Road Rage or Self-proclaimed highway vigilante..

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Damaged_Goods, Nov 24, 2016.

  1. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    Everything you said as if you are asking why seems to miss the point that you were wrong and should have never been in that lane for any reason other than to avoid an accident. His actions to me are bad but yours is worst to me, two lanes and you get stuck behind a slower vehicle is no excuse to tie up traffic or act reckless. You agitating the situation makes it something of your fault, stop with the brights or the horn crap because even if you have a dash cam, does not mean you want to present something to the cop that you were in wrong to begin with when you slam into him.

    Here in this state trucks are to be in the right two lanes except for exiting to the left or merging from the left - we have maybe five left lane exit and entrance ramps. However every morning when drive my kids or wife to work there is some clown trucker in the left or left center lane (on four lane) tying up traffic or having some other clown speeding swerve to miss them.
     
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  3. johndeere4020

    johndeere4020 Road Train Member

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    And every morning there's some clown with his family in the car coming from the far left lane across three lanes of traffic to get off at his exit at the last minute. Truck lane restrictions are nonsense period, if you can maintain the speed of prevailing traffic you should be allowed in any lane.
     
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  4. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I'm typically the the first to defend a driver, but OP was clearly out of bounds by moving into the prohibited lane.

    The brake checker has a death wish and will get his in due time when he does it to a heavy hauler, but that never excuses moving into a prohibited lane.
     
  5. KillingTime

    KillingTime Road Train Member

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    Just became real clear who the real road douche was in that situation.
     
  6. Russian Rabbit

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  7. pocketaces

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    You made a mistake driver but I'm not gonna kill you for it. Nobody got hurt and hopefully this is a situation that sticks with you got next time.

    Yes the 4 wheeler was road raging...2 wrongs don't make a right but at that point you gotta let him make his point and let him drive away. If it continues to the point it becomes unsafe then call it in.
     
  8. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Is that a blanket restrtiction for Michigan, or does it depend on the stretch of road?

    Here, trucks are legal in the left lane unless a sign prohibits it.
     
  9. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Same in MI. Since he mentions 4 lanes, I'm assuming he's in Detroit. Just about the only place in MI that's more than 2 lanes. In Detroit all the expressways are signed trucks in 2 right lanes only.
     
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  10. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    The industry and HOS regulations along with ELD's have created this phenomenon--every driver racing that clock. Gotta GO GO GO GO GO!!! Get it there driver, GO!

    65 in the center lane, 65 in the construction zone, 65 in the school zone, 65 through the fuel island... GO GO GO GO GO! Only 29 minutes left... GO, DRIVER, GO!!!

    #### was a lot more laid back 25 years ago, when you'd just drive and worrying about logging it later.
     
  11. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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    I hope so but I doubt it.

    Going with the flow, the flow slowed and you decided it was time to move up one whole place in that flow. Somehow that turned into a road rage thing with high beams, continuous horn and brake checking. All that because you wanted to be one place ahead in the line of traffic. SMH
     
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