that MIGHT prevent another freak accident related to a car following too close to a truck. I had the imprint from the I-beam on my ass and, as a joke, I put it on one of my internet profile pages, I don’t recall which one…the joke is, once you put something there is NO way to delete it! Here today, gone tomorrow. I broke the calacanis(the heel bone) bone in my foot in 4 places. Yeah don’t come here, that’s an intelligent answer. Then again, I’m just a dumb truck driver. Ok, but if your an interstate trucker and your company does not have a terminal then what? commercial vehicles? I spend 3 hrs doin one of my trailers and i got paid to do so but i honestly put a bunch of holes in the roof tryin to break up the 4″ ice roof with the 5″ of snow on top of that….Yes its a pain but no different than us being responceable for our logs/pretrips/load securement ect.. You’re only immune if you are acting legally. I’ve been on top of alot of trailers removing snow and ice,not a single thing safe about it. Be a manly man flat bedder they used to that tarping ,us vannies don’t do that, just shut doors ,I’ll need hazardous pay for that maneuver. Wish I could show you pictures of trucks in the left lane about 2-3 feet away from the vehicle in front of them car/truck. But I doubt many trucking companies are ready to do the right thing. They were looking at my ass and asked if I hurt anywhere else, I said, “Ya, my big toe is bothering me”. A million drivers complain about ANYTHING and the response is….a deafening silence. Actually, no they won’t. At the side of a highway,no way. You are pulling a load of Ben & Jerrys ice cream, right? Drivers of all vehicles knew it was winter and something might blow off so they stayed back far enough to avoid it. None of the poor me I was too close to the big ol truck and got hit with something off the roof so I have to blame some one else for my stupidity and lack of common sense. Now if something had happened the story could have been the trucker killed a woman and her kids, it’s unfair that we being scolded this way. – Getting up there yourself. Climb up your 13’6″ trailer, with a shovel, and scrape the snow…and ICE of the top? Besides some truck drivers need the exercise by the looks of their bellies. Money, that’s all this is about. Bring some common sense and equality to the situation. So they would rather risk a driver killing themselves to remove some snow. Drivers that are afraid to say no do it. What they should have then is a staircase and a platform at rest areas or truck stops with a roof rake. God love them but, there is no way I want to be doing that now, let alone should I be so blessed to live that long. Today marks the beginning of a three-day, 16-state joint enforcement blitz known as the 1-80/1-35 Challenge, Border-to-Border Traffic Safety Initiative. One problem. In this context, you mean “reckless”. Besides for all I know there could be a few snow snakes and ice worms up top. And where is this all done and WHEN ???? Someone gave you some bad legal info, you may want to google the term “Qualified immunity”, you will see that QI bars the exact lawsuits you are speaking of unless the officer or government official violates clearly established caselaw. I’ll say it yet again, “Take this job and shove it!”. I’ve seen some get caught and some you never know. This year's Operation Safe Driver Week blitz begins July 12. There is no charge for this service, My guess is that the Troopers might get offended if you accidentally shoveled snow onto their vehicle…. They sent me out, by myself, to put in the additives. Unfortunately it will take one stupid careless truck driver to damage scraper because he wasnt paying attention.. R.J., you are right…other than the deafening silence, give it time. So how you gonna prove the ice came from the truck that you got the name off the side of the truck. To the uneducated, a great percentage of trailer roofs are fiberglass to let the light in so it’s not dark inside. Just money. INDEPENDENT/TAYLOR K. VECSEY, . I dont do Yankee land,any mo screw em ,let em get it them selves and pay huge tolls to drive on crappy roads, Actually, MOST truck washes, specially Blue Beacon, will NOT attempt snow removal off trailers. This is why I run a flat. I drive a mack with a split windshield and A few years ago I had a chunk of ice fly of a trailer and crash right on the bridge between windows . Which by OSHA standards requires a tie-off. All they have to do is brush it off, not practice mountain climbing in a blizzard. Why hasn’t this been challenged in court? EVANSVILLE, Ind (WEHT) Time is running out to get your raffle ticket for the Hadi Shrine Half Pot. Correct!! I would never climb on top of snowy van. The best comment in this post. Companies, or states should make the scrappers you drive under. I see school buses leaving their yards every day with a couple feet of snow and ice on their roof’s. That means on roads as well . The solution to this problem is very simple! And it’s safer to have snow piled up on the side of the highway? Truck Driving is listed as one of the most dangerous jobs in the world! I’m built like a Greek god and I can’t get up there, let alone in the snow and the trailer being all iced up. I just clinch my teeth and say man I hope it don’t bust my glass. 1 Year Sure, it’s a hazard to motorists following a truck as the wind blows snow off the roof. Two feet of snow and ice mixed flying off a trailer at speed can definitely be a deadly hazard! Sorry! Is it okay to travel with a flat tire shredding as you go? In all 50 states, once you are under arrest (in their custody) the arresting agency is responsible for all the equipment. The doctrine that prevents this is called Qualified immunity. Let Jessica’s Mom clean the snow and ice off. Another one, I was delivering fresh cooking oil for food manufacturers…sometimes we had to put additives in. The driver could fall through or even worse slip on the ice and fall off the trailer and break his or her kneck.. smarten up America. other career information to the number I provided. There’s no doubt about the dangers associated with letting the wind blow the snow and ice off the roof of a trailer. Do your part. Is the state responsible of you get injured climbing on a 13 foot high object in windy conditions? 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. Come on be PROFESSIONAL, Driver. Why don’t shippers have them. There are solutions to this. It sucked! Yes, let employers and TruckersReport text me with new opportunities, job alerts and The roads are less safe now than they were in the glory days of trucking. As the truck passes through the first stage, a snow-scraper boom removes the bulk of the snow. I we drive in these situations it is our job to make sure we are safe. 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. Their employees are not allowed to leave the floor and 2. About 100 businesses in Windsor-Essex will be visited by provincial offences officers as part of a COVID-19 enforcement blitz this weekend. Weekend Enforcement Blitz. When we get our CDL and claim the title of Professional Driver, we take on the responsibility to do it right. Got a hot tip for our calendar? I’ve got insurance. Create cleaning stations and then we can comply. What snow officer? That would be nice but it will not generate any revenue, so we can’t have it. For everyone else in the courtroom, both winning and losing mean going home with another days’ pay. Not risk the drivers safety. I Need CDL Training He made the decision to run it. In order for you to receive the best possible offers, please make sure your answers above are accurate prior to submitting. Waiting for a service to come and shovel off a roof is ridiculous, even if you can find one. Did the ice have Identifcation? Refuse to sign the appear in court ticket. Under a foot of snow was an inch of ice. Do the scale supply a ladder cause I sure as heck don’t carry one? But cleaning off the top of a truck and trailer presents a greater challenge than getting some snow off a car. If this jessica law was voted by New Hampshire law makers ( educated idiots) then they need to figure out how to remove the snow from trailers in a safe way. The carriers, shippers and receivers, law enforcement, and DoT are all well aware of these facts, and manufacture these problems anyway. And yet no one is making state workers clear ice off bridge superstructures!! Ok just throwing it out there..but does anyone but me see the opportunity here like a do it yourself truck wash slip 5.00 in and wa-la you drive through .. It.should.be against the law such action, a trailer is about 13.6″ high, no side protection, and is very sleepery,can cause one to fall off it and die,. Simple as that. Doctor said my foot will never be the same. Writing a b*llsh*t citation carries no penalty to the officer that wrote it, and the best case for the driver is the wasted time and expense of appearing in court to fight it. I’m not climbing anywhere up high. And now they want you to climb up and clear the snow & ice from the roof of the trailer 14′ in the air?! Most of us don’t carry snow shovels and ice what ever but then maybe it should be standard equipment for travel to Yankee land. If you drive subcontractor, owner operator, or independent then it is your responsibility. OSHA requires a harness and safety restraints standing upon anything higher than 7 feet, at 13’6″ you cannot be compelled to climb your trailer roof. years ago a chunk of ice flew off the roof of a car and crashed through the windshield of a truck causing that truck to swerve , due to reaction ,and crash through the guardrail of the Tappen Zee Bridge . But, if this rolls out across the nation…you’ll see some push-back. It’s actually kind of fun!!! Wait a minute, how can law enforcement require you to break the law? I drive flatbed. The answers were already given here. OSHA needs to step in and stop this deadly practice that is violating the law! THAT WILL BE THE DAY! The girl that died was because she was tailgating a truck because if she leaves the distance she is supposed to then she can have the chance to maneuver or stop. Climbing on top of a trailer is NIT safe! the state doesn’t have to provide anything to back the law. One person is killed or injured in a freak, one in a Zillion accident, and an entire industry must be changed. It’s a legitimate problem, so a solution has to be found. “So oftentimes, drivers don’t have the tools readily available to them, so we do try to make sure these vehicles get stopped so the snow does get removed in a safe fashion.”, Source: NHGOV, whdh, wmur, wmur, wmur, twitter. KEEP YOUR DISTANCE, DONT TAILGATE. Poor innocent of any crime CMV driver. I don’t think you can walk on top of those trailer with the translucent roofs?? If the trailer has a metal roof, it becomes so slippery that the driver risks just sliding off the side, not to mention we’re asking them to clear off 8 feet of trailer going sideways. My life isn’t worth climbing on top of a slippery 13’6 trailer. It is idiotic to think it’s okay to travel down the road with snow and ice on your truck and trailer! New Hampshire isn’t the only state to get large amounts of snow. Is that dangerous can that cause accidents or kill. Now the truck passes into the second station, where a small jet engine is mounted at the 13-6 elevation with the jet blast angled over the top of the van. If you don’t have a nearby low bridge you can go knock it off under, and they don’t have one of those scraper beams in the yard you pull out of, go to a truck wash when the snow is so thick you can see it from the ground. And when I slip off the top and fall 14 feet to the pavement….. Then 4 wheelers are subject to this law as well rite? Bottom line, they don’t give a shit about safety, just the money generated from fines. hence no possibility of driver injury. Tell them you will not move the truck since you are under arrest. It’s just not worth it. I doubt it. Not worth my life!! Then it could be a good will service offered to drivers instead of another way to drain a drivers wallet. The fiberglass they use on the roofs is not made to hold a mans weight! Need to have a backbone, and refuse to drive anything unsafe. Ok driver what you got in mind? THATS NOT A TRUCKERS WORK DESCRIPTION…. “It takes not even five minutes to clean off your car,” said Jessica Smith’s mother, Linda. By Go By Truck News / August 28, 2015 . There is no easy answer and the DOT officers don’t help with solutions they only give violations. 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