I fell approximately 10 feet. If the state can put millions of dollars worth of snow plows and salt spreading equipment on the road, then snow blowers or scrapers to clean snow/ice off trucks should be their responsibility too. YIPEE!!! FILE – In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, migrants arrive with a dinghy accompanied by a Frontex vessel at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. I don’t think you understand how many OSHA violations you had doing that. Designed to take money out of truckers pocket but look around and you shall see snow on 4 wheelers….no ticket or fine.you look and see 4wheelers swerving using their phones. Ya all are askin the state to fix your problem… Do your part. None of which require you to get up on the roof. Let's check it out. https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2004-03-10. I understand the dangers involved with huge piles of snow falling off trucks, but so far, I don’t see any real solutions. The trailer is 13’6″ and, the ladder has to be angled. If their main concern is safety is that not in itself unsafe. The problem is were does one dispose of the snow and ice on top? Problem with no real solution. Also, drivers should call service truck to remove snow, not drivers job to maintain truck, company’s responsibility. Everyone wants to sue. In the process of falling, unbeknownst to me at the time, I broke my big toe on my left foot. INDEPENDENT/TAYLOR K. VECSEY, . A snow ticket for trailers is like the cell phone law. Because if its a hazardous and unsafe to climb on a trailer with snow&ice and you get hurt the officer is going to turn his back and say he didn’t tell you to do that”! I would think it would be no problem to fight and win a citation in court. But I understand we can’t control mother nature. Plus, is that an approved method by OSHA? I had to climb on top to adjust my tarp. Or passed in a hurry. Tommy, you would hook to the same place you always hook when you are on a top level structure, somewhere newr your feet. You are pulling a load of Ben & Jerrys ice cream, right? I used to drive tanker, climb ladders all the time, the worst was climbing rail cars to trans-load…talk about being up off the ground, and, on a ladder that goes straight up and down and no handle when you get to the top! CDL Grad, No Experience Sort of agree but if the skiers are in a company yard or drop yard it’s the companies responsibility not the driver. I got back to the terminal, it was mandatory for me to go to the clinic to get checked out. A panel of the 5th U.S. The City of Windsor has been cracking down with bylaw enforcement over the past week in a blitz it says has resulted in 23 charges. We can whine and fuss all we want, but it is the law, it is the law for a reason, and we are responsible to follow the law. They are after our money, not safety as they have proven! I stepped off the trailer and my right leg went in between the trailer and the building ALL the way down to my groin, I slammed my hip on the concrete…I thought for sure I broke my leg or my hip. You have two governing jurisdictions with opposite rules. Seriously, if you are climbing up on top of trailers to clean off the snow, you deserve the injuries that your stupidity will inevitably earn for you. Cops and their agencies get sued every single day. Seems like there more interested in the fine money than safety. If you didn’t it is on you. There is nothing in the 41 years I have been driving that has ever told me I have to climb into a 13’6 trailer and clean it. Drivers responceability not the states.. They didn’t put them in boxes, just stacked them on a pallet and shrunk wrapped them, badly! I’ve had ice and blinding I think what you are trying to say is that you KNEW a teenager who fell off a fence and died. the state doesn’t have to provide anything to back the law. That's what a former special agent with the Drug Enforcement Agency says in "Maybe you all think they don't, but statistics show they use more drugs out in those areas than. As a steering wheel holder, I might not know much, but I do know common sense is a super power, and we are fresh outta phone booths. So they would rather risk a driver killing themselves to remove some snow. If death from flying snow/ice happened everyday in America, the problem would be bad enough that some entrepreneurs would figure out a safe way to clear a trailer. I’d fight it in court. Please select the number of verifiable months you’ve been driving professionally using your Class B CDL within the last 3 years. I doubt it. NATOMAS, CA (KOVR) — The search is on for the thief that stole six unique guns from a retired law enforcement officer. Wonder what the NHSP would say about that??? About 100 businesses in Windsor-Essex will be visited by provincial offences officers as part of a COVID-19 enforcement blitz this weekend. And every MRO who signed off on the bogus results should have their licenses pulled until they complete a return to duty status program! It’s just not worth it. Climb up your 13’6″ trailer, with a shovel, and scrape the snow…and ICE of the top? Truckstops and other facilities could charge a nominal fee for this to pay for the snow clearing device and someone to push the snow to the side. I for one would NEVER climb up and walk around there. Ok, fine. – Canadian and U.S. enforcement teams handed out 17,556 speed-related citations during this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week, in a blitz that targeted the drivers of commercial… I drive flatbed. Also some of the trailers have fiberglass roofs if they think I’m going up there their nuttier than I am let smokie fall through, All fuel stations at very little cost could install scrapers for standard height semis all truck terminals should have them, The only answer would be a defrost system in stalled in roof of the trailer like you have in car windows that you can turn on long enough to melt all the snow and ice. The doctrine that prevents this is called Qualified immunity. The majority of incidents where drivers would abandon trucks were in the N.E. You can die hitting your head falling from NO feet off the ground, just standing. Do the scale supply a ladder cause I sure as heck don’t carry one? If the state is that interested in safety place scraper at rest area and tolls booth, do something to help fix the problem. Kinda like “Who’s responsible for the ink pen in the washer/dryer.” Prove me wrong. This action violates federal O.S.H.A laws that state any work done over 5 feet require personal fall protection devices including but not limited to safety harness and lines safety nets, stair railings and hand rails and in cases of dangerous or heavy equipment provides guard rails and toe boards. You damaged company equipment! Most trailer roofs are made of thin fiberglass and are dangerous to climb up on there needs to be a safe way to remove snow and ice.. there is a problem…. I don’t go up north anymore and if drivers hafto do that BS I never will. this is discrimination. but standard message and data rates may apply. This is a problem that is facing us that can cause harm to other folks. I saw charge the dtate troopers that don’t enforce the laws mentioned with her death. Then lost her life in a fracton of a second because of her own carekess, wreckless, bad driving habits. You are not correct. TypeO. A log book violation by the driver. Maybe some billionaire up there will start one. Also, how am I supposed to get up there in the first place? The ice is the real danger. To those who think this is the drivers responsibility better wake up or better yet, shut up. Why do you think that is? Enough is enough!!! When ANYTHING in his control damages/kills someone, it’s on him. Put your 4-ways on and let them honk all they want. Now now, that would involve common sense so it will NEVER WORK! I think the trucking industry should boycott the northeastern states. Then as the truck passes further forward, the trailer is dosed with pure methanol. Then again, I’m just a dumb truck driver. That’s as the cones fell into the river/water below! The law applies to everyone, not just trucks. https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2014-07-17-0, Regulations for PPE Required If it isn’t provided, then you don’t have to get on top of a trailer. Maybe things have changed, but most truck washes would do the snow removal for a nominal fee. 0. comments. Your fat slobs called truck drivers need to lose weight so you can get up on top of your trailer and clean them. That means it has to be hooked to something above where you are working, and there’s no such “something” to hook to. That’s what we had at all our yards back when I worked for Trans Provincial Freight Carriers. Run south in the winter if you can. Besides for all I know there could be a few snow snakes and ice worms up top. Enforcement officials will inspect commercial motor vehicles throughout the week. Jillie, obviously he doesn’t! It’s actually kind of fun!!! They’ll be sending in their own personal swabs to help you fail. He aint gonna make me do diddly, i Will own State of nh and,shut it down, closed for anything, Not to worry if you become frozen to your trailer we will vouch for you that you were trying to become a Human Scaper. If a driver takes off with a trailer like that it’s on them. If they wanted to tow the truck or arrest me, then I would tell them to issue a ticket to the towing company if they didn’t clear the roof. Blue beacon attempted this and found that it was nearly impossible to get snow of a trailer by washing it off. New Hampshire needs money and will do anything to get it. A speed awareness campaign in underway statewide. We can make a Tim’s law name after Timothy McTrucker after the fatal accident of falling from his trailer stating that you cant climb on your trailer. A lot more people will get injured or die from this stupidity than they do from the snow flying off of vehicles. ?Good thing I don’t run in that part of the country. I definitely do not see some of us driver’s (and you all know who you are)that are not very svelte, climbing the trailer like King Kong Bundy in a Steele cage match! If that was a scientific study we would call it a fail and scrap the whole thing. The only really SAFE way to resolve this problem would be to make trailer and boxes with heated roofs. It’s not an unreasonable law and much safer for everyone. So u going carry a ladder were?..and u going get up there to slide off..dont care if it law..no were in my job is say I must do that. There’s no doubt about the dangers associated with letting the wind blow the snow and ice off the roof of a trailer. Tell us about it! Is snow on a semi trailer really considered to be DEBRIS? And, too much traffic. You know is this day and age most folks don’t like to work and so whoever or whatever they can find to make their job easier is all their worried about plus you know the state of nh is going to scream they don’t have the funds for that. Not that YOU did so as a teenager…that would be rather weird if it was you and you are now able to reply from the “great beyond”. 'Blitz' starring Jason Statham - Official Trailer - YouTube There’s an answer out there! As I was climbing off the load my ladder went one way and I went the other. A minimum 200-300 feet mandatory following distance would be dandy. Am I missing something? They will arrest you. This site uses cookies. Then there are the ones that would tie it in courts for years and not worry about it. That’s death waiting to happen. I would never climb on top of snowy van. THAT WILL BE THE DAY! Considering the officer in question is actually following clearly established law, the person you would most likley suceed in suing would be your trucking company, for failing to provide you with adequate equipment to follow all relivant trucking rules and regulations. I’ve been on top of alot of trailers removing snow and ice,not a single thing safe about it. Trailers don’t have steps or ladders built onto them. It’s all about safety and when a DOT officer asked you to do something unsafe, aren’t you obligated not to comply? Expecting a driver to clean these is dangerous and ridiculous. Now they are blaming the truckers for her death. The debris is carried a distance before it falls. 6-11 Months New Hampshire State Police say that the goal was to enforce and spread awareness of ‘Jessica’s Law.’ It was named in honor of Jessica Smith, who died when ice from a moving truck fell, causing a fatal accident. And,shovels and ice picks and other snow removal tools. Refuse to sign the appear in court ticket. You are ten times more likely to get killed by a rock off of an over pass than a snow falling off a trailer roof. And those states are bankrupting, soon the retail.will.be with empty shelfs, and.those hypocrites are ones to blame… Instead of bitchin about it, why does’ent someone come up with a safe solution to the problem? Even climbing onto the catwalk to change placards at the refinery will get you booted off-site. OSHA law says that you can’t be up that high with out special fall equipment attached to something, and special training. Which by OSHA standards requires a tie-off. How do they force a driver to climb up on the roof? Heck, I don’t shovel it off my tractor either! "Das Gehäuse ist schusssicher und kann mit einer Alarmanlage ausgestattet werden", sagte der Vitronic-Sprecher. You want your freight then you’ll pay a higher price. ice over they top? My dash cam over your lie wins every time. Blitz è un film del 2011 di genere Azione/Thriller/Crime, diretto da Elliott Lester, con Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, Zawe Ashton, Jason Statham, Luke Evans, David Morrissey. I see nobody is going to respond to my comment.. Simple solution- find a 13’7′ bridge and scrape it off yourself! Poor innocent of any crime CMV driver. I wonder…….will there now be an OSHA inspector that, after the State Trooper writes you a ticket then makes you climb onto your trailer roof, will write you another ticket for working more than four feet off the ground without fall protection? I might be able to crawl. Its a pain but a part of our jobs as truckers…Your company can and should provide nessary tools to do so and if you pick up a trl that sat in a snow fall situation b4 you picked it up then call in a service.. Ok, but if your an interstate trucker and your company does not have a terminal then what?