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Posted on 3/10/15 at 4:30 pm to The Mick
This isn't about a convoy really, but it's a good trucker story...
Some of my buddies went to New Mexico snow skiing and they were driving home in the middle of the night. This trucker comes racing up behind them and rear ends them doing 75 mph on the interstate. They pull over and turn on their flashers to check the damage and this other car comes skidding to a halt. The passenger rolls down the window and says, "Hey, did that truck hit y'all?"
They responded that he had and they said call 911 and follow us!
Apparently the trucker had run them off the road a few miles back and they were in hot pursuit. My friends called 911 and sure enough they were advised to follow him at a distance if they could since there were no cops around for miles. The chase lasted another 30 minutes topping 100 mph until the "convoy" was finally intercepted by state troopers on the other side of Amarillo.
The cops got their info and they later found out through the truckers prosecution that he had been up for 6 days straight on speed and had completely lost his mind. I forget the figures but they said his log books were unreal how many miles he had covered in that time.
Crazy to say the least...
Some of my buddies went to New Mexico snow skiing and they were driving home in the middle of the night. This trucker comes racing up behind them and rear ends them doing 75 mph on the interstate. They pull over and turn on their flashers to check the damage and this other car comes skidding to a halt. The passenger rolls down the window and says, "Hey, did that truck hit y'all?"
They responded that he had and they said call 911 and follow us!
Apparently the trucker had run them off the road a few miles back and they were in hot pursuit. My friends called 911 and sure enough they were advised to follow him at a distance if they could since there were no cops around for miles. The chase lasted another 30 minutes topping 100 mph until the "convoy" was finally intercepted by state troopers on the other side of Amarillo.
The cops got their info and they later found out through the truckers prosecution that he had been up for 6 days straight on speed and had completely lost his mind. I forget the figures but they said his log books were unreal how many miles he had covered in that time.
Crazy to say the least...
Posted on 3/10/15 at 4:40 pm to Clyde Tipton
Posted on 3/10/15 at 4:56 pm to Clyde Tipton
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he had been up for 6 days straight on speed and had completely lost his mind
thats comforting...
sidebar - I am pretty sure convoys are illegal these days
This post was edited on 3/10/15 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 3/10/15 at 5:34 pm to The Mick
They are illegal now. That's why you don't see them
Posted on 3/10/15 at 5:38 pm to The Mick
Posted on 3/10/15 at 5:45 pm to The Mick
I don't think any of the truckers I've seen could pull off a convoy without crashing into a dozen other vehicles.
This post was edited on 3/10/15 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 3/10/15 at 5:52 pm to NOX
quote:not on the basin bridge. lsp law makes a convoy at 55 mph.
I am pretty sure convoys are illegal these days
This post was edited on 3/10/15 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 3/10/15 at 6:10 pm to animalcracker
Most companies govern their trucks to 65 or 70 mph
That's why some of them pass each other so frickin slowly
Truck A may be 1 mph faster than truck B and he'll hold you up for 2 minutes passing him
That's why some of them pass each other so frickin slowly
Truck A may be 1 mph faster than truck B and he'll hold you up for 2 minutes passing him
Posted on 3/10/15 at 6:15 pm to The Mick
"Breaker Breaker, Sidewinder, this is Party Pooper, don't mean to be a ratchet jaw, but looks like we have a seat cover feeding the bears in the chicken coup, cmon!"
Posted on 3/10/15 at 6:26 pm to The Mick
I see Mexican "in tow" convoys going 60 on the interstate but that's it.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 6:28 pm to PoppaD
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:01 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:05 pm to Hammertime
quote:
They are illegal now. That's why you don't see them
And how do they enforce that?
Is one cop gonna pull them over or do they have cops with magic powers that can detect convoys and swarm in on them?
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:11 pm to FairhopeTider
quote:yeah, every van had limo tinted windows & they were all hauling arse. What had me perplexed was how many random state tags they had. Definitely sketchy and most likely illegal.
I see those all the time between Birmingham and Atlanta. Windows are always tinted. Shady as hell and obviously has something to do with human or drug trafficing.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:14 pm to The Mick
There's this version with Kris Kristofferson and a mangey boy.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:14 pm to The Mick
quote:
WTF is the point of this post?The point is GO frick YOURSELF. 90% of the shite on this site has no point.
for some reason, I found this funny as hell!...
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:23 pm to Sentrius
Cops pull over big trucks all of the time. The fines are ridiculously expensive, so they don't risk it
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:59 pm to dewster
quote:
I don't think any of the truckers I've seen could pull off a convoy without crashing into a dozen other vehicles.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:47 am to Hammertime
quote:
Cops pull over big trucks all of the time. The fines are ridiculously expensive, so they don't risk it
Perhaps you could clarify a few things that I've suspected for years.
Do truckers boost their sense of accomplishment and self importance by causing massive bottlenecks with their lane usage antics....or is being an a-hole just a trucking tradition?
Do people who are too stupid (or too drunk) to sit behind the wheel of traditional big rig automatically get the keys to a dump truck?
Do you actually have to score "hopeless" on an aptitude test to be awarded the keys to a Sugar Cane truck?
This post was edited on 3/11/15 at 1:01 am
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