Ice Road Truckers Episode: 05 - Midseason Mayhem

[Rocky]

Here is what History.com says about it:

It's half way through the grueling ice road season. Six hundred truckers
have ferried more than 4,000 loads to the northern mines. They still have
6,000 left to go, but everyday roadblocks threaten their progress. Going a
few miles over the speed limit is one thing on a regular road, but on ice
it's a different story. Blowouts are appearing in the ice as a result of
reckless speeding. Other trucks come to a standstill when a fuel tanker
overturns on the Ingraham Trail. The wreck not only blocks traffic, but it's
a potential environmental disaster. Rescue crews race to prevent a diesel
spill from contaminating the Yellowknife River, the only water supply for
this entire outpost.

http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=228742

I watched part of last night and saw the person that left but not much else.

Anything cool besides the tanker on it's side?

[spinner]

I found it interesting how people are fined for speeding - instead
of paying a big cash fine, they're shut down for a certain number of days.
Imagine if the states worked like that. Instead of having to drive
even harder to make up for a fine, the driver would get a rest. Also,
it would remove the incentive for states to (ab)use truckers as a revenue
source.

The other major "event", if you're into wrecks, was TJ clipping the back
end of a pickup truck during his first few miles in that shiny new Volvo
loaned to him by another driver. It was just a fender-bender, maybe
because the pickup could slide sideways on the ice when struck. There
weren't any injuries but there may be one when the Volvo's owner sees his
truck!

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> Anything cool besides the tanker on it's side?

Just seemed like more of the same - long commercials periodically
interrupted by brief over-dramatized segments of not much happening,
interspersed with clips that have already appeared a dozen times in an
attempt to drag the show out even more so they can sell still more
commercials.

I'm debating whether to even bother watching the next one.

[gringo]

the documentary was excellent. but the series is second rate.

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[Rocky]

"gringo" <gri...@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:rkAri.12276$ae7....@bignews7.bellsouth.net...

The following was posted about the "Ice Road Truckers" not too long ago:

"NEW YORK - The series premiere of ICE ROAD TRUCKERS, which debuted June 17
on The History Channel, hauled in a record number of viewers, making it the
No. 1 original telecast in network history, based on Nielsen's Fast Cable
Ratings."

More at:

http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2007/6/20/ICEROADTRUCKERSpremieredrawsbigaudiences.aspx

[gringo]

Premiere-- based on the documentary's popularity.

Likewise with the documentary soon followed by a series about catching fish.

> More at:
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> http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2007/6/20/ICEROADTRUCKERSpremieredrawsbigaudiences.aspx