Bad driving habits

well i'll go ahead and admit it.you actually lost me w/this post.I've never had to choose between not showering for a week or not killing someone.
I have had many weeks out of over 2 decades that i did not make $1000 but i always found the time and the means to take a shower while NOT waiting a week to do so.i've asked for coupons,back during pre-loyalty card times,asked the fuel desk staff for one,paid out of pocket,and then used a loyalty card/points. Very high on my priority list is good personal hygiene and I will go out on a limb and say that all the shippers and consignees appreciated that very fact over all the years,inclusive of the DOT and Public Service Commision people that have climbed up into my cab.

Thanks for giving me yet something else to heavily ponder- shower or kill?

 

Ethan

 

Is that in a statute somewhere or is it simply an arbitrary number you have picked?

 

Ok so the shower thing is beat to death.

I will comment on the passing part. Your problems with running through Chicago are legit. I wonder if all of those "drivers" are really legal. What I do have a problem with is trying to leave following distance and someone truck or car it hasn't mattered will take your space and you back off and some other numb skull pulls the same stunt. Also a real problem is running down open interstate passing line of traffic and some slow truck like your 69mph truck would be included, signals quick and pulls right out in front of me. Then its on the binders load shifting to the front trying to push me into your backside. Look in the mirrors at traffic coming up behind you and try to judge how fast they are coming. This happens alot. Then I spend 2 miles waiting for the slower truck to get out of the way and try to get back up to speed. It gets real irratating.

 

Somehow this became a shower thread.
So, besides the showering what about the other bad habits the OP listed?
IMHO, tailgating is the one that I believe causes more bad public perception than any. And yes, there are cars that tailgate us. But we are suppose to be the professionals. I see trucks tailgating every day. If you are tailgating, how do you see the big picture? You have to keep your eyes glued to that back bumper. One brake check away from the end of your career and possible jail time.

Now as far as the 55 mph on the south side of Chicago....... I see your points, and respect your decision to go 55. Can you please do it in the right lane?

 

actually turned out to be a diverse thread and i am not necessarily diverse,politically speaking anyway.showering to not showering to waiting until a faster truck is right there to jump in front of it to individual interpretation of speed limit signs to fairly accurate depictions of invalid argument attempters,etc.


Pretty cool.

 

Truckers just need to put the #### cell phones down. i swear someday ill have a container into the side of one pretty soon, I know for a fact the container will have less damage than your truck. Its just getting #### stupid out there.