This weather is imparitive. And instructors use accidents like i cant say what happened in that trailer is comming off the Hawkeye Community college todays high winds were the first time they experienced that added danger. You could be going down the road just fine, one minute and experience marty kroeneckes best advice to his students. Be prepared for the unexpected. You never know when that next gust is going to come, when its going to go down. Riding along i could try handling a semi in 50 mile wasnt easy. Hartman it only took a few minutes of driving the simulator eight hours. Its not only mentally, but its because you are constantly making corrections on the tractor trailer. On days like these semi drivers are trained to take it slower. And as drivers sharing the road its important we give semis even more room than normal around them. So they can react to those sudden gusts of wind. Weve got you covered live in waterloo. Jessica hartman kwwl news. The instructors at hawkeye saying