Trucks that tail gate cars

3 things:

1. Legislation: Bonehead traffic laws have no use but population control.
2. Idiot truck driver: Hasnt learned how to flow with traffic
3. And the biggest reason why you get tailgated by idiot truck drivers (are you ready for this?)

(This part is for you personally)YOU CANT DRIVE!


(The rest is not directed to you personally but to everyone else like you who think they can drive but actually cant. So if your feelings get hurt by the generalization, thats your problem.)

Trucks have that stupid speed restriction thingy in Ontario and yet they are tailgating you trying to make the best of a really bad situation. I've seen some numbskull truck drivers before, but I havent seen too many drivers tailgate a 4 wheeler thats in the right lane, WHERE SLOWER TRAFFIC IS SUPPOSED TO BE! Legislation cut the trucks back, which means trucks will travel in clusters of traffic. Then you have some Darwin winner talking about the posted limit , and he's blocking a lane where trucks arent restricted to. Gee, thanks a whole lot moron! If you are not keeping up with the flow of traffic, YOU are creating a bottleneck, and are increasing everyone's potential for a road hazard. If you want to Sunday drive, do everyone( cars and trucks alike) GET OFF THE HIGHWAY!

Do you know how hard it is to get through traffic in a communist country? Trucks can be restricted to 2 lanes on a 5 lane wide road, not 1 car in the far left hand lane, and 50% of all cars in what should be the only passing lane for a truck, and these cars cant run a constant speed.

 

I guess the best thing to consider is which lane are you in?

A truck cannot go in the next lane on a 3 lane highway and if you are in their passing lane, you should move to another lane.

A true safe driver would not be in the lane holding up traffic because he wants to do one speed. If other traffic wants to go faster, move over and let them. Less stress that way.

 

In those cases who knows.


There are many that drive trucks like they are cars. Not all are that way.

 

If you are in a 4 wheeler... Get the hell outta the way. You aren't working. He is.

 

There's no good reason for a truck to tailgate a car or for anyone to tailgate anyone.

 

This is a good thread. My mom had this problem on I-79 between Meadville and Erie, PA. For those of you who don't know, I-79 in this area is your basic 4 lane divided highway. Mom would be driving home from her job between 6 and 6:15pm. Approximately three times per week, she'd get chased down the road by a Ward driver. I'm presuming this was a local jerkwad. The driver had the traditional day-cab tractor and 53' trailer combo. Mom drives a Toyota Echo. She would be driving a safe, sane 65-68 mph, and this driver would get right up behind her, to the point all she could see of the truck was the grill. If she slowed down, he got closer. If she sped up, he tried to catch her. If she moved over to the hammerlane so he could pass, he'd move right in behind her. He even chased her into the breakdown lane once. I know, because I was riding with her that night. This sorta pissed me off, so one night, I took my big truck up to Erie, and followed her home. We got lucky, and good old Ward was out that night. He tucked in right behind Mom, as was his habit. We came up to a rest area, and I was behind the Ward truck. Mom pulled into the rest area, Ward went in after her, and I followed. Needless to say, that Ward driver got himself a thorough education in following distance that night. Nobody threatens my Momma. Ever.