Comments By Truckin Along With Kearsey

Thanks for mentioning this on the other thread. I didnt see it before. Bad Bruce, bad. Driving empty in heavy winds!!!

Glad u are safe. Things get wild.

Ice on windshield or backs of mirrors is a slap in the face warning. Cant miss it

Glad you are safe also.

He was at full speed until the exit, when he saw others in the ditch and sideways and slowed up fast.

The wrecks were an indication of trouble.

He was approx 35 yards West of the underpass when he was hit with a 44mph wind gust, all of a sudden black Ice and it pushed him to the median, and once the steer tire hit mud it laid him over."

This was interesting... so how fast was he going? He should have been in the right lane. So he jeopardized the safety of other people when he was literally pushed across two lanes.

He may have issues getting hired in this economy. Ask your car finance company and your mortgage company for deferments. Some may do it, some won't. There used to be a way to reduce your mortgage interest rate for up to 5 years, but you would still owe that money on the back end. It is to be used only for cataclismic events. Ask your congressman if this is still available. It was enacted during Obama so I dont know if still available or even if u would qualify. Doesnt hurt to ask.

Apply everywhere. Take any job.

I am glad he is okay. Thank god. This was a preventable that caused a minimum of $300,000 which is what roll overs cost. That light with that wind, he should have been parked. I was there. The only thing that would make sense to me would be that he doesnt normally drive west. And most companies had drivers parked that day either by the driver or closed roads. It will make it hard to argue with them.

I recommend you and your husband immediately stop using whatever weather apps you are, because they are inaccurate. What i used was NE511, Google, NE511 twitter, and National Weather Channel. NWS got rid of their app years ago, although I loved it.

It just so happens that i picked up a load and was heading east that day on I-80. I stopped due to whiteout snow at about 0100 at exit 68 Little America. Laramie to Cheyenne were closed. At 0800 i headed out. I made it to Elk Mountain, black ice the whole way. By this time, I-80 in both directions was closed from Sydney to Kearney NE due to black ice and accidents. I was pondering where I would shut down. NE 511 reported having 5 multi vehicle pile ups and over 29 stranded cars on their X formerly twitter feed.

They closed more and more throughout the day. Pretty much Big Springs to Lexington. Then they extended Sydney to Lexington. Until finally it was the WY state line to Lexington. They didnt even open the road until about 0900 Tues.

I am the blue dot on the WY/NE border. As you can see from the screen shots below.... as of 16:23 on Monday, the western half of I80 and US 30 were closed. I can prove that. But it had been closed at different parts all day. He had to know that he was heading into a bad situation. And the blue map is the wind app. Why do i have these screenshots? Cause I send them to my students to tell them to park it and be aware.

The darker the blue, the higher the wind. I was hauling 44,000 pounds. I got pushed "a bit". With 35,000... he was probably wiggling a lot. And notice i was on the edge of the dark blue. He was smack dab in the middle. It doesnt surprise me he got nailed after an overpass. We are taught that. The bridge blocks the wind then BOOM! You said he was going full speed then slowed quickly. That didn't help either. And what is full speed in his truck? I was going 50mph most of the time and slowed a but when needed.

This is from the afternoon, but it had been closed all morning. He must have known he was headed towards it. Roads conditions don't just miraculously stop at the exact spot predicted. You need to use judgement.

This alert had been on for most of the day also.

The storm was so bad, with low temps and black ice that even KS closed I70 to the western part of the state.

This is WY shut down I -80 "due to events in Nebraska".

Maxwell said:

hell I'd be lucky to find myself doing 3,500 to start just to ensure I'm easing into it and not rushing or being unsafe.

3500 miles a week for a solo is not going to happen. Not in this economy. Not in governed trucks. What i said before was to try to point out the unrealistic expectations new drivers have. And you have them. Clear your mind from expectations and just go with the flow and be flexible. Blood tests could be done anywhere, then get u home for the doctor visit.

I don't want to know what your condition is.. not our business. But are you sure you can get a DOT medical card? Be aware that certain meds may be banned by some companies and accepted by others

I would just go home for the blood tests and do the tele med thing for the results

You must have Prime Inc confused with Amazon Prime. Prime Inc has awesome trucks and trailers. We just talked about how we even have custom decals themes like transformers and datr wars... at cost of course. Amazon Prime is a lot of owner ops.with older equipment.

If you read what i said about turning the truck in... you would see i said it isnt possible every home time. It takes a lot of time and man power to clean and reassign trucks. But for instance.. my mom died. So i took a month off and traded my truck in.

When it comes to your medicine... are u saying u need a doctor visit or u need to go home or what? Prime has a doctors office in the terminal. And most companies have a mail room u can get things shipped to u. I am not trying to get personal... but why fo u need 2 weeks off for meds? The company legally has to get u home for a doctor. But not 2 weeks.

Honestly... u are trying to make plans in an industry you know nothing about. 3 months OTR is exhausting... even for experienced drivers. I know people who came in here saying "me and my wife are going to run 7000 miles a week doing all drop and hook, and im gonna get my CDl by 9/15, finish training by 11/15 then be running with my wife by 11/16. Didnt happened. No where near it.

Cause the ATA represents the megas.

Have a group of resources for drivers. Honestly prime does most of the things i can think of. Discount programs to doctors, prescriptions, hotels, mental health zoom calls... nutritionists... physical fitness, rental cars.

Maybe some kind of parking pass... think... 50% of walmarts dont allow parking. 70% of mom.and pops went out of business during covid. Find mom and pops who are willing to let our members park. Diners, hotels, sell a monthly parking pass to our members, then the business give a discount to our members and allow them to park. The businesses make money.. we make money. Drivers save by not paying TA $20 a night to park.

Grocery stores. Lots of smaller grocery stores can't compete with walmart. Even if they can price wise, the brand sells.

I'm stuck on the parking cause i sucked at backing so badly that i paid $60 per week to park in the easy spots.

Now you are sounding like a consulting firm. And definitely not a non profit. The companies that could afford consulting would be the megas... and many already have driver advisory boards, like Prime does, to give input and feedback. And those people know the company's procedures. Although... many already have firms conduct surveys... but i never heard of a company doing in house interviews at terminals. We have reps from various vendors come to prime all the time. So perhaps offer a brainstorming session with their own drivers. Have a model of questions to ask.

It couldn't be like a hiring agency, because the background checks have to be done within 30 days of a start date. So it couldn't be like "hey... stop paying for recruting money, background checks, ads and MATS tables... we got the people here." You could charge the companies a monthly fee for membership to advertise on our site. Broken down by division. Some kind of statistics with what drivers want and need... be a resource for them.

But hell yeah, i would go to washington and the first thing i would do is make AOC cry.

Lobbyists get paid by a client who wants something. Think NRA memberships... FOP memeberships.. that means the money comes from the truckers. Unless you lobby for clients such as truck makers, trucking companies themselves. Prime has its own inhouse counsel and lobbying board. I am sure most do.

One problem with this... is you have to go from."top tier drivers" running it to "former drivers". Drivers don't like that. Sorry. One reason that WIT isn't popular with a lot of women, there are too many former drivers or non drivers calling the shots. You need non drivers with corporate expertise to navigate certain aspects and details. They feel as though they are a part of the industry... but drivers think.."witch you have never backed a truck...or havent in a decade." So rival groups like "real women of trucking" or "women in motion" spring up.

Hello and welcome! Both NaeNae and I drive for Prime. We have almost 1500 women which makes up about 18% of our fleet... double the national average.

We have an annual woman's gala... awards.. a facebook support group and a "female driver liaison" to help with all the struggles women may have. If you watch my video below... i map out the greatness of prime for women. We even have a doctors office in the terminal that will give pap smears and write sctipts for mammograms. A chiropractor and sooo much more. The gala videos have interviews of women prime drivers, the safety director and the owner of Prime himself.

No! You will not room with a man. You will be asked if u will accept a male/female, smoker/vaper/non smoker trainer.

If you werent nervous, it would mean you are stupid. Nervous is good. It means you respect the difficulty this may be. Not because of your sex but because moving a 75 foot long vehicle is difficult at first.

I even have a Discord group for my students.... some have 5 years someare still in team training. But they all feel supported.

If someone touches you they WILL be fired. Period.

This first video is particularly inspiring because this woman went to a local school for 5 months and still couldnt back. I put her through my course and the video is her exam day reaction. It is so excuting to see it. One of my students did a cartwheel on the pad when she passed.

If you look though my youtube channel, i have videos of our amazing terminals that even have spas! You can get a massage and a facial after a steam shower. I will never leave this company. I am spoiled. My email is truckingalongfun@gmail.com. i can answer all of your questions in a phone call.

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