erkme73
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I'm beginning to think someone's got my number. With a near head-on with a church van, and now my wife nearly getting destroyed by an 18 wheeler, I feel like our time is almost up.
This happened this past Thursday as my wife was coming home from a 12-hour shift in the ER. The combined closure speed was likely greater than 100mph. As she approached the narrow, shoulder-less bridge, the oncoming 18-wheeler drifted into her lane. She slammed on the brakes (the sound you hear is contents on the passenger seat sliding onto the floor) skidding to a near stop. There was likely less than 6 feet width between the trailer and the guardrail on her passenger side. If she had hit her brakes just a half-second later, it would have been lights out. I cannot believe she didn't lose her mirror to either the truck or the guard rail.
I drove the same bridge today and eyeballed the measurements. It was a miracle.
Now here's the part that really pisses me off. You can clearly identify the truck company (Universal out of Warren, MI). You can read the truck (and trailer) number. With those things, I found their website and FB page. Starting on Thursday, I began contacting them via their contact form, their FB page (you can see my comments on all their latest posts), and DM via FB. Last night I sent them notice that if I didn't hear back from them by COB today, I would contact their local media affiliates (out of Detroit) to help expose their callous attitude toward complaints of the motoring public. I fired off an email to their FOX, ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates tonight.
All joking aside, this could have easily left me a widower, and my children without their mother. The least they could do is acknowledge they received my complaint and say that they will address it with their driver. Their silence conveys complicity. I'm pissed.
This happened this past Thursday as my wife was coming home from a 12-hour shift in the ER. The combined closure speed was likely greater than 100mph. As she approached the narrow, shoulder-less bridge, the oncoming 18-wheeler drifted into her lane. She slammed on the brakes (the sound you hear is contents on the passenger seat sliding onto the floor) skidding to a near stop. There was likely less than 6 feet width between the trailer and the guardrail on her passenger side. If she had hit her brakes just a half-second later, it would have been lights out. I cannot believe she didn't lose her mirror to either the truck or the guard rail.
I drove the same bridge today and eyeballed the measurements. It was a miracle.
Now here's the part that really pisses me off. You can clearly identify the truck company (Universal out of Warren, MI). You can read the truck (and trailer) number. With those things, I found their website and FB page. Starting on Thursday, I began contacting them via their contact form, their FB page (you can see my comments on all their latest posts), and DM via FB. Last night I sent them notice that if I didn't hear back from them by COB today, I would contact their local media affiliates (out of Detroit) to help expose their callous attitude toward complaints of the motoring public. I fired off an email to their FOX, ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates tonight.
All joking aside, this could have easily left me a widower, and my children without their mother. The least they could do is acknowledge they received my complaint and say that they will address it with their driver. Their silence conveys complicity. I'm pissed.
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