Unfortunately we had to go to school today on Sunday. Another long day. I did the backing test and passed. WHEW!!!!! We are now working on the pre inspection test. That is all the part of the truck you have to inspect before you leave and after every stop. We heard the worst story today about how important it is to do the pre test. A man had been driving for a few years so he was an experienced driver. He got into some rain and was very tired so he stopped at a rest stop and slept for a few hours then jumped into the drivers set and took off. After driving down the road about 100 miles two sheriffs pulled up behind him with their lights on. He first thought they were going to pass him and were on their way to an accident. He realized they wanted him to stop. When he pulled over they told him a homeless guy had climbed under his truck to stay out of the rain and to sleep. When he took off, the guy's backpack got stuck in the rotating tires and they sucked him in and killed him. The driver was in his 30's and had a wife and 2 kids and was convicted for vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to 22 years.
On the happy side Randy met someone coming back to school after being out on his 30 day phase 1 training and said he loved it. He traveled all over the US.
We are hoping we get to NY so we can see Matt, Shari, Brooklyn, and Taylor. That would be so cool. I miss my Brooklyn so much.
2 comments:
What an adventure, congratulations on being able to back up! I can hardly back up my car. And the story is horrible, I hope they made it up. :0(
That wasn't VerLynn that left the comment, I must be logged in on his account, this is Jill
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