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28 • May 15-31, 2019 Features<br />
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that has nothing to do with the story. And<br />
then there’s the hardheads whose minds<br />
aren’t open to anything they don’t already<br />
believe.<br />
Then there is the one inevitable idiot who<br />
writes “I’m only here for the comments,”<br />
like he’s expecting it can get a laugh for the<br />
millionth time.<br />
But I have to say, compared to the world<br />
at large, the comments I see from truckers on<br />
our website and other truck-centric websites<br />
tend to stay more on point and be far more<br />
insightful. I was reminded of that recently<br />
after we ran a story about that young driver<br />
who lost control of his truck near Denver and<br />
caused a 28-vehicle pileup.<br />
That story occurred late in the week, and<br />
I recall someone commenting early on how<br />
they’d love to get some follow-up on exactly<br />
what happened to cause such a horrific crash.<br />
I told myself that when I came back on Monday,<br />
I’d follow up and report on what had<br />
been ascertained over the weekend.<br />
The first place I stopped was our own<br />
website, where I found several of our readers<br />
had beaten me to it. They’d been following<br />
every report they could find, and in the reader<br />
comments they were sharing the information,<br />
along with their own insights based on<br />
experience. In minutes, they brought me up<br />
to date and then some. They gave me perspective<br />
I’d have never gotten from a news<br />
release.<br />
Now, that’s what all reader comments<br />
should be like.<br />
I’m not saying we don’t occasionally get<br />
comments that go off the deep end. Even<br />
among rational commenters, I get a sense<br />
that if someone could harness the untapped<br />
anger that permeates this industry, we could<br />
abandon diesel, electric and hydrogen tomorrow<br />
and run America’s trucks on pure rage.<br />
Still, I have found that the trucking community<br />
is similar to gym culture in that when<br />
you open the floor to discussion, there is a lot<br />
of insight to be had. I have found that online,<br />
and I have found it to be the case in person.<br />
There are endless studies and analyses<br />
done about trucking, and I have access to<br />
some of the most brilliant minds to dedicate<br />
themselves to this profession. Their expertise<br />
is been invaluable, but it’s what I pick<br />
up from drivers that fills in the cracks the<br />
experts and company officials leave behind.<br />
So, in case you’re a commenter or have<br />
thought about being a commenter and you’ve<br />
wondered if anyone is paying attention, keep<br />
reading, and I’ll do the same. 8<br />
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