Rule of Thumb
One explosives customer told me one time about the “rule of thumb”. He said, if your truck ever catches on fire, to run far enough away from it, so you can stick your arm out and cover it entirely with your thumb. This probably applies to buses, as well. In this case, apparently this driver does not have a big enough thumb, and is retreating to safety. This photo is courtesy of one of the passengers, Simon Fitzgerald. This accident occurred Saturday, August 20, 2011 on the New Jersey Turnpike. The driver tried to make it to an exit on a blown out tire, which caused the fire. No one was injured.
Another update
Well, as I said, I swore I would keep this site updated, and I guess I’m not doing it. I think I am suffering from general, middle-aged burnout with my job. Besides, probably every topic pertaining to the DOT regulations has probably been addressed somewhere already on this site. Maybe not.
Anyway, what’s new? Well, DOT’s new target was the farmers, but they have backed off on that. They were going to force them to meet all the compliance requirements, and take away all their exemptions, such as licensing. I guess the farmers have more political pull than the small truckers have, because DOT decided not to pull all the exemptions after all, assuring us they never had those intentions in the first place. Yeah right.
I really can’t think of anything else to say at the moment. Writer’s block again.
