Well I had no truck to sell, but I been out of the truck since Nov 7, 2000. Not worked since. Not been able to. I'll give anythiong to be able to go back. But I am leaving Oct 24 to live over seas so I can afford to live. Disability The Pits....

Trucker images. Staying clean one thing, but not what I seen that hurts it. And I think everyone will agree me on this. The Cowboy Truck Driver who tail gates, and drives reckless. Living 100 miles from Atlanta, I still hear those Killer truck drivers..

Uhhhh... That's more than we really need to know.

No, I don't care to smell like a baby's or anyone elses behind, thank me very much. The wipes are a good idea, though.

I do the same thing myself.

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You wanna know what bugs me about todays trucker....TAILGATING!!!
It has gotten out of control. I drive local now and I drive a gas truck and you wouldn't beleive the truckers that will tailgate me just because I am in the middle lane and can't get over. I holla at them on the cb and most will not answer when i say "hey buddy I AM A FULLY LOADED GAS TRUCK WITH 8400 GALLONS OF DEATH..IF I HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES....WE ARE GOING TO BURN"....AND OF COURSE.....RADIO SILENCE!! Truckers today drive like complete idiots!....It seems that truckers will tailgate you as a way of saying "hey you are in my way....move...and now. I am sorry to say that we as truckers are bringing this bad image of ourselves on ourselves. I am really frustrated with the things I see out there.

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slowmotion1065 wrote:
Jeeper Keepers did not have anything to do with a truck. In the first movie that was not a truck he dove that was a delivery van, like something a milk man would drive. I bet you refer to a pickup as a truck like the media does.

coastie wrote:
The ones I have seen doing this was not even wearing a cowboy hat. Are you sure they were Cowboy Truck Drivers?

Yes it is the drivers fault! We are all responsible for our own behavior. I have crawled out of my truck to find multiple urine bottles and plastic bags of feces in the parking lot next to my truck. I've also seen guys taking a leak in the fuel island at truck stops. I would almost bet that these are the same guys who think nothing of eating a piece of food off of the floor of their truck after walking through a parking lot full of this stuff.

reguardless of weather a 4 wheeler "pulls a stupid stunt"or not WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE PROFESSIONIALS HERE! your average person driving down the road in there car doesn't realise the mistakes they make while driving,and since the most of us will drive more miles in about 6 to 8 weeks than joe public drives in a year we are expected to show the public we are the professionals.NOTHING I MEAN NOTHING makes me any madder than when i'm in my 4 wheeler driving allong "at god forbid"the speed limit on a 2 lane road and here comes "billy big rigger" trying to see if he can push the"stupid 4 wheeler" out of his way cause he's gotta go.i have been a professional driver for about 10 and a half years and its things like this that make me just want to hang the keys up and say the hell with it all.i'm at the point i'm tired of being grouped in with the drivers who don't deserve to hold a comercial licence,the ones who shouldn't be allowed to pull a little red wagon down the sidewalk.I'm not claiming i'm perfect but i make a hundred percent effort every day to be the truck that no one rembers traveling down the highway with.because its a fact that people only rember the driver who tried to intimidate them on the road or the one they witnesed doing it to someone else.they dont rember the truck that didn't tailgate,or try to intimidate just because were bigger

I passed an O/O today with a nice clean older FLD. We were on a limited access US highway with 65 MPH limit. I was running 67-68.

He then passed the cars in front of him, passed me, and was about 8 feet off of a Honda's bumper, while running by my guess 75. He stayed on the Honda's bumper for several miles. There were a couple of cars in the next lane, so he could not pass on the right. Why the honda did not pull into the right lane I don't know.

He kept getting closer to the Honda, until I thought he would eventually hit it.

After they were pretty far in front of me the driver slowed down and got into the right lane. I caught back up, passed him, then he exited the road.

He was a local container driver, so he knew where he was going. He ended up getting to his exit after I did, and left a bad image of all truck drivers to the Honda driver, and anyone else who saw this happen.

When the 68 MPH mantadory speed comes up for consideration, the public will demand it be passed. Mostly because of people like this person, only one of many I see every day and night who drive this way.

I was an O/O for years, so I am not picking on them. This driver just happened to be one, and a pitiful excuse of one too.

>I will say that I am one of the FEW Drivers that actually has the ability to judge distances between vehicles thereby negating the incessant stupidity like other drivers to tailgate before passing.
>I can foresee(especially in daylight) which vehicles are to be eventually passed given that they remain upon the highway and that the highway remains open given all the construction areas and speed limit fluctuations nationwide.
>I refuse to tailgate unless of course in heavy traffic of which there is no recourse and especially in the lane ending scenario of which we all know.
>I do my part to help these folk that want to run the lane out, stay at the end of the lane simply because "they're sooo special". Maybe next time they'll consider an alternate idea like moving into the one lane a little ways BEFORE the ending of the other. Trucks, 4-wheelers receive the same conmsideration from me in these lane ending scenarios.
>I have received the same consideration when I thot myself as more important that the rest, so I hand out the same accordingly.
>>I ONLY MOVE for Emergency vehicles<<

I simply love it when some truck driver "climbs my donkey" in the hopes that I'll move so this driver can attain the glory of being in front when I'm in the GRANNY LANE. I usually do not move nor do I have the cb on to listen to their epithets. When I'm in my 4-wheeler, I refuse to relinquish my place in traffic as well when I'm in the GRANNY LANE.

As to cornering, I'll sometimes go wide when performing a left turn in my 4-wheeler yet this is usually because of the increasing amounts of inconsiderate drivers (trucks, 4-wheelers) that feel compelled to roll past the intersection lines.

Driving whether or not in a Truck is getting to be a challenge every day and is testing the limits of what we can tolerate.
The stupider drivers are getting, the more risky it appears to be a driver, yet there have always been some inherrent risks in driving, these are just parts of the equation.

Do the best you can with what you have to work with as this is all you can really do.

~Eric G. uv NC~

I like to run the lanes out to help get back up to speed when I just topped a mountain.

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I was called into the safety department a few weeks back because a lady from Colorado had called in on me for driving dangerously she said. Anyway she had called the safety man and told him that she had followed me out of town on Hwy 50 a 4 lane divided highway. She told him I was in the right lane and that I changed lanes rite in front of here to pass a car and then I got back in the right lane and then up the road she said I changed lanes rite in front of her again to pass a car and then I got back in the right lane.

My safety Director said he was kinda confussed at what she was saying.

He asked her if I was speeding and she said she was going 5 mph over the speed limit and she was rite their with me so I must have been doing 5 mph over too.

He asked her If I used my turn signals when I changed lanes and she said yes he did.

He asked her if I was weaving while in my lane or not keeping my truck in the lane I was driving in and she said no.

He aked her if I was tailgating the cars that I was passing she said no.

He aked her where she was driving and she said in the left lane.

He asked her the whole time while following me, she said yes.

He asked her why she didn't pass me, she said that she was afraid to get a speeding ticket.

So he ask her if she was in the right lane and came up on a vehicle and was wanting to pass and I was in the left lane and was going the same speed she was and was even with her back bumper and she would be unable to pass, would that upset you, she said yes I don't think trucks should be that close and give room for cars to pass. He almost fell out of his chair he said. He told her to give semis plenty of room because they are much larger. He explained to her about blind spots and sugested next time she is in that situation to go ahead and pass the truck. He told her he would talk to the driver and told her to drive safe!

I told him about the same thing, she stayed out in the left lane almost even with the back end of my flatbed and was running the same speed I was. When I slowed down because she was rite their and I was coming up behind a car she slowed down too. So I just put the turn signal on and counted to 5 and changed lanes passed the car and resumed by cruise back to 70 and their she is again. Go figure. Must have been a blonde.