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05-31-2008, 01:45 AM

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Quote:

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I once saw a Swift driver back into a spot at a truck stop and get it in straight on the first try without hitting the truck on either side ot the hole he was backing into.

I call BS on that one. :P

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05-31-2008, 01:47 AM

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Quote:

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I once saw a Swift driver back into a spot at a truck stop and get it in straight on the first try without hitting the truck on either side ot the hole he was backing into.

Please provide a video of said incident. Otherwise I say BULL!!!!!!!. Never heard of such a thing.

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05-31-2008, 01:48 AM

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Quote:

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I once saw a Swift driver back into a spot at a truck stop and get it in straight on the first try without hitting the truck on either side ot the hole he was backing into.

I presume he was bobtailing

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05-31-2008, 01:50 AM

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X3 on that Swift driver hitting the hole!

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05-31-2008, 03:05 AM

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Today, I saw a man in a pickup truck with a dog in the passenger seat.

Nothin' strange there.

However, in the back, he had not one, but two full pallets of pamper diapers.

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05-31-2008, 04:01 AM

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A CFI driver that actually waved back.

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05-31-2008, 04:51 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay B

I once saw a Swift driver back into a spot at a truck stop and get it in straight on the first try without hitting the truck on either side ot the hole he was backing into.

Come on now driver, I did it all the time when I worked for Swift. Mind you I was trained elsewhere and came to them with 2.5 years experience, including 15 months in local opertaions. I used to bet people I could. I had a nice little racket going for a while.

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05-31-2008, 05:07 AM

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Saw a guy with an eye patch driving down the road with a parrot on his shoulder. Couldn't see if he had a peg leg or not.

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05-31-2008, 07:55 AM

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I saw a Roadway truck that had crashed over an embankment on I-80 in PA near Snow Shoe Mountain. At the bottom of the embankmant, the tractor and the two trailers formed a Z. I don't imagine the driver made it out alive. :sad:

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05-31-2008, 11:48 AM

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Last winter I was crossing the OH/MI state line and saw a truck do a 180 in the highway. He didn't jackknife - he literally turned the truck around in a straight line while doing about 50mph.

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