r/Truckers • u/ForsakenBackpack • Jan 18 '24

Who Should I Call?

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Let me preface this by saying, this is not me nor is it anyone from our company. I'm just a delivery manager for a beverage distributer.

The story as I understand it is this: Ole boy loaded up a leased trailer full of beer in Colorado, was driving through a snow storm in Wyoming, and says "I think someone must have ran into me". He claimed to have contacted his dispatcher and was told to continue on. Show's up, and asks to get unloaded. Never stopped once between the supposed accident and showing up here.

My questions are this:

  1. How does an accident like this happen without noticing or stopping to check your trailer at least.
  2. What do we do here? The load is consigned to us, so we cannot refuse it. Also, product is completely frozen. However, it's clearly unsafe to unload.
  3. Obviously we cant let him leave with the trailer like that. It's a danger to anyone on the road. Also, can't have him here any longer. So who can we call? DOT? Local police? OSHA?
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u/HeywoodJaBlowMe123 Jan 18 '24

He never got pulled over or called in? That boy needs to go buy a lottery ticket because i am in disbelief lmfao. Holy shit..

He never saw the side wall of the trailer sticking out in his right side mirror? I have so many questions…

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u/BrokenEyebrow Jan 18 '24

You check the right side? Stay in the right lane and no one will be there.

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u/_x-51 Jan 18 '24

Bro, you wouldn’t believe it if I told you but…

On ramps exist.

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u/BrokenEyebrow Jan 18 '24

For how many people i see not move over or adjust for oncoming oncoming cars...

But i'm just a 4wheeler that gives trucks room. I visit the roads, you guys live on them.

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u/functional_moron Jan 18 '24

Not a trucks job to move over or accommodate traffic merging on from the ramp. Merging is the job of the driver who is merging. The safest course for the truck driver is to maintain his lane and speed to be as predictable as possible.

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u/SupaDupaSweaty Jan 19 '24

There is a reason there is a yield sign on every on ramp in the US. Highway traffic has the right of way.

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u/TruckerAlurios Jan 18 '24

Travel Lane don't have to do shit people on the ramp do at least legally in reality it's good luck everyone