Thought I'd share a positive experience while on an 8 day, 2600 mile trip through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia last week.

I can't say that I have experienced this while on US roads....anyway, we are riding one of the hiways at about 70 mph and need to pass a big rig. I notice (as I was riding last at the time) that the trucker actually moved way over to the right crossing the while line to give the biker more room to pass. I know it was on purpose as he, and others did the same thing again and again....how cool!

 

Hard to believe when you are on the road as much as I am that there are still curtious people out there. Great story thanks for sharing. Nice to hear once and a while.

 

I noticed that as well 2 years ago riding up there. Those are my People...proud to say.

 

I was heading on I-15 somewhere between Butte, Mt and Pocatelo, Id in some fairly steady rain. It was very windy and the spray was moving from right to left. I followed the semi for 5 or so miles. He moved to the left lane and let me pass than moved back to the right lane. Nice guy!!

 

I've actually found truckers to be way more polite to me on the bike than in a car. If I'm overtaking a truck coming up on another truck in the right lane, if I'm in my car they 99.9% of the time pull out to the passing lane and slow me down to .5 MPH faster than the truck they are passing......for miles.

But when I'm on the bike they almost always hit the brakes and let me pass. Which I appreciate.

 

I've had numerous positive encounters with long haul truck drivers when on my bike. I also stay where they can easily see me and pass quickly when I need to. My father drove big rigs, he was also a motorcyclist, more than forty years and told me once that he could probably count on one hand bad encounters with a motorcycle, he used words that cannot be repeated here for the four wheelers he had bad encounters with and I know they were many. As I remember he used those same words for encounters with four wheelers when he was on his motorcycle.

 

A lot of truckers seem to also be bikers. When I was driving truck,I moved to the right when bikes passed me,but I haven't noticed a lot of other truckers doing that.
I've also always tried to be more courteous to bikers than I am with 4-wheelers. I've always had a firm belief that at least 50% of car drivers don't belong on the highway.

 

50% is very generous if you ask me.

 

Drivers in TX also move over. But it's more often on the back roads.

 

I have went through Canada about 6 times. Each time I encountered courtious drivers on the road.

On the Alaskan Highway in B.C. vehicles would pull to the side and let us pass. Tourists in that area are a major source of revenue in the small towns. Most businesses have "Biker Friendly" sings posted on motels, gas stations and restaurants.

Canadians are good folks.