Moronic drivers

[turnkey4099]

Had a buddy of mine drove his 18 wheeler off the road driving up out of the Walla Walla valley to the Wallowas, probably going 12MPH. Middle of the day, clear weather in the summer time. He dropped his burrito and was leaning over to pick it up off the floor and slowly drove up against the guard rail and tipped the whole works on it's side.

I have had 8 accidents directly in front of my house over the years in which the cars were totaled. A 100' tape would cover the accident locations from one end to the other. Location is a 2lane highway with moderate traffic, straight stretch, guardrails both sides. All non fatality, most single occupant, Asleep at the wheel seems to be the cause. No one can figure out why they all happen right there. There have also been other within 1/2 mile either way but common spot. Last year we even had a single engine plane make emergency landing just past my place taking out the power line to my house. Weird.

Harry K

 

[mikehaugen]

Had a buddy of mine drove his 18 wheeler off the road driving up out of the Walla Walla valley to the Wallowas, probably going 12MPH. Middle of the day, clear weather in the summer time. He dropped his burrito and was leaning over to pick it up off the floor and slowly drove up against the guard rail and tipped the whole works on it's side.

A "buddy of yours," huh? :laughing:

 

[Bird]

Had a buddy of mine drove his 18 wheeler off the road driving up out of the Walla Walla valley to the Wallowas, probably going 12MPH. Middle of the day, clear weather in the summer time. He dropped his burrito and was leaning over to pick it up off the floor and slowly drove up against the guard rail and tipped the whole works on it's side.

Reminds me of one of my brothers who said he was driving a belly dump tractor/trailer on a job and was going down the highway with a full load when he dropped his apple, the apple hit the switch, and he dumped the whole load on the highway.:laughing:

 

[JDgreen227]

Reminds me of one of my brothers who said he was driving a belly dump tractor/trailer on a job and was going down the highway with a full load when he dropped his apple, the apple hit the switch, and he dumped the whole load on the highway.:laughing:

Bird, I don't understand how dropping an apple could cause that to happen...why would anybody have a switch on the floor that would activate the dump function?

 

[Bird]

Bird, I don't understand how dropping an apple could cause that to happen...why would anybody have a switch on the floor that would activate the dump function?

Sorry, I didn't explain better. He said there was a toggle switch on the dash; up closed the belly doors and down opened them to dump. So the apple hit that toggle switch and knocked it into the down position.

 

[JDgreen227]

Sorry, I didn't explain better. He said there was a toggle switch on the dash; up closed the belly doors and down opened them to dump. So the apple hit that toggle switch and knocked it into the down position.

Thanks, that I can understand...one of my work trucks was a tandem rear axle Chevy C-65, it had a toggle switch on the dash that engaged the diff lock, was heading toward Saginaw one time and hit a huge frost heave in the road, my knee jammed into the dash and hit the diff lock switch, turning it on at 60 mph, good thing it had a safety feature that kept it from engaging at speed....

 

[cqaigy2]

A "buddy of yours," huh? :laughing:

Ya i kinda mix up the tense in the sentence, mea culpa.

 

[Looking4new]

Sorry, I didn't explain better. He said there was a toggle switch on the dash; up closed the belly doors and down opened them to dump. So the apple hit that toggle switch and knocked it into the down position.

I guess after that episode he would turn the switch around so that down closed the doors and up opened them.

 

[Bird]

I guess after that episode he would turn the switch around so that down closed the doors and up opened them.

That would make sense, but it wasn't his truck. He did own, first a Kenworth, then later a Peterbilt while he lived in Alaska, but neither if them were what he was using on that job.

 

[Johnny g]

I guess after that episode he would turn the switch around so that down closed the doors and up opened them.

or stop eating while driving.