Black ice covered the interstate in Kansas, and we saw one accident after another. Most trucks and cars that passed us at a high rate of speed, we saw down the road in a ditch. This one was no exception, he passed us at a high rate of speed, crossed the medium, hitting on coming traffic and burst into flames. Such a tragedy for the families of the victims. My prayers are with those families. I pray all of you will slow down in such conditions. When the road is icy please understand, that going over 20mph is to fast for these conditions, so imagine this truck which seemed to be going at about 65mph. Once you loose control at that rate of speed you can not correct it. The slower the better, you have a higher chance of saving yourself, when you hit the ice it speeds you up. If you are going 55mph and you hit ice, you will speed up to about 75mph, if you go slower you will save lives and property damage. Please everyone be safe out there, don't worry about the people behind you, by slowing yourself down you protect those around you as well as yourself.
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
BLACK ICE TRAGEDY!
Black ice covered the interstate in Kansas, and we saw one accident after another. Most trucks and cars that passed us at a high rate of speed, we saw down the road in a ditch. This one was no exception, he passed us at a high rate of speed, crossed the medium, hitting on coming traffic and burst into flames. Such a tragedy for the families of the victims. My prayers are with those families. I pray all of you will slow down in such conditions. When the road is icy please understand, that going over 20mph is to fast for these conditions, so imagine this truck which seemed to be going at about 65mph. Once you loose control at that rate of speed you can not correct it. The slower the better, you have a higher chance of saving yourself, when you hit the ice it speeds you up. If you are going 55mph and you hit ice, you will speed up to about 75mph, if you go slower you will save lives and property damage. Please everyone be safe out there, don't worry about the people behind you, by slowing yourself down you protect those around you as well as yourself.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
MY GIRLS
I have been away from my girls most of my life. Visiting as much as I could. I have never missed anyone as much as I miss my girls, and now grandchildren too. We are so very lucky to have such wonderful daughter's who were raised to be Christians, with a high work ethics, high morals, and so much more. Most of their generation seems to want someone else to support them, my oldest daughter in her thirties says she sees this a lot in her generation, and she says they just don't get it. She says it makes her very sad. We are very lucky to have such a wonderful close relationship with our daughter's even though seeing them is not as much as we would like. We live out on the road as truck drivers and it makes it very hard to have that normal family time. I wish so much we could just be regular folks, but as a truck driver we are also serving our country and the people of the USA. IT IS THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE! I pray my girls will never have to do this kind of work, and for those of you who have regular jobs, with weekends off, or any days off, I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE IT! You do not know how lucky you really are. And please say thank you to all the servants of this country, like the truck drivers, the farmers, nurses, and our men and women of the military. They too serve all of you.
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