I know lots of times they don't leave us much room in the construction zones with these orange barrels but this seems a little excessive by the driver. I kind of feel like maybe the first couple was a true accident but then the next couple, seems intentional.
What do you guys think?
Mowing down construction barrels
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by JonJon78, Nov 5, 2023.
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Looks like a Swift trailer. There's your answer.
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I think he’s an idiot.
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I’ve blown over lots of barrels and cones over the years and never got close enough to hit them if pushing the wind in a certain way. I was running back door with 6 trucks one time and the barrels would wiggle or move some inches with every truck passing them. Then when I passed they’d still be wiggling and seemed they would just finally blow over as i broke the turbulence. Lol!
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He looks like he’s in the lane to me and even runs with left axles left of the yellow line within a foot of the drop off. Typical contractors squeezing the travel lanes with light weight barrels. That first one that blew over looks like it put trucks within inches of the concrete bridge wall.
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Kinda funny, kinda dumb. I don't know the proper term, but why use the big round barrels instead of the candle stick type ones for that? It's not much, but the extra foot does help out.
Easily avoidable by the driver regardless though. Intentional one way or the other on the last couple -- either intentional because he just was in a bad mood, or intentional because he decided not to slow down if he wasn't capable of driving in a straight line lol -
It's hard to hold the phone and miss tight barrels at the same time
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I was smarting off in a company truck with the crew one night. Boss gave us wrong directions yet again (he was a pillhead from Arkansas). So I hit one of the flat ones with a rubber base. Busted the light and the fender.
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I don't know. That space looked tight.
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