Trucker Etiquette (that's Manners)

Here's some basic etiquette. Don' t slide your tandems on the scale and then leave it sitting on the scale to go in and get your scale ticket. I had one of those meatheads in a Volvo from Chicago do that to me today.

 

lol. whether you're the faster truck or the heavier truck if you're in a situation where you're constantly trading places because of hills neither one would lose any real time by backing off for a bit to put enough space between you to avoid constantly catching the other guy.

 

And pulling just off the scale to go inside is no better then just staying on the scale. Still ####ing over the next guy.

 

How about turning off the driving lights??? And don’t tell me there isn’t a switch. There’s always a switch.

 

I've noticed the smaller the speed difference of the passing vehicle over the slower vehicle the more likely they will pull back into the right lane with 2 inches between vehicles. And like you say if there is no vehicles anywhere or there is 30 cars behind them it seems to make no difference.

My theory is the drivers that come over VERY close are2 types.
1 rookies with poor training and they are stressing and they just cannot think through the situation.
2 thugs that have never even know someone that thinks beyond the next 2 seconds. When some comes over in front of them they are screwing around on their phone so they never even notice. They are immune from learning by any means.

 

Good bit of etiquette would be if your sitting on a side road going to turn on to a single lane highway and there's another semi coming and you KNOW your going to slow them right down by pulling on.....wait and let them go by first be considerate, I know I really appreciate that especially when i'm pulling 140,000lb's it takes a good while to get back up to speed and I burn a ton of fuel doing it.

Second if there's another truck passing you single lane or double doesn't matter help them out drop your speed a bit make it a safer faster pass. It really annoy's me when people see your going faster then them and they can't even just help you pass or worse speed up to keep you from passing then slow back down again after you pull back behind them.


one thing I love about being an O/O no fracking governor on my truck people cant do that crap to me no more.

 

New drivers barely remember which seat is for the driver and which is not. They are so overwhelmed they have no CPU cycles fir anything but "don't wreck".

 

If you are 1 mile from your exit, or less, there is no reason to be passing someone.

If you don't know you are coming near a weigh station while you take 10 miles to pass, YOU slow down or miss the scale. You don't know the scale is there because you are too lazy to find out. Blow past the scales a few time and you'll learn why you should know where the scales are at.

Just turning on your turn signal doesn't require anyone to make room for you. Pay attention and find your space.

Lazy jerks hang out in the middle lane just because there is a middle lane.

Yield to backing trucks

4-ways on when backing.

There is no reason to leave your truck parked at a fuel pump. Pull forward before you leave the truck.

There is no reason to leave your truck while you are parked behind the truck at the fuel pump. If you park there andvthe truckvat the pump leaves while youvare inside the truck stop, I'm using the fuel pump.

There is no reason TO EVER TAKE A 30 MINUTE BREAK AT THE FUEL PUMP. EVER.

Don't park on the road's shoulder for anything but an emergency.