Left lane heros

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by RunningAces, Jun 12, 2023.

  1. EurekaSevven

    EurekaSevven Bobtail Member

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    I will always cruise in the middle lane and not have a care in the world, because if you're in the right lane, for the love of god, do one of two things:

    Go under 55mph so you don't have to slam on your brakes,
    Or just get comfortable with running 4 wheelers into the shoulder.

    If I'm gonna be in the right lane, you already know I'm doing the latter. I'd rather just chill in the middle though because in the off-chance I have a semi merging in, well, now I don't have to worry about fighting traffic to get over for him.

    I'm with RunningAces on this one. Sorry, not sorry.
     
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  3. shatteredsquare

    shatteredsquare Road Train Member

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    uhhh sick people don't gang up on a doctor and grab his hand and put a scalpel in it and plunge it into their guts and then scream help help this doctor has assaulted me
     
  4. shatteredsquare

    shatteredsquare Road Train Member

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    that must be why in town after town on a two lane the signs say "through traffic keep left" and there's zero issues with traffic flow through that corridor all the way to the end
     
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  5. God prefers Diesels

    God prefers Diesels Road Train Member

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    I recently heard on the Internet that door greeters aren't actually for just giving people a smile when they walk through the door to brighten their day, or whatever. Their actual purpose is to cause people to look up when they are greeted, and that gives cameras a chance to see each person's face. It's actually a security thing. Not sure how true it is, but it makes sense.
     
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  6. Vampire

    Vampire Heavy Load Member

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    One thing worse than all this is texting while driving. Photo evidence and a beat down in a safe place off the highway are warranted in these cases of self defense. The first couple of times people get their jaw broken and you’ll see texting while driving diminish.
     
  7. PaulMinternational

    PaulMinternational Road Train Member

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    Those towns are few and far between in some areas.
    If the sign says stay left then do so, if not get over out of the way and stop impending traffic flow!
     
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  8. The Crossword Trucker

    The Crossword Trucker Road Train Member

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    We can argue about the details, but I think the one message most people want to get through to the OP is;
    If you are being constantly passed on the right , you are doing something wrong.
     
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  9. RunningAces

    RunningAces Road Train Member

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    Fair enough but if I'm doing the speed limit or even a little over I'm not leaving my lane so the super truckers can do 70 in a 55.
     
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  10. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    It's not your job to control someone else's speed. Your job is to operate your truck in a safe manner. Because you're too lazy to tap on the brakes or maybe speed up a little from the far right lane to allow someone to merge from a ramp doesn't make a good excuse for you to create an unsafe situation by hanging out in a passing lane with other people going around you on the left and right.
     
  11. RunningAces

    RunningAces Road Train Member

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    It's also not my job to give a #### about speeding people behind me.
     
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