I was driving across Hwy 12 near Rio Vista about an hour ago, and it's a 2 lane highway with passing lanes every few miles. Truck driver in front of me was going the speed limit, and as the passing lane ended on the right, I moved left to allow him to come over in front of me. Well the truck in back of me wasn't happy with that at all, so with the big white arrows on the road pointing left to merge, and the big yellow sign that says "LANE ENDING, MERGE LEFT" on the shoulder, this guy decides he wants to be in front of me. He was literally driving about 60 mph on a narrow shoulder full of debris, and expected me to brake or move over into oncoming traffic so he could get in front of me. Then the shoulder got more narrow, and he had to brake hard or slide off the road, and as he backed off, he knocked the chrome cover off of my passenger side mirror. After about I mile I found a place that was safe enough for us both to pull over, and he comes charging back at me yelling in very broken English that I was going too slow. I simply told him to keep quiet, and I have it all on dash cam. He shut right up and I took pictures of his truck and got his license info. Turns out he is also an O/O with his own authority, and has only been driving commercially for 5 weeks. He handed me his paper temporary license that was issued in early April.
I already ordered a new chrome cover from Amazon for $200 (set price) and sent him a text to send me a check. I'm going to file an accident report with the CHP just in case this joker says that I hit him and left.
Had my first minor accident today
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by SteveScott, May 13, 2021.
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Smart, gotta be careful with yahoos like this. I would also contact your insurance and explain the situation as a non claim incase he tries to get them to pay out.
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#### spell correct....STAY OFF lol.Last edited: May 13, 2021
drvrtech77, Northeast Hillbilly, JoeyJunk and 5 others Thank this. -
You handled that much better than I. I tend to come unglued when dealing with stupidity.
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They are fun to doNortheast Hillbilly, JoeyJunk, Lumper Humper and 2 others Thank this. -
Let us know how this turns out. -
You should have told him that you work for ICE and see if he took off running
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No doubt 'rubbing' his back bumper with your front bumper would cause damage to your truck as well.
And with little thought, both vehicles could end up wrecking each other.
Maybe you are watching too many movies?rachi, Knucklehead, gentleroger and 1 other person Thank this.
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