Idiots with CDLs
OK, I know several of ya’ll have heard about the idiot that hit my truck a few weeks ago. Between trucking and being sick I am just now getting these pictures up. But let me tall you the story first.
I was on my way back from Newport News, VA to Pascagoula, MS. This was my second round and I was a bit on the tired side. I pulled into the Flying J at Latta, SC to grab a real meal for the first time that week. I have been eating out of the cooler in the truck and the deli’s of the truck stops. I pick the parking spot that had plenty of room around it so I wouldn’t have to worry about my truck. I walked inside and went to the ladies room.
When I walked out a man stopped me and asked if I drove a big fancy black Pete. I said, “The one with the red finders pulling the skateboard?” The man said, “yes”. At this time another driver walked up and they both told me that someone had backed into my truck. I said, “your kidding me. I just parked and walked in!” As we walked out to my truck, they told me that the guy tried to driver off, but they got him stopped.
As you can see in the above picture, there are THREE parking spots open on that side on my truck. What you can’t see is that there was also NOTHING in front of my truck. IT WAS A STRAIGHT BACK & ON HIS SIGHT SIDE!! (you can see part of the idiot in the picture above)
The guy walked up to me and started to say he was sorry for hitting my truck. I was angry! I told him that right now it would be better if he went and stood someplace else till I calmed down. He didn’t listen and tried to apologize again. I couldn’t hold it in any longer! I asked him what kind of idiot was he? This was a straight back and there was THREE parking spots open! How in the hell did he hit my truck? What kind of driver was he? How long had he been driving? The other drivers stepped between us. I think they thought I was fixin’ to knock this guy out. But I wasn’t. I know better than that. But I was very angry. I mean, look at the pictures. He didn’t just make a small mistake and get up against my fender, he hit the high beam head light. He REALLY was not paying attention to what he was doing!
While taking pictures and exchanging information this guy asked me if I really had to get his DL information. He went so far as to offer me $100 to NOT take his DL information. I told him that I needed it. He then went on and on about how wanted my boss to call his boss so that they could work something out and not report it. I told him that I would let my boss, Lewis, know, but that it was up to him what he did with it. I went in and got my dinner. I decided that after all that, and being tired that I would just go to bed there for the night and start anew in the morning. After all what else could happen to my truck, so went to bed.
The next morning I got up and took another look at my poor truck. The bumper and the fender were so close to the steer tire that they would rub when I tried to make a turn. So I hauled out my cheater bar and pried them away from the tire. Then I took a look at the lights. the low beam still worked. I picked up all of the broken glass from the ground and inside the high beam light housing. I noticed that the bulb was not broken and wondered if it would work. It did and I was amazed. I drove the truck back to the yard without any other problems and have been in another truck for the last week and a half while the got this mine fixed. I am happy to say that I will get to move back into my truck tomorrow and head back to Newport News, VA for Monday. Man! Am I ready!! Even though all of our trucks are Peterbilts, no one is like the other. Mine only has 87,000 on it and the one I have been in the last week and a half has 198,000. It just isn’t the same!
