Rural car wreck

[duramaxsky]

Back to the Double Nickle nationwide sez I.

OH **** NO. It was 70 in most states in the 60s. Cars are much safer now. 80 in ID and UT is not causing any new problems.

 

[duramaxsky]

In the stretch of I-5 between Seattle and Portland the truck traffic has gotten horrendous, I dislike driving it. All while there are train tracks paralleling the freeway, crazy that more freight is not transported on train cars. In this day of delivery tomorrow, that is not likely going to happen.

I am in one of those trucks every week day.

 

[kenmac]

at 105 MPH it doesn't take much and you are at the point of no return.
People haven't learned that the faster you go, the more it hurts when you come to a sudden stop like this

I was an EMT/ medic many yrs ago. Made a run on a motorcycle wreck call. What they didn't tell me was the motorcycle was hit head on by a coal truck 18 wheeler. It wasn't a pretty site walking around picking up what body parts I could find and placing them in a plastic bag

My son is a medic for the FD he sees plenty. I ask him all the time if he needs to talk to someone about what he sees. I know it must weigh heavily on his mind

 

[MossRoad]

The railroads are fat, happy, and slower than ever - FreightWaves

 

[goeduck]

I am in one of those trucks every week day.

Will I get my delivery in the morning? I just ordered it and it comes from Timbuktu. I did not plan ahead, but want it in the morning anyway. So what are you doing to satisfy me? :hissyfit: . :laughing:

 

[Threepoint]

Will I get my delivery in the morning? I just ordered it and it comes from Timbuktu. I did not plan ahead, but want it in the morning anyway. So what are you doing to satisfy me? :hissyfit: . :laughing:

Hey goeduck, you've been reading my mail!

Actually, I'm not quite that bad. But your point is well taken, and I'm afraid there's no turning back anytime soon.

 

[turnkey4099]

OH **** NO. It was 70 in most states in the 60s. Cars are much safer now. 80 in ID and UT is not causing any new problems.

Give me Montana in the old days "reasonable and proper" was the speedlimit and the driver was left to decide what that speed was. For me it was pretty much way up there. Then came the 55. Montana refused to enforce it. Feds forced them by threatening to take away federal highway funds. So Montana caved in. Made it a $10 (IIRC) ticket but you could pay it at the side of the road and no infor went to the insurance.

 

[goeduck]

But your point is well taken, and I'm afraid there's no turning back anytime soon.

I am afraid you are right. I ordered a set of stainless measuring cups for the kitchen a week or two ago. We got tired of the plastic ones getting flipped around in the dishwasher and not drying off by themselves. I was in my shop sharpening my saw chains on a Sunday and someone pulls up in an unmarked, nearly empty Transit, asked me if I lived there and hands me the measuring cups. I did not pay anymore than standard ground freight (I always select the lowest cost freight) and someone along the line thinks I need them special delivery on a Sunday. This concept of instant satisfaction perpetuates waste in transport which drives unneeded traffic on our roads. Crazy.

 

[Jstpssng]

I am afraid you are right. I ordered a set of stainless measuring cups for the kitchen a week or two ago. We got tired of the plastic ones getting flipped around in the dishwasher and not drying off by themselves. I was in my shop sharpening my saw chains on a Sunday and someone pulls up in an unmarked, nearly empty Transit, asked me if I lived there and hands me the measuring cups. I did not pay anymore than standard ground freight (I always select the lowest cost freight) and someone along the line thinks I need them special delivery on a Sunday. This concept of instant satisfaction perpetuates waste in transport which drives unneeded traffic on our roads. Crazy.

Furthermore it puts pressure on everybody from the vendor downstream to produce at once... without getting compensated accordingly. It's really simple to sit at a desk and punch in optimum transit times, but nothing is optimum in the real world.

 

[Sigarms]

Geez that's awful.

Thing is, they are not certain what happend to the truck driver and why he crossed into the other two lanes. Anyway you cut it, 81 is pretty much separated with a median of some sort between north and south bound (2 lanes each). For the guy to go into opposing traffic, can't imagine what happened to him. When I first read about the story, I figured it was late at night. It was only 2PM.

 

[goeduck]

Furthermore it puts pressure on everybody from the vendor downstream to produce at once... without gettineg compensated accordingly. It's really simple to sit at a desk and punch in optimum transit times, but nothing is optimum in the real world.

Personally I think next day delivery should cost way, way more than it does to discourage the practice. So much of it is not run with the regular freight where they can pickup and drop off with the same truck. At work my company does not flow down the cost of next day shipping, but I refuse to do it anyway. I would rather plan ahead than get into to panic mode so many seem to think is normal.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
To paraphrase an old adage; "An oversight on my part shouldn't create an emergency on your end." Then again may we just don't get it, and this is the way of the future. Perhaps we should be talking about this over in the "You know you're getting old when..." thread.

 

[robbyr]

Well I found the young man's Facebook page. He was 26. Apparently the child only suffered a fractured arm and some kind of lung injury. There's something to be said for car seats.

 

[two_bit_score]

Personally I think next day delivery should cost way, way more than it does to discourage the practice. So much of it is not run with the regular freight where they can pickup and drop off with the same truck. At work my company does not flow down the cost of next day shipping, but I refuse to do it anyway. I would rather plan ahead than get into to panic mode so many seem to think is normal.

Do you recall when “just in time” inventory practices started?

 

[CobyRupert]

I am afraid you are right. I ordered a set of stainless measuring cups for the kitchen a week or two ago. We got tired of the plastic ones getting flipped around in the dishwasher and not drying off by themselves. I was in my shop sharpening my saw chains on a Sunday and someone pulls up in an unmarked, nearly empty Transit, asked me if I lived there and hands me the measuring cups. I did not pay anymore than standard ground freight (I always select the lowest cost freight) and someone along the line thinks I need them special delivery on a Sunday. This concept of instant satisfaction perpetuates waste in transport which drives unneeded traffic on our roads. Crazy.

uhm.....so does ordering new measuring cups because "We got tired of the plastic ones getting flipped around in the dishwasher and not drying off by themselves." Noooo! The horror!!

 

[MossRoad]

Well I found the young man's Facebook page. He was 26. Apparently the child only suffered a fractured arm and some kind of lung injury. There's something to be said for car seats.

Yep. Car seats, when properly used, work really well.

 

[ovrszd]

Well I found the young man's Facebook page. He was 26. Apparently the child only suffered a fractured arm and some kind of lung injury. There's something to be said for car seats.

Thanks for the update. More closure.

 

[turnkey4099]

Thing is, they are not certain what happend to the truck driver and why he crossed into the other two lanes. Anyway you cut it, 81 is pretty much separated with a median of some sort between north and south bound (2 lanes each). For the guy to go into opposing traffic, can't imagine what happened to him. When I first read about the story, I figured it was late at night. It was only 2PM.

All ssorts of things happen to drivers. My neighbor is heavy equip operator for the Department of Transportation. A few years ago, plowing the state route through town he left the road and plowed over a coffee stand. Uncontrollable coughing spell. Fortunately only property damage.