Around 2 p.m. Wednesday, deputies responded to the 2600 block of Bivins Road, which is north of Durham in the county. Today marks the beginning of a three-day, 16-state joint enforcement blitz known as the 1-80/1-35. So how you gonna prove the ice came from the truck that you got the name off the side of the truck. What they should have then is a staircase and a platform at rest areas or truck stops with a roof rake. So all of you that want the state to put in ice scrapers at toll booths and rest areas, what happens when someone hits an upright or scuffs the top of their truck. You will never see them endangering their lives climbing on a very thin roof that they will fall thru or slide off on the ice! Ok driver what you got in mind? Lets put our heads together and find a simple, reasonable solution. Put your 4-ways on and let them honk all they want. In addition, the Traffic Enforcement Branch conducted an aggressive driving blitz along the E.C. The “following too close” don’t hold water, given today’s traffic. I could not avoid it as the wind was blowing it around so much that I could tell where it would land. And punitive damages, because the requirement to do this constitutes gross negligence or intentional malfeasance on the part of the all of these parties…. Someone gave you some bad legal info, you may want to google the term “Qualified immunity”, you will see that QI bars the exact lawsuits you are speaking of unless the officer or government official violates clearly established caselaw. Do the scale supply a ladder cause I sure as heck don’t carry one? I wouldn’t even know how or where to begin to try and get up there. Jillie, obviously he doesn’t! Just think it out! This country is getting really good at fining drivers for things instead of looking for solutions. However, before I embark, if there is a way, sure I am on that…a sweeper attachment to a loader, or a scraper, if not, then there should be a company available to provide a service. Officers were called to the 2400 block of Little John Road just after 2 a.m. on Tuesday in response to a shooting. No, it’s not in our job description. First off, when was the last time you saw a standard 53′ van equipt with a ladder and furthermore, how do you get up on the roof in the first place?! They run and don’t get caught. 2 Years Some of those dry vans has clear fiber glass top, if.one get on top of it,surely will fell inside and.surely gets hurt, forcing truck drivers perform illegal and unsafe tasks should be illegal, and the officers should be punished for doing so, Like defrosting the cars rear window those tiny little wires do the trick. Unfortunately, drivers are not equipped to handle the removal nor do the machines companies can buy do the job either. How about fining car drivers $500 a wack for following too close to big trucks…bet they’d back off a bit. Blue beacon attempted this and found that it was nearly impossible to get snow of a trailer by washing it off. Even mobile units. They sent me out, by myself, to put in the additives. commercial vehicles? “So oftentimes, drivers don’t have the tools readily available to them, so we do try to make sure these vehicles get stopped so the snow does get removed in a safe fashion.”, Source: NHGOV, whdh, wmur, wmur, wmur, twitter. Blue Beacon won’t at any cost. That way no driver is put in a dangerous situation. “Wreckless” would refer to something else entirely – and may not even be a real word… , Did you even read the law? I can see it. 1 Year Another state we won’t go to in winter time. So please tell us your name so we can sue you when debris comes off your car. Surgery to put 4 titanium plates and 9 two inch screws. DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – Durham County deputies are looking for a man accused of stabbing a man multiple times in his home Wednesday afternoon, a news release said. I survived but am 62 years old now…. Getting out of a car on a parking lot covered in ice, feet went out from under him, he banged his head. I doubt it. It’s just a matter of who is responsible for getting snow and ice off the trailer roof. Have your carrier send a clean up crew or stay parked. We can whine and fuss all we want, but it is the law, it is the law for a reason, and we are responsible to follow the law. Today marks the beginning of a three-day, 16-state joint enforcement blitz known as the 1-80/1-35 Challenge, Border-to-Border Traffic Safety Initiative. In all 50 states, once you are under arrest (in their custody) the arresting agency is responsible for all the equipment. The care was going in the opposite direction so it was not due to following too close. Refused to sign. That’s death waiting to happen. Wish I could show you pictures of trucks in the left lane about 2-3 feet away from the vehicle in front of them car/truck. So u say put the blame on the companies??? When NHSP officers started pulling over trucks this past Monday, they issued citations to truckers for violating the law. $45, they will wash it off…and give your trailer a scrub too. As a driver who has a disability (I walk with a cane) I guess I would have been up the creek without a paddle. Heck, I don’t shovel it off my tractor either! You need to stand next to one and look up its 13’6” standard box trailer. Trama. Common sense, people! There must be some way to keep the snow and ice from sticking. If your saying “ I can’t do that I’ll get fired”, well grow a set of balls and refuse to put yourself in that predicament and if they want to fire you let them. Necessity is the mother of all inventions. "The Blitz" manages to slip through the grasp of Tom every time, and with the precious lives of his colleagues diminishing one by one, Tom is led to the question: if we can't protect our own, then what good are we? Here are the states with the highest moving violation percentages, a safe bet for boosted activity. The Log Book violation was about 130.00 bucks in that county. Its a pain but a part of our jobs as truckers…Your company can and should provide nessary tools to do so and if you pick up a trl that sat in a snow fall situation b4 you picked it up then call in a service.. Hey Rob do you practice what you preach? I drive a mack with a split windshield and A few years ago I had a chunk of ice fly of a trailer and crash right on the bridge between windows . Blitz è un film del 2011 di genere Azione/Thriller/Crime, diretto da Elliott Lester, con Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, Zawe Ashton, Jason Statham, Luke Evans, David Morrissey. They have no choice. The jet runs with light throttle with the exhaust directed into a flat fan, blowing off remaining ice over the side. Water can be recycled through truck washes and to water landscape saving money for the truck stops. Yes, let employers and TruckersReport text me with new opportunities, job alerts and I’ll hand it straight to the company to pay. Workers comp would have a FIELD day on a claim from a worker falling off a trailer roof trying to remove snow. No driver in his or her right mind would climb on top of a van trailer the roof structure is not strong enough, the person that said it’s part of the drivers responsibility is likely not a driver. Some of us drivers (at times) do a drop and hook into an area that a storm front came through. Is that not easier and safer. I’ve been on top of alot of trailers removing snow and ice,not a single thing safe about it. Any type of trailer yard would be responsible to put up fall protection. Hey, the State has a vested interest in road safety, becomes part of the public tax bill. No way and or proper equipment to clean the snow, on 13.6″high trailer.. troopers know and.enforce it to make.money for the state, and damage truckers safety record.. no wonder why most truckers do not want to come over east coast, new Englanders are truck haters hypocrites.. no wonder why east coast careers are closing down. Try to climb it when it is full of ice and snow? We can make a Tim’s law name after Timothy McTrucker after the fatal accident of falling from his trailer stating that you cant climb on your trailer. Need to have a backbone, and refuse to drive anything unsafe. I’m starting physical therapy next week with next Doctor appointment is April 8, 2019. And as for police “forcing” drivers to endanger themselves removing ice and snow that is simply not true. with snow.and (I think it was around $45). 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When I was young, I did flatbed trucks and thought nothing of it until a sudden and stiff breeze blew me off a stack of lumber. I also fell off of a hydro seeder the force of water thru the nozzle was too much for me. But it is not fair to expect drivers to risk injury to clear it off. There is nothing safe about climbing on the roof of a trailer even in the best conditions. I’ve had ice and blinding And what do you grab-on to when you get up to the edge of the roof??? This last storm here in NEPA I damn near fell off cleaning the snow and ice off. It would be attempted HOMICIDE if I fell off and landed on someone! Where would you carry a ladder tall enough to REACH the roof? I guarantee you weren’t wearing a harness and tied off to a stable platform. Bring some common sense and equality to the situation. Ticket those who follow to close. Years ago in Indiana a problem like I mentioned happened on the Toll Road up North. So, if you have never operated a tractor/trailer, you need to keep you opinions to yourself, because you do not have a clue as to what your talking about. I have seen guys in there 70’s, even one guy who was 80 running flatbed, and tarping. Its clear the best solution would be to have one of those at a truck stop so the trucker can get the top cleaned off. Craig, when did it become a company driver’s responsibility to clean the top of a company trailer? FILE – In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, migrants arrive with a dinghy accompanied by a Frontex vessel at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. Then there are the ones that would tie it in courts for years and not worry about it. Not worth my life!! They tried when the law first passed and could not figure out how to do it because 1. There is no way for a driver to get atop an almost 14 foot trailer. Easy and safe fix is don’t haul any freight in or to that state. Two bad falls I do recall from my younger days: I used to deliver once a week to an old building in the city, a retail store that required I bring the load back to the tail and push boxes off onto gravity rollers. They will eventually get the message. I found myself admiring the drivers who did that because I too would not enter the N.E. If people would just pay attention to what is going on around them when driving lots of this BS would disappear seemingly over night. If everyone would stick together on this, the high and mighty would hear from their constituents crying about being hungry and layed off because they can’t get the products they need. I stepped off the trailer and my right leg went in between the trailer and the building ALL the way down to my groin, I slammed my hip on the concrete…I thought for sure I broke my leg or my hip. If they wanted to tow the truck or arrest me, then I would tell them to issue a ticket to the towing company if they didn’t clear the roof. So u going carry a ladder were?..and u going get up there to slide off..dont care if it law..no were in my job is say I must do that. 2 years later the Indiana Appeals Court in Indianapolis, affirmed the 150,000 dollar award for the totaled tractor (frame rails twisted by tow truck driver & the other loses. OSHA requires a harness and safety restraints standing upon anything higher than 7 feet, at 13’6″ you cannot be compelled to climb your trailer roof. U didn’t see the,safety video yre,company showed,you ,shame on you driver, How are we supposed to get up there? The answers were already given here. I strongly agree with getting it off!!! I got back to the terminal, it was mandatory for me to go to the clinic to get checked out. You can’t put other people at risk by leaving big piles of ice and snow up there. My life isn’t worth climbing on top of a slippery 13’6 trailer. Writing a b*llsh*t citation carries no penalty to the officer that wrote it, and the best case for the driver is the wasted time and expense of appearing in court to fight it. There’s no doubt about the dangers associated with letting the wind blow the snow and ice off the roof of a trailer. “It can take three seconds to kill somebody.”, NH State Police are pulling truckers off the highway and making them clear the snow off their roofs and trailers. You mean liberals, not libertarians. This year's Operation Safe Driver Week blitz begins July 12. Now, it is just as hard except with constant hassles by DOT and law enforcement and electronic Big Brother always looking over your shoulder. Sue the New Zhampshire State Police or the particular state/city agency that forced you to engage is such a hazardous activity. Your email address will not be published. Of course we would want the arm to be movable up and down to accommodate trucks with different heights. The load fell half way up, knocked me to the ground, unbeknownst to me, tore my pants, which I figured out before my next stop! Has anyone read the OSHA requirements for “working from heights”? I we drive in these situations it is our job to make sure we are safe. For everyone else in the courtroom, both winning and losing mean going home with another days’ pay. But they do make a device that trucks can drive under that will sweep the top of the trailer. Sure enough, I was going up the ladder, watching the bucket, went to put my hand up on the next rung, missed and fell off backwards, landing firmly on an I-beam of a guard rail in the lot. If you can’t afford or are “unable” to remedy, YOU need to do something different. Ein System, viele Einsatzmöglichkeiten An officer acting outside the law is most certainly open to being sued civilly and the juridiction he works for is most likely going to turn their back on him and tell him to hire his own lawyer. Transportation; Thousands of drivers tagged for speeding during blitz September 17, 2019. Now the truck passes into the second station, where a small jet engine is mounted at the 13-6 elevation with the jet blast angled over the top of the van. So some little girl lost her life because she sweated fractions of a second in travel time. To those who think this is the drivers responsibility better wake up or better yet, shut up. – Scrapers. Let Jessica’s Mom clean the snow and ice off. That’s as the cones fell into the river/water below! A trucker would be given a ticket fast for tailgating. SOUTHAMPTON TOWN POLICE OFFICER MIKE ALGOZZINO CAUGHT A DRIVER DOING 53 IN A 40 MPH ZONE ON FLANDERS ROAD FRIDAY MORNING. Create cleaning stations and then we can comply. “Trucks are definitely a more unique situation because they’re not as easy to clear,” said Lt. Andrew Player according to WMUR. How exactly am I supposed to get on top of my trailer? I just clinch my teeth and say man I hope it don’t bust my glass. A harness is supposed to protect you from falling. There is no charge for this service, Everyone in the courtroom except the driver is on the clock at their job, and is getting paid to be there. I really can’t believe any driver would be stupid enough to do that, this only must be a test, LOL I did notice the dumb 4 wheeler comments about suing, GEEZ, YAWNING, WTF else is new? No way in hell am I climbing on top of a trailer. How about all the lazy people who drive around in cars with only the path from the wipers clear and a big pile of snow and ice on the top of their vehicle. Yeah well I have and I’m not going there. this is discrimination. You are ten times more likely to get killed by a rock off of an over pass than a snow falling off a trailer roof. It happened to my brother in law when he was only 40. I would refuse to do it. Not true, my car was hit by a large piece of ice that flew off the top of a vehicle, the piece was so large and it was so windy that it stayed in the air for quite some time before falling onto the hood of my car causing a severe dent. I remember when this law was enacted and I’m hearing the same ballyhoo now as I heard then. years ago a chunk of ice flew off the roof of a car and crashed through the windshield of a truck causing that truck to swerve , due to reaction ,and crash through the guardrail of the Tappen Zee Bridge . I won’t ever go there again. I wanna know how a fatass trucker is supposed to get up there? And it’s safer to have snow piled up on the side of the highway? The main aim of a blitz is to get as much violation money into the revenue bin to pay the overtime for these state workers. God love them but, there is no way I want to be doing that now, let alone should I be so blessed to live that long. Am I missing something? I emptied the truck and finished my day. Climbing on top of a trailer is NIT safe! Oh, and BTW, I drove for a short period of time in my life, both van & flatbed, so I respect the job. The only really SAFE way to resolve this problem would be to make trailer and boxes with heated roofs. A minimum 200-300 feet mandatory following distance would be dandy. You can die hitting your head falling from NO feet off the ground, just standing. As pointed out un other pist. Drivers that are afraid to say no do it. Your sue by name idea is hilarious, doesn’t matter what you call him if he was working as a government offical at the time in question. that MIGHT prevent another freak accident related to a car following too close to a truck. Trying to wash it off just added water to the ice and made it too heavy for the roof, And how are you supposed to get to the truck wash since they are far and few. Most trailer roofs are made of thin fiberglass and are dangerous to climb up on there needs to be a safe way to remove snow and ice.. there is a problem…. There’s better ways of making a living than running NE during the winter. ice over they top? Objectively, there is no way to win. Enforcement officials will inspect commercial motor vehicles throughout the week. Correct!! If you want, add another alcohol station for a light fresh coat and that keeps more ice from forming on top. Sounds good to me. My boss asked me a couple of days after I fell what could have prevented this accident. Under a foot of snow was an inch of ice. They probably would put you out of service if you refused. I am sure 90 per cent of drivers would be obliged not to. 0. comments. It’s not an unreasonable law and much safer for everyone. A lot more people will get injured or die from this stupidity than they do from the snow flying off of vehicles. … Actually, no they won’t. I’ve got insurance. other career information to the number I provided. Mayor’ Trailer. Or, for those fine women truckers to do the same. They cannot force you into an unsafe situation like that. If they WERE interested in safety, they’d make companies in their state provide a way to clear snow off of the tops of trailers, and while they’re at it, how about fining 4-wheelers for not clearing the tops of their cars, windshieldes, tailights, etc. 6-11 Months But, I have my own authority and have been at this for nearly a quarter century. If anyone tried to force me to climb on top of a trailer to remove snow that load would be sitting until Spring. Retired Truck Driver ( who still cares ). Me too, Gwin! OSHA needs to step in and stop this deadly practice that is violating the law! Once they were pulled over, troopers told drivers to climb up on to their rigs and shovel off the snow. I’m NOT climbing on to someone trailer to clean it. You have two governing jurisdictions with opposite rules. Yeah, right! Plain old common sense tells you that. A “win”, for the driver, under these conditions, is going home with everything he had before he arrived. They could build the scrapers that some have mentioned but they aren’t a guarantee to get all of the snow and ice off the trailer. inch by inch once I’m up there, I wonder if i was driver who falls thru a fiberglass topped trailer cleaning my trailer off id sue the ****out of all those loser cops its not about safety its always about the money it always is the question i have where is osha in all this if you have to brace a ditch you’re digging you damn sure should not be forced to climb onto the roof of a trailer with the danger of falling off or falling into the trailer lmao but its always about the money period. Following too close combined with icy road conditions is wreckless. How about an unsecured load? Missy who pays for the damage when lazy automobiles don’t clear snow and ice and when it flies off and breaks a window or worse. 5+ Years, Please select ALL of your current, valid driver’s licenses. If I was a DOT officer I would be very relunctant to administer a potentially faulty test and lose everything. Get out of my way you slowing me down. Is snow on a semi trailer really considered to be DEBRIS? If you drive subcontractor, owner operator, or independent then it is your responsibility.
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