506th IR Realism Unit

Open Forum => Public Discussion => Topic started by: SGT Bolinger on June 29, 2018, 11:32:06 PM

Title: The kind of stuff that makes my job Top 10 most dangerous.
Post by: SGT Bolinger on June 29, 2018, 11:32:06 PM

https://cdllife.com/2018/video-wrong-way-motorist-causes-horrible-head-on-crash-with-semi-truck/

Title: Re: The kind of stuff that makes my job Top 10 most dangerous.
Post by: SFC (Ret) Lyon on June 30, 2018, 11:42:17 AM

And this is why we don't drink and drive, right folks?  Poor lady left behind a 9 month old son.  :'(

Title: Re: The kind of stuff that makes my job Top 10 most dangerous.
Post by: 1LT J. W. Sullivan on June 30, 2018, 11:55:56 AM

Quote from: SGT Lyon on June 30, 2018, 11:42:17 AM

And this is why we don't drink and drive, right folks?  Poor lady left behind a 9 month old son.  :'(

Agreed.  I've seen this sorta thing happen with sober people as well though.  Some people just panic in larger cities and turn down the wrong on/off ramps and don't know what to do.  The speed at which that person was going though was ridiculous.

Title: Re: The kind of stuff that makes my job Top 10 most dangerous.
Post by: SGT Bolinger on June 30, 2018, 12:00:55 PM

Sadly, there are people that try/succeed in committing suicide in this way.

Title: Re: The kind of stuff that makes my job Top 10 most dangerous.
Post by: 1LT (Ret) Garcia on June 30, 2018, 09:33:19 PM

I believe we're number 5 or 6? I'd have to look it up.

By gross deaths we're the number one most dangerous job in the nation - nearly a thousand of us die per year.

If you like buying stuff, thank a trucker.  :D