Thread: Another Idiot lives to tell about it

As most of you know I drive a Gas Truck. Full-sized semi-truck and trailer. I drive many hours/miles a day hauling a bomb so I'm very careful in how I drive. I average 100,000 miles a year. Because of the many hours, I spend on the road, the percentage of me being involved in an accident is higher than most. Again...Another wreck that could have been avoided.

If you have been watching the news you seen how my area (Colorado) got hammered with Snow, Ice, and wind yesterday. Even today we have roads closed everywhere. I managed to make it thru my workday dealing with the ice and white-out conditions. Driving slowly all day with chains on the tires and Spikes on my boots. It makes for a miserable day at work.

I got off the highway and came to a stop at the light at the end of the off-ramp. When the light turned green I proceeded to go forward making my left-hand turn under the interstate to head to the yard when a new F450 duly blew through the light and slammed into the axles of my trailer. Totaled his new truck and my trailer. My trailer had to be lifted and put onto a trailer to haul away. Because of the concrete sides of the bridge on the interstate, he couldn't see me waiting at the light and I couldn't see him coming. After I was out in the intersection I saw him and there was nothing I could do. He had sped up to try to get through the light even though it had already turned red. Plus the fact that the road was a sheet of ice, there was no stopping him then.

So, To all my friends here on SRP and their family members and friends, Please don't run red lights, and follow the rules of the road. When the conditions of the road are bad, please slow down and think before doing anything. When the light turns red it's only going to cost you another minute in time. Not worth the chance of dying for! This guy now has an F450 truck payment and no truck plus the cost of my trailer at 120 thousand bucks. I know his insurance will pay but still. I bet he has a hard time paying for insurance anymore and he is thanking God he didn't kill his passenger or me or himself for doing such a stupid move.

Be careful my friends. A few seconds or a couple of minutes are not worth dying for. Luckily the company I work for will get me a new trailer. I won't have to buy one as I drive their equipment. I will have to drag around a POS trailer for a few months until a new one is made for me and that sucks! But I'm alive and not having to go to any funerals. In the past 3 years, I've been in 4 wrecks caused by the other driver. I still have a clean driving record and nobody has died, yet!

Stay safe my friends!