Log truck fatality

[Taylortractornut]

Yessterday comming home from work dad called me and told me that there was blue lights ahed of him and traffic was stopping that it might be a road block. I dug my liscence and health card out to find out when I went through it was a wreck. It was a conversion van had hit a log truck that stopped for a car to turn off. They had the driver covered up in the van. The truck was hauling a load of small pulp wood thats 2 inches on the top end. He had completey driven all the way up to the trailers rear push bar. A friend that was meeting them was one of the first there and said it was terrible gruesome the way all those poles went into the van. I thought I recognised the van it was a special handicap van he had with hand controls. It was one of the county's former supervisors. THey dont know all what happened They dont think he saw the truck or really applied the brakes. but it mashed the nose of the full sized van way back. The truck was properly flagged and all his lights were working and the load was still leagal.

It really made me think about how this doesnt happen more often, I see teenagers and adults on the phone texting or talking right up be hind log trucks all the time. When Im behind a lod truck I usually back way off. The next few days will be heck with log trucks getting checked out by the DOT, I know last year one was turning off to go to a chip mill and a when he turned a car caught its tail and made a convertible out of the passenger side.

 

[tugboat-2]

Unfortunately,.. with "ALL-THE-MANY" things people find to do,... ~"WHILE"~ in the act of "driving",..... it's difficult to convince them that "DRIVING IS A FULL TIME JOB" which requires and demands the drivers FULL attention!!

I recall a slogan from many years ago that probably applies today more than it did back then. It goes: "When you take your eyes off the road,... you are looking for trouble".

Perhaps your van driver took his eyes off the road for just that brief period of time to look for trouble, . . and unfortunately,..he was successful in his search!!

A very sad state for "ALL" concerned including the log-driver,..the first folks on the scene,.. the Police Officers, .. first passers-by,..friends and family(s) etc.

No matter how UNcool it may sound, . . . Driving IS a full time job!!!!!
. . tug

 

[jimmyj]

Traffic in Toronto was a disaster Friday because someone driving a Honda drove into the back of a broken down tractor trailer that was parked off on the shoulder. Happens all the time. I always wonder how it could take place but who knows. Tough on the folks hurt and killed though.