Truck drivers!
"Utopian Overlord"
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,180
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From: Union, Mississippi
Yep, I've jumped the gun on a truck that was changin' lanes...so now truck drivers everywhere are writin' 'bout what a bunch of bums Harley riders are.
And I've had a fuel truck drop a 2" iron pipe onto the freeway just in front of me, impaling my Chevy 1500.
But I'll NEVER forget the 18-wheeler who veered into my lane even though he didn't need to, without using a signal, so he could intercept the loose tire that the truck in front of him had shed. He had to explain a smashed grill to the boss, but I didn't. Hope he got a big fat raise.
Yeah, I'm biased. My mom was a truck driver.
And I've had a fuel truck drop a 2" iron pipe onto the freeway just in front of me, impaling my Chevy 1500.
But I'll NEVER forget the 18-wheeler who veered into my lane even though he didn't need to, without using a signal, so he could intercept the loose tire that the truck in front of him had shed. He had to explain a smashed grill to the boss, but I didn't. Hope he got a big fat raise.
Yeah, I'm biased. My mom was a truck driver.
Road Captain
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 579
Likes: 1
From: eastern NC
Rooster, why would you jump the gun on a truck changing lanes for?
Not trying to **** in your cornflakes, I really enjoy reading your post, but if the truck changes lanes then you can take on off like a bat out of hell.
Trucks are slow, when they have their momentum up and they signal a lane change and you dont jump around them they can merge on over safely.
Also if they need to make a turn a little ways up the road and someone keeps them from merging, then another then another, they may miss their turn and have to find somewhere to turn around and double back, or they may just move on over on you!
See you have to look at it from a truck drivers prospective, im not saying all truck drivers are right, but all of them are not wrong either.
The ownership belongs to both sides.
Not trying to **** in your cornflakes, I really enjoy reading your post, but if the truck changes lanes then you can take on off like a bat out of hell.
Trucks are slow, when they have their momentum up and they signal a lane change and you dont jump around them they can merge on over safely.
Also if they need to make a turn a little ways up the road and someone keeps them from merging, then another then another, they may miss their turn and have to find somewhere to turn around and double back, or they may just move on over on you!
See you have to look at it from a truck drivers prospective, im not saying all truck drivers are right, but all of them are not wrong either.
The ownership belongs to both sides.
senior experienced all-knowing leader of the unwise
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,957
Likes: 351
From: USA
Couple years ago we rode 100 miles across I 40 on saturday afternoon. Lots of trucks. Now you can't help looking in your mirror and seeing 10 bikes in formation running 80 mph side by side in the left lane. Most people understand that's a club riding like that and not a bunch of posers and give them room. Oh no, Mr. Truckdriver. Just flash your signal twice, come over right in front of us, and do one of those 5 mile passes of a 64 MPH truck and you can only do 65 MPH. This happened over and over and over again!!! By the time we got there i really really didn't like truckdrivers any more and i am one.
Most Wanted
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 6,345
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From: ( . )( . )
Not all truck drivers are reckless and to think so is not being honest. There are way more reckless cagers than truckers. I see them everyday. I remember growing up and seeing "courtesy pays" signs all over the interstates, I don't see many now. It doesn't matter what you drive, a bike, a car, or a big rig, there is a lot of responsibility involved when one takes to the public roadways, which is something many don't think about until it's too late.
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 930
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From: Northwest WI
I've heard from a reliable source that some of the trucking companies send their recruiters into the inner cities to recruit drivers off the street corners. Biggest thing many of these city people ever drove was a car before they get to the driving academy. I'm not bashing people for taking a job and trying, Just sayin....there's inexperience and you can't teach the kind of experience that we have been accustomed to in years past. I know of one wreck down by Waukesha, WI where a new driver was in a wreck out on I-94 and just walked away and left the rig on the road for the coppers to deal with. Poor fella couldn't handle the stress of the job.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 9,918
Likes: 4,688
From: West Texas Sandhills
This isn't anything new. I sold my truck and got off of the road in 1987 and this is one reason why I gave it up. Back then, they were called the "new breed" of drivers.
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Joined: May 2009
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What happened to the day when truck drivers were considered the gold standard of driving? The past few years it seems you're as likely to get cutoff by a truck driver as you are a Camry or a mini van. I'm talking big rigs, 18 wheelers. Seems at least once or twice a week I have one just pull right into my lane in front of me and cut me off.
Could just be my luck, but I have always felt that 75% of the class A license holders are out to kill me when I am on a bike......In my lifetime, I have never felt they were the gold standard.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,460
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From: pasco county FL
My personal opinion is the WORST companies are those that HAVE to advertise 52 weeks a year either in local newspapers or the little trucking job opportunity books you see in truckstops . The best are those that NEVER have to advertise . The difference ? The good/great one's have a waiting list of people wanting to work for them , because of a reputation among driver's that they WANT to work there! The others ? Just wanting a warm body , if they were even decent , why would people vacate the seat you are about to fill?