Big rig crashes into Texas City bayou

It took emergency crews more than five hours to pull an 18-wheeler from a bayou in Texas City, Texas on Wednesday. The driver had only minor injuries and no dangerous chemicals were released. Read more at http://www.galvnews.com.

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[billysbabygirl2011]

Apparently, you have no idea how hard it is to be a trucker... The life they live is harder than you believe. It may look easy from the outside, and losing control over one is a lot easier than you think as well. Especially with a tanker, since they are lighter than a dry van or grain wagon or reefer. Do your research and stop with the smartass comments on truckers since you obviously don't know what it's like.

[RebelDipper1995]

@billysbabygirl2011 thankyou!!!... i spent the first 10 yrs of my life ridin in trucks... and it still pisses me off when dumbass people say "its easy all u have to do is sit on your ass" i have to have a 2 or 3 hr conversation tellin them all about the dangers, stress, back breakin work, and the hardships it puts on the drivers families.. i hate smartasses like the on u were talkin about

[mrwhite4]

@RebelDipper1995 I hear stuff like "well truckers all you do is sit on your ass it's an easy job" I usually say "well why don't you do it then smart ass" "well I dun wanna work so many hours and be gone and drive so much and be out in bad weather " "well not so easy then huh?" I been driving 10 years man and I know what your saying..

[TheDb351c]

@beverwyck1 Back when I was driving, there were no limit on hours you could drive. I ate a proper diet, that is what kept me going, when I slept I rested my body, got all the sleep it needed. I will thank you to know that I never caused a single accident. We can go on with this pissing contest, at which you will lose, or move on like we are suppose to do. Good day

[beverwyck1]

@TheDb351c

And like i said working 18 hours a day is far from professional, its illegal plain and simple. Your only allowed 60 hours in a 7 day week and need a 10 hour reset before getting behind the wheel again after the previous day. So you either had more than one log book or was one very lucky driver who never had to deal with DOT. I wonder what kind of help you had working 18 hours a day on less than 6 hours of sleep. Maybe you never had an accident but how many did you cause?

[TheDb351c]

@beverwyck1 Just because You had more than one log book, doesn't mean everyone else does. Like I said before, be professional in your job and everything else that involves risking yours and other people's lives.

[beverwyck1]

@TheDb351c Just being professional in your job? Working 18 out of 24 hours for 21 years! Sounds real professional to me, how many log books did you have?

[TheDb351c]

@beverwyck1 I have been driving for 42 years and haven't had a single accident. I drove tractor trailer trucks for 21 year -- no accidents , no bumps , no scrapes, no nothing. I was on the road for 18 out of 24 hrs for 21 years. People need to pay attention to what they are doing, not cell phones, no texting, just keep yourself focused on the job at hand.I'll not say I've been lucky, just being professional in my job, and other driving in general.

[beverwyck1]

@TheDb351c If that's the case most people should be taken out of their cars because the national avg is that most people have a car accident every 14 years. 20+ years driving, well over a million miles accident free here, how about you?

[TheDb351c]

Typical driver error -- if you can't handle the rig, get to fuck out and let a professional do the job right

[mw2MASONPOPE]

damn water truck!!!!!!