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More than 250,000 part numbers in stock. One great guide for finding what you need. Doe no match for midnight snow PREVENTABLE or NOT? It National Parts Guide, www.fleetpride.com was midnight, and the wind was howling like a hound dog as trucker John Doe fought his way toward Woonsocket, S.D., peering intently through his windshield at a major blizzard. He was plowing his way through deep snow on Persnickety Pike at 35 mph with a heavily laden 53-foot dry-freight van in tow. Appropriately, the local country-western channel was playing "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere." At least Doe had a big Thermos of ultra- Driving at mid- night in blizzard conditions and deep snow, John Doe's tractor slid into a fallen oak tree that had blocked the road. Was this a pre- ventable accident? strong coffee obtained from Aunt Fanny's Truck Stop to keep him alert and warm. Suddenly, his headlights illuminated a strange "something" on the road ahead ... Great gal- lopin' gophers! Persnickety Pike was blocked partially by a giant tree! Feverishly pumping the brakes, Doe locked a death grip on the steering wheel, but his frantic, heroic attempts to save the day did no good: His tractor slid into the fallen oak with a resounding "WHOMP!" Doe wasn't hurt, but his bumper was brutalized, and a few days later, his mood became traumatized when he received a warning letter for a preventable accident from his safety director. Doe contested the ruling, and the National Safety Council was asked to 88 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | DECEMBER 2012 resolve the dispute. NSC immediately upheld the preventable ruling, not- ing that Doe clearly had been overdriving his headlights and was going too fast for blizzard conditions with deep snow on a dark road. Text INFO to 205-289-3554 or visit www.ccjdigital.com/info

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