I can’t pass you, so you’ll make room

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by IluvCATS, Feb 26, 2018.

  1. Old Man

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  3. PacoTaco

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    I'm governed at 68 - If I come up on someone doing 66 or 67 I'll back off unless I don't see any traffic at all behind me. Another good reason to run nights
     
  4. scottied67

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    You didn't see anything wrong with that flatbedder's driving? Racing up and cutting me off 20 feet in front of my bumper and dogging down in front of me for example?
     
  5. bzinger

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    I think givin that my truck color is very close to swift blue they think I'm swift when I get in the left lane and they stand on it .
    Then I gotta run 75 to get around em .
    There's a button on my steering wheel next to my finger to bump the Cruz up or down ...I bump it down a couple clicks to let people around me in an expediant manner ..I doesent cost anything .
     
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  6. blairandgretchen

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    Have to agree with @HalpinUout - I wouldn’t have posted that video anywhere unless you’re running your own numbers.

    Right or wrong on the situation is not the issue.
     
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  7. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    I only pass on the shoulder if it’s a snowplow. :)
     
  8. Old Man

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    Someday maybe ill experience this thing called "getting passed"

    But I do get to watch some of those ten mile passes from the wrong end.
     
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  9. BUMBACLADWAR

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    A back up Isnt cool agreed.But,a driver that just "has To Get in Frontta Ya",isnt cool Either.Basically,if Your Truck Doesnt have the Balls to Pass by at Least 3 or 4 mph,Drop Back Behind.Are you simply gonna "Lug the passed truck down on the next hill? It just makes no sense .JMO
     
  10. IluvCATS

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    I don’t really do this. Just having fun. But I am governed at 65mph and the exact scenario I laid out happens to me daily. Everyone is governed at 65mph like me. Those drivers with no shame eventually get ahead 50 feet because they don’t care or don’t notice that everyone behind is inconvenienced. FedEx seems to do this a lot.
     
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