30 May, 2019 → by ClaimboUser757522
lineman service crew driving safety
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On the morning of Thursday 5/30/2019 around the 300 block of the Eastern Boulevard a linesman driving a truck cut me off forcing me into the median. He did so with no turn signal or warning, just shot the gap to what he thought was an open hole moving from center to the left lane. With traffic behind me and to my right the only defensive maneuver available was to slightly brake and weave into the median with the drivers side wheels of my vehicle. This is very uncharacteristic of Alabama Power Employees? APC Southern Company has always taken great care in the behavior, training, and safety practiced at every level by APC professionals. This guy was driving like he was in a Smart Car playing go carts. Not much of an exaggeration and doing so with a 10+ ton truck in traffic is inexcusable. I had to wait for a few cars to go by until someone would let me back on the Blvd. & was able to catch and get in front of the truck just before the light at the Sams Club to take the image below. At no time did I escalate or attempt to engage the driver however, he needs to learn how to act responsibly and SAFELY when representing APC operating that equipment around the general public. There were no alarms, lights, or indication of emergency response. Poor judgement in heavy traffic. Very uncharacteristic of SoCo representatives.