Hitting the rumble strips?

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  1. BigHeadWeb

    BigHeadWeb Light Load Member

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    I was driving back from Ottawa to Toronto the other day, and I was behind a guy who looked like he was driving over the rumble strips on purpose. He'd swing over, drive on them for a couple hundred metres, then get back in the lane. Is there a reason to do this, or was he maybe trying to get his dashboard hula girl going?
     
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  3. Oaker

    Oaker Medium Load Member

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    Windy, sleepy or trying to get you off his back...
     
  4. Wild Murphy

    Wild Murphy HAPPY TRUCK DRIVER

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    I had a trainer that would lock his left arm against the left door with his hand in the wheel so he could try to drive straight while watching his phone and scrolling with his right hand. Only when he started hitting the rumble strip would slowly look up and straighten up a little and do it again.
    I confronted him about this and he got angry and said he was skilled enough to do both drive and scroll. I told him if I catch him again I was reporting him immediately. Then I asked him did he do this while I was asleep. He said no. Two nights later, rumble rumble. Luckily I finished training a few days later. This was a 30 year driver, not a newbie.
     
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  5. BigHeadWeb

    BigHeadWeb Light Load Member

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    I thought he might be trying to wake himself up. It wasn't windy, and I was well behind him (I had my cruise locked at 103 and he'd passed me).
     
  6. PayCheck

    PayCheck Medium Load Member

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    I'll do that to pick up rocks if I'm being tailgated.
     
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  7. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    My guess would be he was getting sleepy.
     
  8. HorseShoe

    HorseShoe Road Train Member

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    This. Mostly I do it to 4 wheelers when they're tailgating me with their brights on
     
  9. Cat sdp

    Cat sdp . .

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    Sometimes I run the rumble strips to make a lot of noise for the local residents ....
     
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  10. misterG

    misterG Road Train Member

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    I just do it for fun........to make noise.
     
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  11. cnsper

    cnsper Road Train Member

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    He was listening to "The Shake" by Neil McCoy and just had to get the hula girl going.
     
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