r/Infuriating • u/MdTooDevilish Valued Contributor • 4d ago

Trucker crashes after falling asleep driving 40ton deathmachine

This piece of shit driving all over the road putting other peoples lives at risk

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u/nBenit 4d ago

I don't get it. Why do truck drivers drive like this? Is there a quota they have to hit or something? Like a time limit on delivery or whatever?

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u/1wrx2subarus 4d ago

You nailed it, if Trucking Companies had to pay $100M every time one of their drivers falls asleep.. They’d insist on hours of service being more stringent.

The best way to fix this is to go after the deep pockets. Make Trucking companies pay and beyond that, their customers expediting them. Hint: Big Box Stores that we all shop at.

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u/GlazzKitsune 4d ago

Honestly yes, if you had to pay a massive tax it would help. But it would also really hurt smaller stores or ma-pa shops that also need truck delivery

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u/JoyousMadhat 3d ago

You can make exceptions for businesses that earn less than a certain threshold. But actually, they should just require truck companies to hire more people have them tag team after driving for a certain hours and not rush.

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u/GlazzKitsune 3d ago

I feel like there are other options now, like maybe a system that sees one is swerving across lanes and beeps for 10-30secs. Or a system that reminds drivers to touch certain points on the wheel every 2-3 minutes or beeps annoyingly. Almost like in flying where you get a stick shaker when stalling or a "sink rate" warning.

2 drivers per load would double any shipping price and again for big companies I would love to see them eat it but are you ready to see price increases for products across the board, I am not.