From the road...

Hopefully he called the local police to assist the backing.

 

No they don't. Some stupid bastard drove right behind my trailer when I was blind-siding off of a street a couple of weeks ago. He proceeded to say "I didn't see no backup lights, fix yer fuckin' trailer."

I do realize your comment was sarcastic...

 

Serious question because I have never noticed before. Don't semi trailers have backup lights?

I know some trucks have the annoying BEEP! BEEP! when they are backing up and that actually works to get your attention.

 

Nope.
And, I don't think my guy had any help, he didn't mention it as a big deal. I don't know what I would have done.

 

OK cool. Thanks! I learned something new today. Now I will pay more attention if I see a semi trailer with the hazards on. I had no idea! At least with cars the hazards usually mean you are broke down and not moving.

 

That's weird that I've never heard of/thought about this... Seems like something that would be pretty necessary to have if they're necessary on cars...

 

No backup lights just increases the fun factor when you have to back in at a tight DC and they are too cheap to light the damn place up.

 

Oh, I do have some nifty utility lights I can turn on when backing the truck, but they are useless when a trailer is attached.

 

I thought about picking up some rechargable lights that attach be magnet to help back up at night, but the company won't reimburse, so I won't.

 

You understand how dumb that sounds, right?

Company pays you for the miles. They couldn't give a rats ass if you take 10 min or 10 hours to back up...then you go and bitch how anytime anything happens it's the drivers fault. So when you ram the back of the trailer into something it's your fault, but you won't spend $20 on some cheapo lights?

My company doesn't pay for my backpack which I use to travel. According to your thinking I should use a garbage bag.

Was it you i saw a picture of the interior of the truck and how filthy if was and how you refuse to clean it as they don't pay you to do that?

I mean, seriously?!

 

I thought hazard lights meant "park wherever you please."

 

One of our guys this morning was talking about how he found no oil on his dipstick this morning during pre-trip. The shop manager said that was impossible because the night shift had done a PM last night. He took the shop manager our there and sure enough, no oil. Put 43 qt in it. Best part is that the guy drove it about 1/8 mile from the shop back to it's parking spot with no oil and never noticed the oil pressure gauge or warning sound.

Mechanic is supposedly getting written up at the very least. May not get fired as we're having trouble getting qualified mechanics. (Maybe they need to pay better?)

 

Interior is fairly clean. Outside is dirty. No, I'm not cleaning it.

And no, I'm not paying for the lights, and I'm not hitting anything, either. Just takes longer to dock, but I get paid after the first hour.

 

I molested another car at the beginning
of her lane closing /again.
Coca cola 2 Dumbass cars 0
Had this one on camera for gsp to watch.
She went right into my front wheel.
She was charged
Another night filling out accident report