Well, for that matter, blind people have been issued hunting licenses.
Yes, really!
Just because something is legal, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a good idea.
I gave you a Thumbs Down for what you said and did not say…
You know someone who cannot read and did not take the test (for reason most likely not legal…). Tha means they have not even proven that they know what a Yield Sign means. Or Crosswalk, a Right Lane Ends Sign, a Triangular Sign, Road Crew Sign, etc…
You wrote the driver is question is a “Professional” which proves you do not know being a “Professional” means…
You wrote he made a mistake and probably forgot he was not driving on Indian roads… Making an Illegal U-Turn in India can be just as deadly…
You stated most truck drivers and ordinary drivers in Jamaica cannot read and their skills are superb behind the wheels. What makes you think so… Have you checked the driving statistics in Jamaica?
You do not think he is a bad driver or a bad person as I know these types of men out there trying their best to survive in a world already too tough for them. You are probably right in your mind, that a person who breaks most of the laws of this country is just doing his best… Well he snuck across the border, he was refused a license, he somehow managed to “finagle” a California CDL and he thought so highly of himself and so little of everyone else and that he did not have to obey the rules of the road either and that kills…
Yup, I bet he’s your type of man…
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Well, it he is, he is not alone…
You ARE being political
Please stop “pretending” you aren’t
And this is ALL ON YOU
Your meanings are EXTREMELY clear
Yet, when you get called out, you try to “pretend” we’re reading too much into it
No
We’re reading the EXACT message you intended to send all along
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+1
And, if we’re going to correct one widespread bit of misinformation, we might as well correct others–to wit–undocumented immigrants are NOT eligible for federal benefits such as government-subsidized healthcare, Social Security, Unemployment insurance, etc:
Ok. I accept that you rightfully disregarded my statement on the person in question being a professional truck driver. Being a professional would mean for him to maintain a clean safety record and obeying traffic signs.
When I said he is a professional, I was mainly stating the fact he is skilled behind the wheels. He can maneuver a huge truck in any situation.
But being skilled doesn’t correlate with being a professional, so I accept your disregard for my statement.
Having said this, it is very common thing in India and Jamaica for road signs to be ignored, especially ones that push a driver’s patience to the edge. For example: where I used to live ( right here in the USA) before I bought a home, there was a no enter sign next to my apartment prohibiting entry to a convenience store from left side. My apartment was located on the left side of the convenience store. In order to enter legally, one would need to enter from the right side. Since my apartment was on the left side, people had to drive all the way around the block to enter from the right side. Nobody in that area had the patience for that, so they violated the sign daily.
That’s what happened with this trucker. He needed to turn around but he didn’t want to drive miles and top of miles to make a legal turn, so he used an official access point to cheat, and sadly, it turned out badly.
@cdaquila Cleanup on aisle 47.
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Except how to reverse directions while travelling on a divided highway. I have always used an exit, then enter in the desired direction.
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Good point and reminder.
I wonder how far would the next exit be away from him ? 
If the sign was placed on private property (the store’s property or the apartment building’s property), it does not have the force of law.
Even if it was 30 miles down the road, the extra hour it would have taken would have been better.
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Yup!
Back in 2018, a “professional” driver caused a calamitous accident on I-80 in NJ when he decided to make his own rules for reversing direction.
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I can’t be the only one who has seen drivers backing-up on the shoulder of an interstate highway when they missed their exit. In most cases, the next exit was less than 5 miles away.
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My mother does not drive on the highway if it’s not necessary. She hates the highway.
This means she doesn’t fully understand how the highway works. So when she misses an exit, she panics. And when I say panic, I really, really mean panic. This is because she uses memory to drive rather than instructions despite she’s educated and a nurse.
She knows how to get to Manhattan using one route. And if she ever gets detoured or missed an exit, hell breaks out.
This is why you see some time people back up on the highway rather than to use the next exit.
And in that Snopes article it says you can get a Drivers license in some states but NOTHING about a CDL. CDL is totally different. The Snopes article also spells out they can’t legally get a job.
Whether it’s due to panic, or ignorance of the rules of the road, or just not giving a damn, the bottom line is that this type of driving behavior endangers others. You should not be defending that type of driving behavior, or trying to rationalize it.
If you buy your mother a modern GPS device, it will have “real time” guidance that automatically reroutes her if she misses an exit or if there is a road closure. Then–hopefully–she will no longer endanger herself and others by backing-up on a highway.
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As you already noticed, my writing style and approach to various situations is about being understanding of humans imperfection. I look into many things that could possibly cause an individual to make questionable errors before jumping to conclusion.
Many times I see comments from people accusing a driver of being a total idiot for backing up on a highway without concluding whether the person backing up might be experiencing fear, confusion, and the like.
It’s not about defending bad errors but rather that I’m aware we are still living in a physical body and haven’t yet ascended to heaven in our glorified body where there won’t be any excuse for making errors
Many things happen behind the wheels.
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