Comments on: 18 wheeler, diesel truck carnage is steady, but never ‘routine’

By: Munson Hoyler

Munson Hoyler — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:44:22 +0000

You know u need to do both sides to that story u have in the video u know there are alot of good drivers in the trucking world. How about u talke about some of the bad drivers that drive the cars. I am not saying that all truckers are good or bad. But we do it for a living so we are held to a higher standard So yes there are some bad drivers in the trucking jobs but there are alot more good ones then bad but in my 8 yrs of driving i saw more people in little cars and trucks not even pay attention to whats going on around them i say maybe u need to quit blaming the truckers so much and maybe make the people more aware of big trucks. So in all i believe that if ur going to drive that u should be required to take safety corse for cars and big trucks so that the regular driver is informed of what us carrie drivers do and have to go thro to keep are jobs and to try an be safe to!!!! I also beleive that all drivers should be held to the same standard as a truck driver weather they drive a car or big rig. What really burns me more then anything is the fact that a man who is trying to proved for his family will go to jail because he is like a mile from the truck stop that he is going to stop at and a drunk drive hits him and dies so the driver goes to jail just cause he was 15 mins off in his log book and would have been some were else if he was not lieing which i am not saying is right but this man is trying to make a living. Someone tell me what was the drunk driver do?!! I WILL TELL YOU!! He was haveing a good time and was to lazy to do the right thing and a man who made a mystake on his log book who is trying to take care of his family goes to jail for that dumb drunk. IN MY WORDS AN MIND THAT IS THE STUPIDEST THING. The drunk got what he deserves and the drive got the raw end of the stick!!!!! Just because normal car drives are not made to be aware of use and we are held to that higher standard. Well i think its time the normal car driver be held to those standards to.

By: Bruce Westbrook

Bruce Westbrook — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:37:54 +0000

Perhaps what’s wrong with this country is an indifference to detail. Read this blog again and you’ll see that I never claimed every accident involving an 18-wheeler was due to 18-wheeler driver error, as you assert. I did point out that 18-wheelers are far more destructive vehicles, and thus place an added burden of safety and responsibility on their drivers, who are often overworked and weary.

By: James Sensenbaugh j.r.

James Sensenbaugh j.r. — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:03:05 +0000

This artical is really what is wrong with this contry. You state that in each case that it was the driver of the truck that had errored. In many more case than not, I have seen were the four wheeler or small car has either pulled out in front of a rig, or have got in the “safe zone” of a truck. I understand that these facts are not what you can use to blame a driver. Nor do I think all drivers are innocent, but when you have cars doing u-turns in front of your truck and you only miss them by the grace of God you understand how a driver feels.