Student Accident
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Rolling down 75 yesterday, I was in the sleeper, student driving. Awoke from a pleasant slumber by student in crisis. Felt a slight thump, student started freaking out. Jumped up front, looked in right mirror and see a small car buried under the dot bumper. Student was in center lane, at a complete stop due to a wreck about 1/2 mile ahead. Kid in camry apparently texting, last second slammed on his brakes and lost control and wound up under our trailer. His car was totalled but he walked away. Lucky day for him. No citation for student. Spent several hours dealing with bureaucratic necessities, bumper being replaced as I type. Could have been a much worse outcome. Lots of crashes on 75 and 95 yesterday. Throw a little rain in the mix and the world goes crazy!
For a minute, I thought you were going to say a student CAUSED an accident. Well luckily no one was killed.
Dave
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Guess he will come to realize the phone wont drive the car for ya
Wow...Glad no injuries. Scary for the student I'm sure..
I'm glad everyone is ok..... baptism by fire...I bet he remembers it !!
I always say that the worst thing to ever happen to transportation was the cellphone. Ugh. So stupid. Glad everyone was OK!
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Rolling down 75 yesterday, I was in the sleeper, student driving. Awoke from a pleasant slumber by student in crisis. Felt a slight thump, student started freaking out. Jumped up front, looked in right mirror and see a small car buried under the dot bumper. Student was in center lane, at a complete stop due to a wreck about 1/2 mile ahead. Kid in camry apparently texting, last second slammed on his brakes and lost control and wound up under our trailer. His car was totalled but he walked away. Lucky day for him. No citation for student. Spent several hours dealing with bureaucratic necessities, bumper being replaced as I type. Could have been a much worse outcome. Lots of crashes on 75 and 95 yesterday. Throw a little rain in the mix and the world goes crazy!
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.