Highway Alert! DOT's response!

Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:11:29 -0500
From: "DOTComments" View Contact Details Add Mobile Alert
Subject: RE:'DBMainID=109-402' Concern for highway safety!
To: "John Jacobs"
Dear Mr. Jacobs,

To file a complaint against a motor carrier, please contact the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Hotline for Household Goods/Driver Complaints by calling 1-888-DOT-SAFT (1-888-368-7238) or by filling out a webform at: http://nccdb.fmcsa.dot.gov/HomePage.asp
For further assistance, please contact the FMCSA Field Office nearest you: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/about/contact/offices/displayfieldroster.asp



To contact FMCSA Headquarters in Washington , DC , please see: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/contactus/hq.htm

For unsafe driving by vehicles not registered with the US DOT, you may want to contact state/local law enforcement.

Sincerely,

Reference Services
National Transportation Library
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
U. S. Department of Transportation
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Jacobs (jangusjohn@yahoo.com)
Date: Monday, December 03, 2007 06:41 PM
To: DOTComments (dot.comments@ost.dot.gov)
Subject: RE: Concern for highway safety!

Thank you for your response.
I am a professional truck driver. I am presently leasing a truck from Underdog Trucking, Gilbert AZ. I drive from California to Florida hauling mostly produce now. I started experiencing these attacks shortly after driving for J B Hunt in May and June time frame until as present as last night on I-8 going into Ca..

These are mostly white people driving several different vehicles including commercial motor vehicles. The POV's most common are GMC pickups and SUV's. I have taken down license numbers and truck numbers. Most of the time, I am driving very defensively in order to stay a head of these guys.

I don't know why they have targeted me but I have experienced this harassing behavior on several major highways in several different states.
To name a few:
-I-85 (Between Atlanta Ga and Charlotte NC- Greenville SC & Spartanburg area being the worst stretch),
-I-485,
-I-285 around Atlanta (the complete loop-I have tried both sides no difference),
-I -20 (from beginning to end in TX- Longview and Ft Worth TX area recently being the worst stretches),
-I-10 (from I-75 in Fl to the end in Ca- El Paso & San Antonio TX and Ca. area being the worst areas),
and
I-40 (from its beginning into Tenn- OK City area being the worst).

The fact that this has happened to me from coast to coast is alarming to me and I believe that I can't be the only one. I have called these people a syndicate because of this. I am ex-military and police therefore I know the importance of reporting these matters to the authorities for my safety and others. I don't know how they track me but I believe they use cell phones to organize their attack because I see them on the phone often.

I can now see the set-up as it is coming together more often and back out of it which causes it to fall apart. But there are several times when they have almost caused me to have an accident. There most common set-up is an on-ramp situation with several of these vehicles speeding down the ramp, then another vehicle which is often languishing in my blind spot until the right time then speeding by on my left preventing me from getting over. The clincher is the lead vehicle coming on the Highway slows down shortly after getting on causing a near rear-end collision or sideswipe.


Thank you for your immediate consideration and response to my reply.



John Jacobs
678-270-0982



DOTComments wrote:
Dear Mr. Jacobs,

Are these commercial motor vehicles with DOT numbers?

Sincerely,

Reference Services
National Transportation Library
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
U. S. Department of Transportation
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Jacobs (jangusjohn@yahoo.com)
Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 08:47 AM
To: dot.comments@dot.gov (dot.comments@dot.gov)
Subject: Concern for highway safety!

Hello,

I am John Angus Jacobs, a professional truck driver. I drive from cosat to coast. I have reported on several occasions to the FBI, US Representatives (Rep. John Lewis-Ga, and Rep Danny Davis-IL) and well as the press (Michael Baisden national radio show) about people who I call "Highway Terrorist" because they try to cause accidents and traffic slow downs(which cause accidents). This has happened to on several of our major highways; I-10, I-85, I-20, and I-40 to name a few.
I am really getting concerned now because they track me and know where I am going. This has got to be against the Law. Please contact me in refer to this concern ASAP.
John Angus Jacobs
678-270-0982
678-522-6397
Thank you for your immediate response...