TEXTING KILLS

In the news paper today was an article on the

dangers of text messaging while driving .

I don't get the obsession people have with this ,

it's not only extremely dangerous in my opinion

it just doesn't make any sense , I mean the

phone was invented to talk to each other not

send telegrams.

As a professional driver this really concerns

me because I'm out there on the road all day

witch increases my chances of being a cell

text statistic.

Jan. 1st 08 Phx. has a law going in effect that

outlaws texting while driving.

I believe this is a good thing but it's just going

to be kind of a band aid on the problem here

because Phx. is surrounded [literally] by other

city's all connected to Phx. and each other by

city streets and freeways with Phx. smack

in the middle.

The surrounding city's have no such laws pending .

I believe this is a nation wide problem and

therefore should be dealt with by the

federal government {SWIFTLY} .

There are more than enough distraction out

there for drivers without the drivers themselves

doing 40 to 70 plus MPH and stairing down at

their phone for extended periods of time instead

of paying attention to the road , to me an

extended period of time for your eyes to be off

the road is anything more than one second ,

a whole lot can happen in one second at

even just 45mph.

If anyone has any thoughts on this pro or

con feel free to share.

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Quail Season

Well Quail season opened on the 12Th of this

month and I've only had a chance to go hunting

once so far.

I always go out to the state trust land by Gold Canyon

when the season opens and usually get a few,

but this year my first hunt went very poorly in fact

I didn't even see one.

This weekend I'm going again to the same area

for another try but if I don't have any luck in the

first hour or so I think I'll head east up the mountain

to Queen Vally and try my luck there ,

I hear there's Quail all over up there .

If anyone has any tips on hunting Quail without

a bird dog I'm all ears.

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My First / If you bought it a truck deliverd it !

Hi everyone...anyone , well this is my first attempt at
a blog and I hope I get some response .

As a truck driver I cant help but wonder why people
have so little respect for trucks .

Almost everything people have was at some point
delivered by a truck , from the car they drive to the
food they eat , the clothes they wear , even all the
materials their house's are built out of and the roads
they drive on every day and almost everything else .

Trucks are not out there on the roads just to get in the
way or piss people off , yes trucks are big and slow but
try to remember they weigh up to 80,000 pounds and
it takes a little more time than a car to get up to speed
and when they do get going they need much more road
to stop than a car does .

It's never a good idea to be approaching a red light and
cut over in front of a truck just to be first in line .
When the light turns green even if your five cars back
in the other lane you will still be ahead of the truck
before you get through the intersection and you didn't
endanger yours or anyone else's life or property .

Trucks make wide right turns not because they want
to they have to , if you come up behind a truck at an
intersection and they are in the right lane with their
right turn signal on then they suddenly swing to the
left but the right signal is still on don't think they
changed their mind about the turn and step on the
gas to pass them on the right ,
you could be crushed to death . If they don't make that
wide swing they cant make the turn .

Yes I know there are truck drivers out there that should
not be because they really don't know what their doing
or their just plain assholes but most of us that do know
what we are doing are out there to provide goods to
outlets we all buy from and build better community's
for everyone .

So give us a break and a little extra room
and everyone stays safe .

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