Murphy’s Law

How long have you been driving now Bruce? And you still need people to tell you to do a proper trip plan. If it were me I would have identified those issues before accepting the assignment and immediately calling my dispatch. I would not have put myself in that situation to begin with.

And if something out of my control happened and I ended up in a similar situation I would not have used PC to get to and complete my delivery, nor would I have used it again afterwards to go get my trailer washed out.

You just got a decent ticket, you would think you would be being more careful when it comes to protecting your CDL. If you found my original response inappropriate I apologize but it seems you like to play the dumb act when you already know better which was my point. You already knew you were wrong and you already knew what you should have done to begin with but here we are.

You know your abusing it and using it incorrectly… why would you even post this?

Did you really read my post? I explained why I posted.

Others like yourself may not be willing or able to put your ego aside and be candid about your mistakes or inadequacies. Not only have I received great information and instruction as a result of my posting, but I’m sure other new or relatively new drivers have benefited from what has been taught by the experienced drivers. I thought that was one of the purposes and great benefits of this forum. And FYI, you don’t have to read my posts if they bug you and you have nothing constructive to add to the conversation.

Except for Klutch, I really have appreciated the objective advice given. The response from Chief Brody was the one that really stood out to me and I now have a better understanding about situations like this. So thanks to everyone especially the Chief.

Klutch, you ask me about needing people to tell me to do a proper trip plan. You assume that I didn’t. Actually I did, and a very through one at that. You expose yourself as a rookie by not knowing that unexpected circumstances can alter the best trip plan. Did I know that I would lose an hour of driving time due to flooded streets in NJ ? So, why are you so negative and judgmental?

Hey Bruce, what was being pointed out is that checking weather along your route as part of your trip plan will discover things like an area being flooded. Unless it was a storm that came out of nowhere with no advanced reports, you could have anticipated the length of travel being longer because of weather. So, doing a proper trip plan could have revealed to that a travel delay due to weather should be expected. If you are doing a proper trip plan and you see that the metro area where you are headed has received 5" of rain in the last 24 hours and another 5-7" of rain is expected between now and when you get there, then you should expect delays due to flooding. I am not saying that's what happened, but rainfall amounts, both predictive and reported from the past are available in weather apps.

I personally think you didn't check the weather further ahead because you were thinking, there is no snow this far south, so I am good. It's common to think that rain isn't going to be much of a problem. It normally isn't until it is.

Yeah, Ryan, I did check the weather, thank you. There was no way I could have anticipated that since it was a local street. But thanks for the Monday morning quarterback thing. Love you man.