Tracy Morgan in accident (1 Viewer)

[Arizona Ron]

Never heard of it being called the Black Dragon.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

The Albino Black Dragon is what I have always called my...nevermind.

 

[Michael Brown]

I googled black dragon nj. Apparently it's the name of a book about racial profiling on the pike. Not sure where the author came up with it either

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

There's currently a law or regulation that the trucking companies are fighting that would tighten up the rules regarding how long a driver can drive consecutively, when they have to sleep etc.

Yep. Congress is on it. Need to overturn those nasty anti-business regulations put out by this administration!

 

[butcher boy]

I love when a woman gags

 

[GroveDiesel]

Can't believe anyone is defending the truck driver.

It was an accident.

Getting behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler after not sleeping for 24 hours isn't an accident.

 

[PinkydaPimp]

Can't believe anyone is defending the truck driver.

It was an accident.

Getting behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler after not sleeping for 24 hours isn't an accident.

So let me ask this. Do the industries using these drivers have any sort of regulations regarding how much sleep a driver must have? i know that pilots if they hit a certain threshold cant fly. Do truck drivers have the same? If they do and the driver violated these regulations, thats a huge difference between a driver making a very bad judgement in thinking they could drive.

 

[-jb-]

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/new-hours-service-safety-regulations-reduce-truck-driver-fatigue-begin-today

FMCSA's new hours-of-service final rule:

Limits the maximum average work week for truck drivers to 70 hours, a decrease from the current maximum of 82 hours;

Allows truck drivers who reach the maximum 70 hours of driving within a week to resume if they rest for 34 consecutive hours, including at least two nights when their body clock demands sleep the most - from 1-5 a.m., and;

Requires truck drivers to take a 30-minute break during the first eight hours of a shift.

The final rule retains the current 11-hour daily driving limit and 14-hour work day.

 

[belljr]

Any people that live in NJ had any idea that the NJTP was known as the black dragon? Lived here all my life and this is the first I've heard it called that. Pretty badass name for a roadway.

lived here my whole life and never heard it called that either.

42 years here. ..not true never heard that.now sure kill drive is standard

 

[NutterButter]

The black dragon strikes again

"It's always been a real source of pride for someone to say 'I worked The Black Dragon," said retired New Jersey State Police Maj. Al Della Fave. "They don't even allow troops to go out there too soon -- they want you to have minimum 18 months experience before you're even allowed to patrol The Turnpike."

 

[Apple Jack]

GB the funcooker.

 

[None_More_Black]

The black dragon strikes again

"It's always been a real source of pride for someone to say 'I worked The Black Dragon," said retired New Jersey State Police Maj. Al Della Fave. "They don't even allow troops to go out there too soon -- they want you to have minimum 18 months experience before you're even allowed to patrol The Turnpike."

The NJ turnpike at 1am on the weekend is a ghost town. Love this black dragon media crap. Try the parkway or route one at 7am on a workday.