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Last night on the way home, I was driving up next to an eighteen wheeler. Traffic was heavy on the highway so both of our vehicles were going relatively slowly so I noticed that on of his passenger side tires was flat. In addition, the tire was starting to come off the rim.
Is there some sort of way to indicate to the driver that there is an issue? I figured that since there are so many tires on the truck, losing one will not be all that noticeable, especially if there is no load in the trailer. However, something like this could be an issue to the vehicles around it, and may still cause a problem for the truck itself.
To top it off, on the way to work this morning, I was heading north on Allan Road when I noticed something I usually do not see on the highway: A pair of white lights.
This brought back memories of that night five years ago when something similar happened. Well, this time the car was actually driving the wrong way on the freeway. Albeit, the car was driving very slowly, but it was still going the wrong way.
If I were not on my motorcycle I would have taken my phone out to call the cops (and probably take a picture). As such, I wanted to get out of the way as quickly as possible.
Oh yes, it was indeed an older Asian woman who was driving the car. Way to go stereotype!
Friday, August 20, 2010 at 18:48:58 (UTC)
Hmm, those truck drivers are sitting pretty high up so it's hard to get their attention (safely). Safest thing to do I think is to phone in their license plate to the police. The trucker will have either a cell phone or a CB radio plus the OPP can try to track it down.
Amazing how poorly maintained trucks still make it on the road. It wasn't that long ago we had a cornoner's inquest into a flying truck tire that killed a driver in a car.
--HKL
GrinningReaper
Monday, August 23, 2010 at 02:57:30 (UTC)
Yeah, I should have dialed *OPP and reported the situation. Too bad I have not figured out how to get my hands free device to dial out yet. I do still see a lot of shredded tires on the roads. I wonder how many of those tires belonged to trucks?
QYV