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Intermediate
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 42
Likes: 2
From: OK
I've been a commercial driver for twenty-two years and still can't understand why people pull in front of you as soon as they pass you!!! I don't think they understand that i'm not leaving the roadway and killing myself if something unexpected happens....I've pulled doubles with fuel (very dangerous) and still no consideration on the road. I get more respect on my bike
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 15,389
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From: Upstate N.Y.-Rochester Area
All of you be safe and alert for those that can't/won't think.
My best friend from childhood was a life long trucker, just retired.
For a while he was hauling milk from the farms to the processing plants in New England.
Lot's of fun on those mountain dirt roads in the winter.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 28,842
Likes: 16,580
From: Wisconsin, USA
Thanks for the heads up. But here in Wisconsin, semis sometimes force you to take risks to pass them. As more trucks are governed, they can take forever to pass each other. Sometimes 10- 20 mph under the traffic flow. If you're on a 2 lane interstate, with lots of trucks, you might not have safe margins for breaking through the blockade. So if it happens to you "all the time", there may be a reason for that.
Tourer
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 438
Likes: 160
From: Waxhaw, NC
On the other hand, I have had some big rigs come barreling down on me on a two lane, and ride right on my back bumper to "encourage" me to go a little faster. Stopping distance not as important in this situation?
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Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,362
Likes: 13
From: georgetown ky
31 years driving a tractor trailer. Its f'n amazing how people get home everyday and as we all know some don't. with all the distractions in the car. kids yelling mom or dad texting. every time i look down theres the driver staring at the cell phone.I can go on and on.
got to get going another day on the road. be safe
got to get going another day on the road. be safe
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2015
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From: Marion NC / Lake Norman NC / Panama City Fla
Thanks for the heads up. But here in Wisconsin, semis sometimes force you to take risks to pass them. As more trucks are governed, they can take forever to pass each other. Sometimes 10- 20 mph under the traffic flow. If you're on a 2 lane interstate, with lots of trucks, you might not have safe margins for breaking through the blockade. So if it happens to you "all the time", there may be a reason for that.
I travel from PC to Charlotte often and on some two lane highways there are these trucks that try to pass other trucks for miles. The are doing 66mph and blocking left lane traffic. I often wonder why the truckers in the right lane don't slow down a bit to let the other pass. Its as if the car traffic is being toyed with by the commercial traffic.
But as a mariner/biker I heed to the gross tonnage rule and give those 18 wheelers plenty of berth....