Originally Posted by daytona45

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The thing that irritates me is when I get over to let you on the freeway and you want to turtle race me that just cranks me up.either hit the brakes and let me out of the hammer lane or go on by but don't hang me out there and I know there are some drivers out there who do this intentionally with ungoverned trucks cause it as happened to me .They will hang you out there let traffic backup behind you wait for other drivers to start yelling at you to get out of the hammer lane and then speed off.

Originally Posted by danc694u

That trips my trigger faster than anything

Another issue. Having a complete jack ##### blow your doors off, then having to pass him minutes later...cuz he's on the **** cell phone, not paying attention, driving 63 mph in his triple digit truck.

Originally Posted by ssbowles

Although the majority of the time I will go with the "courtesy" side of this disagreement, and back off enough for the passer to get by me.....I do agree with Tip wholeheartedly. If I'm running a light trailer at 67, and you're running heavy at 68...WTF??? Why did you jump out there in the hammer to begin with? And why is it MY problem to back off and show courtesy to the mile of vehicles that YOUR dumb ##### is holding up? Even if I did back of at this point, now I'm gonna end up trying to get past you again when you dog out on the next hill.
Of course, as someone else said, I could jump into the next pickle park and kill a few minutes.....but what fun would that be?

Originally Posted by milestogo

Too-Tall,

As others have suggested, drop it down to 63 for 5 minutes or so. I did it whenever I was in the middle of seemingly endless congestion, and avoided unwelcome and unnecessary tension. What's it really cost to do that, 5 or 10 miles in an 8-10 driving day? Let's face it, some days it takes very little to get our goats. Flip the cruise down from time to time, take a sip of water, whistle a favorite song, envision the pretty girl you saw at your last stop. Do whatever it takes to stop the annoyances from owning your day. It's worth every one of the 5-10 miles you might sacrifice.

Originally Posted by evertruckerr

I also drive a 65MPH truck. There is on sure fire way to avoid a driver like this.

Slow down, let him by, run a 63 for 10 minutes and you'll never see him again.

Or just catch the next rest area, take a 15min break.

It is easy to put the blame on the other driver, but once you decided to not to let him by you have just become as bad as him.

I've had this discussion in truck stops with other drivers, and they never like to hear this, but it is nothing more than another form of road rage. BY YOU!

Part of being a "professional" drivers is not only taking responsibility for your own actions, but being able to adjust to others on the road, 4wheelers and big trucks alike.

When you got into this battle of wills, did it ever occur to you to look in your mirror and see how many vehicles were being involved in your dispute. Did it ever occur to you that tempers were being fueled not only by the moron trying to pass you, but also by your own stubbornness.

Do you ever have a truck passing you at a very slow rate and simply reach over to your cruise and knock it down 2mph and let him by. In this way it takes 10 secs to be passed instead of 10 minutes.

Your anger will only make the situation worse, it will NEVER, NEVER make things better.

Not all drivers will be courteous or professional, but if you make it a point to be, that's one closer.