Re: O T Walk a Round

Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 19, 2006 at 07:27:13 from (209.226.247.53):

In Reply to: O T Walk a Round posted by Jimmy King on November 18, 2006 at 20:26:05:

Jim: I am in complete agreement with you, amazing how some folks drive and are familiar only with steering wheel, key, gears shift and pedals. they drive in poor visability with no tail lights. Yes, those tail lights may only give the driver behind about 3 seconds warning, but at 60 mph, 3 seconds is a long time.

I think the time is long overdue where every driver be require to do a circle check, less complicated than truckers but at least sign a document being sure all lights are working, all tires are inflated properly and showing that they understand what lights come on when car is placed in ign on or drive. I recently spoke with a driver who had owned his car 3 years. He had no idea the tail lights on that model did not come on with driving lights. Hard to imagine someone could own a car 3 years and not discover that. I did notice he had two cell phones and a sound system that would match any concert hall.

On a 6 lane one day I came upon construction where the requested speed was 80kph or 50 mph. They were working in the medium but had supply trucks on right shoulder, thus workers were having to cross traffic lanes ocasionally. I slowed to requested speed limit with tractor trailer, in the right lane. All that did was cause 3 lanes of traffic to funnel into 2 lanes, to get the H@## by me. One guy in a Jaguar went by me doing at least twice my speed. I later talked with a DOT official. First I gave him an earfull about enforcement in construction zones. I said construction workers deserve better than this. In the end I told him, the only way I'd work on highway maintenence, was be allowed to carry a machine gun, and be allowed to use it. I once had to change a tire on the side of one of these roads, in icy, slush coditions, took me all of 10 minutes. I can't imagine putting an 8 hour shift out there.

Replies:

• Re: O T Walk a Round Jimmy King 14:27:42 11/19/06 (4)
  • Re: O T Walk a Round Hugh MacKay 17:51:07 11/19/06 (0)
  • Re: O T Walk a Round Sid 17:00:46 11/19/06 (1)
    • Re: O T Walk a Round Jimmy King 18:57:57 11/19/06 (0)
  • Re: O T Walk a Round 730virgil 15:51:31 11/19/06 (0)

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