Posted on 12/13/2006 7:41:20 AM PST by Jay777
There's no reason he should ever need to learn to do the other half of the job. [/sarc]
I wonder what they've got up their sleeves this time? Luckily, other truckers are no doubt keeping their eyes open.
When I ran a local fleet and receiving department, fruit haulers from Cali would pull into the lot, pop into my office and say, "Where's your spotter?"
So, this is not suspicious. He overstayed his visa. Have a nice trip home.
Ping
He was a busy little bee. Not suspicious, huh?
Here's an idea. Just ban all Muslims from entering the country until further notice..
Ohhhh...TRucking student.
So, this is not suspicious
Not sure I totally agree with you here. Having driven some large vehicles in my time, I would always use a "spotter" as a safety percaution while backing the truck up.
To me, asking for a spotter is a bit different than not want to know how to back a rig up at all.
Not sure there is a "plot" involved here, but better safe than sorry...and with the expired visa, send him home.
We in the profession have a saying..."any moron can drive a rig forward. Backing up requires skill"
This moron was up to no good.......
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"So, does this mean the next coordinated attack is going to somehow involve big rigs?"
Sounds like it to me. Here's hoping we do a better job of spotting the danger than we did before 9/11.
I needed to know how to back up for a simple operators license. I'm pretty sure backing up is required to get a CDL.
"Here's an idea. Just ban all Muslims from entering the country until further notice.."
We should have done that five years ago.
Step one: Prison.
Step two: Deportation.
(Step two to take place in, oh, fifty-sixty years.)
Good work by the instructors.
One such "truck driving school" owner/operator from Kansas City has a "truck driving school" was arrested this past summer for arranging to have his "students" only take their tests for licensing on a certain day when they would be assured to have a specific person working who made sure that everyone passed. The DMV employee that was "assisting" on passing those "students" was also arrested. (Probably let go as he is a Civil Servant, guaranteed to keep his job and pay grade above all else.)
An interesting sidebar - all of those students were Muslims, many from African countries presumably brought here on "humanitarian" outreach programs.
I wonder how carefully they are inspecting trucks passing over major bridges and through major tunnels (e.g. Verrazzano Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel, etc.). I know they were doing it quite a bit for a while, but as I have not passed through any of the major NY area bridges and tunnels lately, I don't know if they're still performing random inspections of large vehicles there.
Of course, it would still be possible for the Islamo-nutjobs to do the mother of all Oklahoma City bombings someplace else where security might not be tight, but the potential to kill lots of innocent people is high (and the Islamo-fascists just love places like that).
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