

70% of todays truck drivers are not the truck drivers you envision after watching Over the Top or Smokey and the Bandit. The driver persona has changed a lot over the past 10, 20, 40 years from professionalism to skill to experience. This is who we're sharing the road with

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Raised dump beds and a missed body-position check become a six- or seven-figure problem. Sign structure. Utility line. Traffic signal. Whatever it is, it won't be the same. Know the condition of the equipment before the bridge tells you.

Raised dump beds and a missed body-position check become a six- or seven-figure problem. Sign structure. Utility line. Traffic signal. Whatever it is, it won't be the same. Know the condition of the equipment before the bridge tells you.

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In this building with the black awning in this Nick shirley clip, there is a ELDT truck driving school in this building called Titan Driver Training. As far as we know they're legit. In that building alone 1821 University Ave W MSP MN, $400k in PPP loans and fed awards. Titan was the only tenant in the building to not receive government funding. Quality Learning Center got $108k next door by itself in just PPP funds. We got your back wellness is a chiropractor in the same building doing FMCSA CDL Medical Exams. This address doesn't touch 2905 NW Blvd Suite 150 MSP MN where 50 different entities have received $1.7M in PPP, federal and state awards all of them are in Suite 150. If you're interested in the data we have it from MN State and the feds for all zip codes with the prefix 554 as well as PPP data we started collecting it 2020 because we were having so many issues operating in truck and bus terminals in that area.

In this building with the black awning in this Nick shirley clip, there is a ELDT truck driving school in this building called Titan Driver Training. As far as we know they're legit. In that building alone 1821 University Ave W MSP MN, $400k in PPP loans and fed awards. Titan was the only tenant in the building to not receive government funding. Quality Learning Center got $108k next door by itself in just PPP funds. We got your back wellness is a chiropractor in the same building doing FMCSA CDL Medical Exams. This address doesn't touch 2905 NW Blvd Suite 150 MSP MN where 50 different entities have received $1.7M in PPP, federal and state awards all of them are in Suite 150. If you're interested in the data we have it from MN State and the feds for all zip codes with the prefix 554 as well as PPP data we started collecting it 2020 because we were having so many issues operating in truck and bus terminals in that area.

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A 1,400 lb hay bale sitting in the road ain't just hay. A car hits it at 70 mph? ➡️ 116,000 lbs of force This is what unsecured and overheight "farm loads" really do. Strap it and plan your trip Or don’t haul it.

A 1,400 lb hay bale sitting in the road ain't just hay. A car hits it at 70 mph? ➡️ 116,000 lbs of force This is what unsecured and overheight "farm loads" really do. Strap it and plan your trip Or don’t haul it.

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Who does this at an intersection of all places? Trying to save 20 seconds just cost this driver hours. Over 500 people die every year in passing crashes per nhtsagov. Most happen on rural two lane roads like this.

Who does this at an intersection of all places? Trying to save 20 seconds just cost this driver hours. Over 500 people die every year in passing crashes per nhtsagov. Most happen on rural two lane roads like this.

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A truck from DOT 4316621 rolling down the road dumping fuel from the driver-side tank with what appears to be duct tape over a hole in the metal tank. The carrier’s numbers fit the picture: 66.7% vehicle OOS 47.1% driver OOS 46 violations 34 inspections. At some point the roadside condition tells you the culture.

A truck from DOT 4316621 rolling down the road dumping fuel from the driver-side tank with what appears to be duct tape over a hole in the metal tank. The carrier’s numbers fit the picture: 66.7% vehicle OOS 47.1% driver OOS 46 violations 34 inspections. At some point the roadside condition tells you the culture.

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This is actually where my yard was on yadkin Road in Chesapeake Virginia. I can't tell you how many of my drivers try to beat this friggin train drove me insane. About 6 vehicle-train crossing crashes happen every day in the US. FMCSA says a first railroad-highway grade crossing offense = at least 60 days disqualification, 120 days for a second, and 1 year for a third in 3 years. Hazmat cargo tanks and passenger buses are among the CMVs required to stop at certain crossings. You cannot beat a train. You usually cannot survive one. You can lose your CDL trying.

This is actually where my yard was on yadkin Road in Chesapeake Virginia. I can't tell you how many of my drivers try to beat this friggin train drove me insane. About 6 vehicle-train crossing crashes happen every day in the US. FMCSA says a first railroad-highway grade crossing offense = at least 60 days disqualification, 120 days for a second, and 1 year for a third in 3 years. Hazmat cargo tanks and passenger buses are among the CMVs required to stop at certain crossings. You cannot beat a train. You usually cannot survive one. You can lose your CDL trying.

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Without dash cam, one of these trucks could have worn this wreck. White car creates the mess. Trucks try to survive it. Both end up in the median. FMCSA now allows CPDP review for any CMV crash where video shows the sequence of events, and a Not Preventable ruling keeps it out of Crash BASIC. That is why video is king.

Without dash cam, one of these trucks could have worn this wreck. White car creates the mess. Trucks try to survive it. Both end up in the median. FMCSA now allows CPDP review for any CMV crash where video shows the sequence of events, and a Not Preventable ruling keeps it out of Crash BASIC. That is why video is king.

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Why broker liability became a consideration, and also why CVSA Roacheck chose load security as their second area of focus this week👉

Why broker liability became a consideration, and also why CVSA Roacheck chose load security as their second area of focus this week👉

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When two freightshakers meet in the wild... The trucking world 2026 in a nutshell. Not sure how long these two will debate on what to do next but looks like it's already been a minute.

When two freightshakers meet in the wild... The trucking world 2026 in a nutshell. Not sure how long these two will debate on what to do next but looks like it's already been a minute.

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What would you have done? Merge right and let it play out? Hold your ground? Exactly what a Preventable Crash Really Looks Like. You’re driving a semi. Three-lane highway. You're in the center lane. Left lane is ending. Right lane is completely empty. Convex mirror shows no one beside you on the right. Three cars are pacing you in the left lane… and they’re about to run out of road. So Why are you still in the center lane? You’re not boxed in. You’re not blind. And you’ve already seen the sign telling you the left lane ends. You could’ve merged right a half-mile ago and cruised on. Instead, you’re now stuck in the lane of most resistance. That car flying up on your left? It’s doing what 80% of cars do when the lane end, they punch it. They try to get ahead. Not smart. Not courteous. But absolutely predictable. And that’s the point. You’re the professional. They're not. You know how this goes. You should know exactly what to expect. Textbook behavior. So when that car forces a merge in front of your bumper with 20 feet left of asphalt, are they wrong? Yep. But when you don’t lift off the gas, don’t merge right, and don’t anticipate what’s clearly unfolding, that’s no longer just their problem. Now it’s yours. And it’s preventable. What happens next👇 ✅ You plow into the car. ✅ You get to sit roadside for 3 hours explaining it to law enforcement and doing paperwork. ✅ You spend another 3 months Data Q’ing it, defending it in court, or arguing it with claims adjusters. ✅ It’s on your CSA now. ✅ Your insurance premium goes up. ✅ The carrier eats the deductible. ✅ And you get labeled as someone who “could’ve avoided it but didn’t.” Being a truck driver isn’t just turning a wheel. It’s a chess match. It’s anticipating the next three moves. When you choose not to play defense, you’re the one who loses, even when you’re “not at fault.” Some stats to chew on👇 👉Lane change/merge crashes account for nearly 10% of all large truck crashes. 👉FMCSA's Large Truck Crash Causation Study consistently shows "decision error" and "recognition error" as top contributing factors in preventable crashes. 👉The average post-crash litigation process? 3–6 months minimum, and that’s before settlements, audits, or nuclear verdicts.

What would you have done? Merge right and let it play out? Hold your ground? Exactly what a Preventable Crash Really Looks Like. You’re driving a semi. Three-lane highway. You're in the center lane. Left lane is ending. Right lane is completely empty. Convex mirror shows no one beside you on the right. Three cars are pacing you in the left lane… and they’re about to run out of road. So Why are you still in the center lane? You’re not boxed in. You’re not blind. And you’ve already seen the sign telling you the left lane ends. You could’ve merged right a half-mile ago and cruised on. Instead, you’re now stuck in the lane of most resistance. That car flying up on your left? It’s doing what 80% of cars do when the lane end, they punch it. They try to get ahead. Not smart. Not courteous. But absolutely predictable. And that’s the point. You’re the professional. They're not. You know how this goes. You should know exactly what to expect. Textbook behavior. So when that car forces a merge in front of your bumper with 20 feet left of asphalt, are they wrong? Yep. But when you don’t lift off the gas, don’t merge right, and don’t anticipate what’s clearly unfolding, that’s no longer just their problem. Now it’s yours. And it’s preventable. What happens next👇 ✅ You plow into the car. ✅ You get to sit roadside for 3 hours explaining it to law enforcement and doing paperwork. ✅ You spend another 3 months Data Q’ing it, defending it in court, or arguing it with claims adjusters. ✅ It’s on your CSA now. ✅ Your insurance premium goes up. ✅ The carrier eats the deductible. ✅ And you get labeled as someone who “could’ve avoided it but didn’t.” Being a truck driver isn’t just turning a wheel. It’s a chess match. It’s anticipating the next three moves. When you choose not to play defense, you’re the one who loses, even when you’re “not at fault.” Some stats to chew on👇 👉Lane change/merge crashes account for nearly 10% of all large truck crashes. 👉FMCSA's Large Truck Crash Causation Study consistently shows "decision error" and "recognition error" as top contributing factors in preventable crashes. 👉The average post-crash litigation process? 3–6 months minimum, and that’s before settlements, audits, or nuclear verdicts.

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This carrier is tied to at least four other businesses. This was their fifth truck crash. They average 2.67 violations every time they are inspected and get put OOS at least 50% of the time. Their most recent violations include maintenance issues and drivers operating without a valid CDL or medical card. Vehicles crash into buildings more than 100 times a day in America. That means this is not some freak once in a lifetime event. It happens constantly. In this Colorado crash, police say the semi came off Santa Fe Drive, went off the road, hit a parked car, and shoved it into a QuikTrip building. The wall partially collapsed. The person inside the parked car had to be rescued. There were employees and customers inside the building. The driver reportedly claimed brake failure, but investigators said they found no mechanical issue with the truck and cited him for careless driving causing bodily injury. This is who we, as in our families, are sharing the road with and this one is not even as bad as some others. By the time a truck is plowing into a gas station, the real story usually started long before the day of the crash. It started with what kind of carrier was allowed to keep operating like this. It started with what kind of truck was allowed on the road. It started with what kind of driver was put behind the wheel. It started with what kind of violations were tolerated. It started with what kind of warning signs kept getting ignored. We have made trucking way too comfortable with excuses. Brake failure. Medical episode. Sun in the eyes. Could not stop in time. Sometimes those things are real. A lot of times they are just the first explanation people reach for after the damage is already done. The bigger issue is exposure. When the striking vehicle is a commercial truck, the consequences go up fast. Also worth remembering, in large truck crashes, the people who usually pay the price are not the truck occupants. It is the people in the other vehicles, the people in the buildings, the people at the fuel island, the people just trying to exist around this stuff. That is why carrier fitness matters. That is why maintenance history matters. That is why driver qualification matters. That is why linked entities and repeat patterns matter. Everybody loves to talk about the driver after the crash. Not enough people want to talk about the carrier before the crash. Who hired him. Who qualified him. Who maintained the equipment. Who let the violations stack up. Who kept the operation moving despite the warning signs. This is not just about one Littleton crash. This is about the level of risk we have normalized on American highways and in American communities. The worst part is this one still does not represent the bottom of the barrel.

This carrier is tied to at least four other businesses. This was their fifth truck crash. They average 2.67 violations every time they are inspected and get put OOS at least 50% of the time. Their most recent violations include maintenance issues and drivers operating without a valid CDL or medical card. Vehicles crash into buildings more than 100 times a day in America. That means this is not some freak once in a lifetime event. It happens constantly. In this Colorado crash, police say the semi came off Santa Fe Drive, went off the road, hit a parked car, and shoved it into a QuikTrip building. The wall partially collapsed. The person inside the parked car had to be rescued. There were employees and customers inside the building. The driver reportedly claimed brake failure, but investigators said they found no mechanical issue with the truck and cited him for careless driving causing bodily injury. This is who we, as in our families, are sharing the road with and this one is not even as bad as some others. By the time a truck is plowing into a gas station, the real story usually started long before the day of the crash. It started with what kind of carrier was allowed to keep operating like this. It started with what kind of truck was allowed on the road. It started with what kind of driver was put behind the wheel. It started with what kind of violations were tolerated. It started with what kind of warning signs kept getting ignored. We have made trucking way too comfortable with excuses. Brake failure. Medical episode. Sun in the eyes. Could not stop in time. Sometimes those things are real. A lot of times they are just the first explanation people reach for after the damage is already done. The bigger issue is exposure. When the striking vehicle is a commercial truck, the consequences go up fast. Also worth remembering, in large truck crashes, the people who usually pay the price are not the truck occupants. It is the people in the other vehicles, the people in the buildings, the people at the fuel island, the people just trying to exist around this stuff. That is why carrier fitness matters. That is why maintenance history matters. That is why driver qualification matters. That is why linked entities and repeat patterns matter. Everybody loves to talk about the driver after the crash. Not enough people want to talk about the carrier before the crash. Who hired him. Who qualified him. Who maintained the equipment. Who let the violations stack up. Who kept the operation moving despite the warning signs. This is not just about one Littleton crash. This is about the level of risk we have normalized on American highways and in American communities. The worst part is this one still does not represent the bottom of the barrel.

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At 75 mph, 12 seconds means driving 1,320' blind. More than four football fields. You dont need driver-facing video to know there is a problem. Hard braking. Close following. Lane departures. Erratic steering. Pitch, yaw and repeated near misses. The telematics are the indicators, not managing those is what takes carriers to court and to the cleaners. Hard braking is usually not the problem. Its the symptom.

At 75 mph, 12 seconds means driving 1,320' blind. More than four football fields. You dont need driver-facing video to know there is a problem. Hard braking. Close following. Lane departures. Erratic steering. Pitch, yaw and repeated near misses. The telematics are the indicators, not managing those is what takes carriers to court and to the cleaners. Hard braking is usually not the problem. Its the symptom.

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I don't know whose video this is but why is it always the super ego drivers

I don't know whose video this is but why is it always the super ego drivers

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2023 PA DOT study found that spilled cooking oil reduces pavement friction by over 50%, similar to black ice. Clean-up can cost $1000s. In one Minnesota case, it took three fire engines, two sand trucks, and a HAZMAT unit to clean up a single cooking oil spill.

2023 PA DOT study found that spilled cooking oil reduces pavement friction by over 50%, similar to black ice. Clean-up can cost $1000s. In one Minnesota case, it took three fire engines, two sand trucks, and a HAZMAT unit to clean up a single cooking oil spill.

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ICYMI Dallas jury awards $44M to family of a man killed during a 2021 ice storm after a semi slammed into stopped traffic on I‑35. The company, Prime, found liable because driver was driving too fast for conditions and had not received winter weather driving training.

ICYMI Dallas jury awards $44M to family of a man killed during a 2021 ice storm after a semi slammed into stopped traffic on I‑35. The company, Prime, found liable because driver was driving too fast for conditions and had not received winter weather driving training.

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15k collisions involving tractors and farm vehicles a year. Reflective tape and maybe some lights would've been good.

15k collisions involving tractors and farm vehicles a year. Reflective tape and maybe some lights would've been good.

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Auto hauling by train and they still hit the bridge. Overheight crashes average 4k per year in the US and cost $1B. Did the track get higher or the bridge get lower?

Auto hauling by train and they still hit the bridge. Overheight crashes average 4k per year in the US and cost $1B. Did the track get higher or the bridge get lower?

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I know a guy....

I know a guy....

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Truck burns in Pharr, TX and more than one person on scene didn’t even know what “911” was. Nobody could explain the emergency in English. They're discussing what 911 is in the video. In Texas, about 1 in 4 working-age adults speaks English less than “very well.” Immigrants are 23% of the TX workforce, and a big chunk of our drivers and yard workers are in that mix. This isn’t about accents or perfection. It’s about minimum language skills in a job where seconds and words literally decide whether someone lives or dies.

Truck burns in Pharr, TX and more than one person on scene didn’t even know what “911” was. Nobody could explain the emergency in English. They're discussing what 911 is in the video. In Texas, about 1 in 4 working-age adults speaks English less than “very well.” Immigrants are 23% of the TX workforce, and a big chunk of our drivers and yard workers are in that mix. This isn’t about accents or perfection. It’s about minimum language skills in a job where seconds and words literally decide whether someone lives or dies.

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Just a solid PSA...if you're going to road rage, if they're driving a welding rig it's best you just move along unless you're prepared to go all the way 🙌

Just a solid PSA...if you're going to road rage, if they're driving a welding rig it's best you just move along unless you're prepared to go all the way 🙌

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Same carrier that El Hadji Karamoko Quattara drove for when he killed three on the shoulder of I-81 in Roanoke County in the week of Christmas 2025. He then had all charges associated with that crash nolle prosequi, went back to MD, and continued to drive. All FOIA requests to VSP regarding that crash have been denied by the VA State Police. Roanoke courts would only confirm that he required an interpreter.

Same carrier that El Hadji Karamoko Quattara drove for when he killed three on the shoulder of I-81 in Roanoke County in the week of Christmas 2025. He then had all charges associated with that crash nolle prosequi, went back to MD, and continued to drive. All FOIA requests to VSP regarding that crash have been denied by the VA State Police. Roanoke courts would only confirm that he required an interpreter.

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You can't convince me in America in 2026 that we don't have some kind of really bad parenting issue. It's either that or the education system or both. Something systemic is causing people to be inconsiderate, entitled idiots.

You can't convince me in America in 2026 that we don't have some kind of really bad parenting issue. It's either that or the education system or both. Something systemic is causing people to be inconsiderate, entitled idiots.

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The guy makes a point but trucks do have curtains. "Driver truck stop etiquette for people that live in the "aquarium."

The guy makes a point but trucks do have curtains. "Driver truck stop etiquette for people that live in the "aquarium."

367,448 次观看 • 4 个月前

Is this the guy doing merging the right way, the wrong way, or the guy everybody hates?

Is this the guy doing merging the right way, the wrong way, or the guy everybody hates?

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Article dropping tomorrow on how The hotshot industry has a chameleon problem. We found “1-truck” operators tied to 1,000+ inspections across 400+ VINs. Some declare 1 truck for insurance, then lease on hundreds more. Some swap markings every day. Some run with no markings at all. Foreign hotshot chameleon clusters are our newest major exposure problem.

Article dropping tomorrow on how The hotshot industry has a chameleon problem. We found “1-truck” operators tied to 1,000+ inspections across 400+ VINs. Some declare 1 truck for insurance, then lease on hundreds more. Some swap markings every day. Some run with no markings at all. Foreign hotshot chameleon clusters are our newest major exposure problem.

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Auto hauler blows up the shoulder, loses control, cuts across the lanes, and rolls over. Distraction? Medical? Brake failure? Grade? Panic? We dont know. In a lot of videos its just guesses.

Auto hauler blows up the shoulder, loses control, cuts across the lanes, and rolls over. Distraction? Medical? Brake failure? Grade? Panic? We dont know. In a lot of videos its just guesses.

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I promise you that trying to hold court in the street to make your case is a now in situation. Especially in a truck. Just do what you got to do and live to fight another day.

I promise you that trying to hold court in the street to make your case is a now in situation. Especially in a truck. Just do what you got to do and live to fight another day.

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The Gold Coast files. 150 crashes, 10 deaths, $889,630 unpaid FMCSA fines. Part 1. Three years after a Gold Coast Logistics truck killed Brandon Rogers on I-10 in Beaumont, the network that built Dragos Sprinceana is still rolling under new DOT numbers. This is the long record.

The Gold Coast files. 150 crashes, 10 deaths, $889,630 unpaid FMCSA fines. Part 1. Three years after a Gold Coast Logistics truck killed Brandon Rogers on I-10 in Beaumont, the network that built Dragos Sprinceana is still rolling under new DOT numbers. This is the long record.

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Yesterday a tractor trailer in Ohio hit and Allen Myers truck in a construction zone. Here a Tow operator even has a cone out... drivers are still weaving in and out. Move over if you can. Slow down if you cannot used to just be a common sense courtesy thing. 71% of Americans were unaware of Move Over laws. AAA Foundation identified 123 roadside assistance providers struck and killed from 2015-2021. A tow operator is killed about every 6 days. This is not just about cops.

Yesterday a tractor trailer in Ohio hit and Allen Myers truck in a construction zone. Here a Tow operator even has a cone out... drivers are still weaving in and out. Move over if you can. Slow down if you cannot used to just be a common sense courtesy thing. 71% of Americans were unaware of Move Over laws. AAA Foundation identified 123 roadside assistance providers struck and killed from 2015-2021. A tow operator is killed about every 6 days. This is not just about cops.

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Enforcement wrote 18k cargo securement violations in 2025. If it can move, roll, slide, or hang off the trailer, it is not secure.

Enforcement wrote 18k cargo securement violations in 2025. If it can move, roll, slide, or hang off the trailer, it is not secure.

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People keep asking why truck drivers are fed up. Heres a big reason. Woman in 4wheeler backs into the hose and connector, basic situational awareness fail and its a pattern. FMCSA found passenger vehicles were assigned fault 56% of the time, versus 44% for the truck. A lot of trucking stress doesnt come from the truck it comes from everybody else around it.

People keep asking why truck drivers are fed up. Heres a big reason. Woman in 4wheeler backs into the hose and connector, basic situational awareness fail and its a pattern. FMCSA found passenger vehicles were assigned fault 56% of the time, versus 44% for the truck. A lot of trucking stress doesnt come from the truck it comes from everybody else around it.

24,955 次观看 • 28 天前