No more flashing!

Basically it boils down to.. you're both looking out for each other... So little of us do that anymore.

I will even go so far to flash a car over or if the car flashes me to get over.. I will flash my 4 ways or hit the interrupt switch @ night. It's courtesy.. ....

I do wait for the vehicle to get to clear me and get a few feet ahead before I even turn my lights on and then back off. or hollar @ them on the CB.. and advise they they are clear...

I will also flash my lights or hollar on the CB to allow a truck out if the truck needs to come out to get around a slower vehicle.. those behind me can wait a few more minutes.. .. This especially works well if we are running as a great big group!! .. lol

Ya'll have a good day.. Have a safe passing week!

CA

 

Blink
Blink

Flash
Flash

True story..................................................

Back in the day when I wore the clothes of a NEW, Big truck driver, the company I drove for insisted on safety.
No complaints from me on that.

That company also frowned on flashing other Big truck drivers over, ...claimed it's not OUR responsibility to "drive their Big trucks FOR them".
Hmmmmmmmmm
But they ALSO told us we'd find it necessary to "drive" the vehicles driven by inattentive drivers for them.
Which is it?

In their quest for "safety" the powers that be decided it was a good idea to run our headlights ALL the time, ....and this was BEFORE the craze for always on headlights.
Said it was to be MORE visible.
Hmmmmmmmm
So, a bright orange, sixty-foot long, 102 inch wide and 13 1/2 feet tall Big truck is hard to see?

I tried their idea UNTIL,.......... another Big truck was passing me, and snubbed me off, causing me to have to climb on the binders to avoid impact as the other Big truck driver made a lane change in front of me.

I hollered at him on the CB and he replied, "Then WHY did you flash me over in the first place"?

I DIDN'T!

"Well I SAW your headlights on."

He was correct. My headlights WERE on, and other Big truck drivers didn't expect another Big truck to be running headlights during the daylight. From that point on, I never run my headlights during the daylight hours, UNLESS I'm on a back road and the headlights actually ARE beneficial for SAFETY reasons,

I'm a professional Big truck driver.
I don't spatter my driving boots when I kick a tire.
As such, I KNOW when, and when NOT to do certain things out there on the road. One of the things I'm paid to do as a professional Big truck driver is to THINK.
And I DON'T think a desk driver has any business telling ME how to drive a Big truck on the highways. In return, I don't tell THEM how to drive their desk in an office.
Like they'd listen anyway.

With somewhere around a million mile-markers in my back pocket, accident, crash, and citation free for OVER 30 years. I WELL know MY limitations, and don't exceed them.
Nor do I drive faster than my Guardian Angel can fly.
She's governed at 75 mph.
The Big truck is triple digit.
I don't want to chance wearing her out, so I'll usually give her a break and keep my speed reasonable.
Now, going DOWN hill is another story.
My Guardian Angel passes me every time, and meets me at the bottom of the grade.
She gets a kick out of that, I'm sure.
But I'd sure be lost without her along.

 

...gotta pass, Used to like killing headlights for a few seconds, nothing worse than a slow truck ahead for the next 20 miles...

 

Yeah there is, Bubba.
Having that slow(er) Big truck driving just a few short feet, on the left side of your Big truck --- for the next 20 miles, trying to pass you.

 

I loved "Aftershocks" post he is right on the money. You are an asset to the professional, although I believe after reading you words you have another talent, writing. I wish everyone could read the words you have written, including ALL of the "desk drivers". As for your guardian angel, we have one too and I thank God for her everyday.
Be Safe

 

Thank you for the flowers, Nitecrawler.
Folks like you are my driving force to write.
Talent?
Perhaps.
Blessed?
I hope so.

You might appreciate this story,..............................

While at a Las Vegas convention center with a tight dock area, an older, seasoned Big truck driver, was assigned a particularly hard dock space to back in to.

As he slowly made rearward progress, he was being watched by those who realized what a difficult back it was. The seasoned Big truck driver inched his way back and kissed the dock without hitting or scraping the other Big trucks parked on either side on him.
Good JOB!

I was standing next to that seasoned Big truck driver on the dock when another Big truck driver came up to tell the seasoned driver how impressed he was with his skills.

"HAIL!" he said, "I got God as my co-pilot, and I can't even do as well as you did."

To that, the seasoned Big truck driver replied, "Perhaps you should make God your PILOT, instead.
Works for me."

When my unloading was complete, and I returned to my Big truck to leave, I noticed a license plate on the front bumper of the seasoned Big truck driver's Big truck.

GOD is my PILOT
*(not co-pilot --- as I've often read on other such plates.)*

Seems that seasoned Big truck driver knows which side his bread is buttered on, as well as WHO buttered it.
Ya reckon.

 

Oh now ya went and did it!

Gave me a idea for a Christmas present for Alice....

Kewl.....& Thanks......

 

Aftershock, Thanks for yet another great story. I try and make God my pilot everyday. Somedays are harder than others as my life has not been blessed with the best of luck. Thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful story. You NEED to write a book.
Emilee

 

It is not necessary to flash someone when they look in the rear view mirror. That only blinds them. A simple on and off lets them know. Any driver paying attention will see the signal.

I never use my bright lights on any driver and don't like it done to me. Quite often I will not acknowledge someone who blinds me. However, I always acknowledge those who signal properly.

 

heres another question it might have been already posted , but here it gos

after you give me a blink , should i;

A: use the 4 ways?
B: use the interrupt?

ive use both , of course during the day when i dont have my lights on i use 4 ways