Journal Entry for January 15, 2026
Just when you think it couldn't happen, it happened. I am thankful no one got hurt or in an accident. This afternoon a very large 18-wheeler semi-trailer truck decided to make an illegal U-Turn on an eight-lane Long Prairie Road. This is a major road in Flower Mound with four lanes coming and going. Each side had six lanes and two turning lanes. There was no traffic light. The truck driver used all eight lanes to make the U-turn. That means the driver had two steering wheels at the front, and four axles on the rear, along with double wheels on either side of the tandem axles.
I was several cars back in my little car and could not get the license number. The speed limit is 70 mph. I prayed drivers behind me would see the semi-truck making a U-turn with drivers ahead of me that also stopped.
This is the second time I had a scare like that. The previous incident occurred on a major Interstate 635 driving towards Dallas. In that incident, a different 18-wheeler truck was driving in the lane to the right of me, very fast and erratically. Traffic was heavy and I could not change lanes. Just as the trucker passed me, he swerved directly in front of me. I could see underneath the 18-wheeler truck before the truck driver crashed into another truck in front of me to the right. I am thankful for not being decapitated.
All truck driver companies should be investigated for illegal and incompetent truck drivers.
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