Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Originally Posted by FreeMe
Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
In Notus, ID. A semi loaded with grain turned off highway in front of me and crossed the tracks…right in front of a train. The engine dead centered the trailer and it exploded. The tractor was on the other side and other drivers stopped on both sides. I don’t know what happened to the driver. What a mess.

I know that crossing well. Took out an empty livestock trailer there a few years ago. There will likely be a local "witness" claiming that the engineer didn't blow the whistle. Whatever. We got it all on video, and no, officer - you can't have it.

Took 'em months to replace the overhead crossing signals. The driver (female) said she "thought she was in the clear". Tune changed when she heard the "witness" BS. Don't give a rodent's anus what the outcome was.

Truck drivers all think they're the biggest baddest thing on the road.
There are only 2 crossings there, 3d St. and Notus Rd. This was on 3d.

Mine was the Notus crossing. Last I was there, 3rd just had a stop sign.
Between Notus and Nyssa, we seemed to hit a lot of trucks during harvest time. But it's not like you can't see us coming if you bother to look.

I think it was only a week after I hit the truck at Notus, another crew hit a loaded stock truck just east of Parma. Don't these drivers talk to each other? That was a smelly mess.

Lunatic fringe....we all know you're out there.