How does the following equation add for Trucker Tomo?????

smile+clear+75 mph+small road curve+locked front left wheel=?

Add a Smile billboard along the highway near Minot, North Dakota to blue skies and clear roads.  Add in a easy border crossing and again good road doing 75/mph.  Add in some traffic plus a small curve in the road and now throw in a  seized up front left wheel bearing and a locked up wheel.   

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Well the story goes something like this.....  Tomo headed out of Arkansas with the feeling that going north was not a good idea.  However the job was to take a load all the way north and so off he went.  After getting to Minot, North Dakota with beautiful blue skies, and clear roads, although the temperature was in the minus factors, Trucker Tomo spotted a billboard sign that said....

With this as your thought for the day, everything was going to go fine!!  So Tomo headed for the border and the crossing went smooth and all was in order.  

coming up to the border crossing!

Things seem to be going well.   Tomo is making good time and just passed Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.  He is heading toward Lloydminter, AB/SK.
Point of interest:  

There are two cities of the same name that are side by side in 

two different provinces and they are on two different time zones!!

Trucker Tomo is traveling on a Canada 16 which is a four lane divided highway.  He is coming up to Radisson, Saskatchewan.  There is light traffic on the road and Trucker Tomo is in the passing lane doing 75 mph where the road is coming into a gentle curve to the right.  

At this point, BIG RED has a shoe problem.  The truck's front left wheel bearing seizes up and the wheel locks up.  Big Red's left front tire is being dragged and blows out.  Our Trusty Trucker Tomo manages to keep the truck heading straight and keeps clear of any other vehicles.  As this road curves Trucker Tomo plows his truck off the road and into the snow bank in the center median between the north and south bound lanes.  Finally the truck comes to a stop and steam is pouring out of the engine.  

Now for the photo display:  

The plow job!

Snow collection!

The unhappy shoe!

The median between the north and south bound lanes. 

The Trucker's best friend:  Mr. Tow Truck!

The final excitement for the day was the chance to sit in the back of a Canadian Highway Patrol car.  With the temperatures in the minus factors, writing and explaining to the officer what happened, is better done in a warm place.  Since his vehicle was not warm anymore, and the officer's was ...... new experience... without hand cuffs.    

Trucker Tomo in the back of the Police car.