Comments on: FHP: One Dump Truck Driver At Fault In Six Vehicle Highway 29 Crash

By: Em

Em — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:25:40 +0000

I’m an ex school bus driver and now I drive a dump truck. We hold a major responsibility on the road but come on constantly we are cut off by passenger vehicles. Some I believe that they think are indistructible that we won’t hurt them. Well no matter what we all need to practice courtesy and safety. If it’s a passenger at fault or not(it’s on us)we need to pay more attention to those idiots or fast changing traffic lights.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:50:31 +0000

As a driver who lives locally, I constantly witness these B trucks and log haulers blatantly ignoring posted speed limits and signage. For example, trucks use left lane in Century on Hwy 29 north due to high rollover potential. The DMV issues CDL’s to any joker with a pulse and they are not adequately trained. That or they come off OTR due to poor safety records and no one else will hire them. I advise you to watch your mirrors. Traffic lights don’t stop vehicles, inattentive drivers do.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:38:42 +0000

Melvin Holland: are we to also allow these trucks to run us over when we are stopped at traffic lights???? No reasoning for your comments pertaining to this crash.

By: NativeTongue

NativeTongue — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 15:03:36 +0000

It does no good to call the sheriff’s dept to complain about the speeders, they can’t keep up with the shootings and drug deals going on south of Muscogee Rd. so there’s no way they can sit on your road waiting for someone to maybe, possibly speed. And they can’t do anything without evidence so you can’t expect them to sit in your neighborhood all day waiting.

If you want to make things change, force the businesses to do something.
Get a dash cam for your vehicle and start sending in the video recordings to the company boss with the vehicle numbers or tags.
If they don’t respond, start posting the videos on FB with the business tagged so other consumers can see what they’re buying into.

If they’re speeding in your neighborhood, get home video cameras to record the constant speeding or dangerous driving, and again, send them to the boss or post on social media.

Complaining to the internet newspaper doesn’t work to create change but hitting the ridiculous drivers and businesses with video evidence might.

By: MMC

MMC — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:53:28 +0000

1. Big truck drivers exceed the posted speed. It takes longer to stop loaded, but they forget about that. What did you learn in truck driving school? Evidently zero !

2. Distractions – phone calls, texting, eating, grooming, looking around. I see it constantly. This goes for passenger car drivers too.

3. Driving intoxicated, driving high on drugs and weed and I know they do it, because I’ve been on docks where shipments were being unloaded. Wobbly and speech slurred is a great indication that the driver was not normal.

ECUA trucks need to stay off the Interstate. They drive so slow on the inside lane as to back up traffic and cause people to weave in and out. They could care less about arriving to the job to get their work done. Drive the speed limit or even 5 miles less. No, they drive just over the posted minimum speed.

This past week, an Energy Services of Pensacola employee in a car didn’t have a clue about driving. He continued to drive on the inside lane for over 5 miles and had 11 cars backed up while a Semi was in the outside lane. No one could go around or move over. You can’t tell me that you don’t see a Semi riding alongside your car that you can’t speed up.

I will start phoning Companies about their sorry drivers and their actions along our roads. So if you drive stupid, I may be calling your office on you.

I’m wondering what the excuse is that Hosie Mickles gave the FHP as to why he couldn’t stop after totaling out 4 vehicles and heavy damage to 2 dump trucks.

By: Ms. Bosshogg

Ms. Bosshogg — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:27:27 +0000

I was at sitting at 10 mile road and 29 last week and saw a dump truck run a red light.

By: Mr. Metoo

Mr. Metoo — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 13:19:57 +0000

@ retired. It’s not to late for you to run for Sheriff. I am not a fan of the current Sheriff but would you go to a doctor who never went to school? Also I read the wrong article. Nowhere in the article did I see the sheriff driving a dumptruck.

By: Melvin holland

Melvin holland — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 12:20:16 +0000

First and foremost everyone should be required to drive a dump truck at the time of getting your permit to drive on the streets I’ve drove big trucks for years and yes I mean everyone should get behind the wheel of a dump truck and a school bus I promise you a lot of folks will have respect for those big trucks just get out of there way. They haul tires for your cars food on your table clothes on your back materials to build homes I’ve drove trucks and I know when I see one they are trying to get there to unload so move over and let them do there jobs

By: wilykyote

wilykyote — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 03:42:59 +0000

there’s 225 million licensed drivers in the
United States. I’m thinking about 100 million
of them shouldn’t be allowed to drive more than
a 10 horsepower riding lawnmower and only
in their own yard !

By: Howie

Howie — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 00:08:58 +0000

Sorry to hear the bad news for Candace Cotton. I don’t know her or any of the people involved in this accident. Candace must have been hit like a freight train by the looks of her vehicle and injuries like that.

PRAYERS for CANDACE COTTON and all those others suffering injuries from this accident.

Posters if you have any information on the anyone injured, please keep us updated so PRAYERS can be said for them. Thank You.