truck drivers

You really think this is dumb. Why should a driver who is trying to make the most time he can at the fastest the truck will run be considered dumb? It is not his fault that the truck can only go so fast and he needs to get there asap or his hours are out. Live with it, it will be happening more.

 

If you are so self-centered that you can not back out of it for a few seconds to let a driver over then please go home and stay there.
Yes, as long as we have dumb and ignorant drivers it will happen more and more. As long as we have dumb, ignorant or lazy drivers that fail to pre-plan a trip to finish a run in a safe and reasonable time then it will happen more and more. These drivers have no B**** or they would tell their dispatch or shipper when they will be at the receiver. If you are dumb enough to fall for this BS and get speeding tickets and log book violations then please do it more often so that you will lose your CDL and off the road so that it will be a safer place to drive. I drive my truck, who drives yours?

 

Now that right thar is a good point!

 

It doesn't. It plays a role in the minds of morons...

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Morons.. Just yesterday, I was buzzin' down I-25. Overtook a truck doin' about 5mph slower than myself. Settled in behind him for a few minutes, letting all the crunchies go by - then I swung over into lane 1 and started to pass.

Seems he saw me at about the time my nose was even with his drivers - and the SOB sped up - to just about my best speed. I pushed it for a few more seconds, hoping he'd wake up and back down - but when he didn't, I picked up my right foot and dropped back in behind him again. Back at his original speed.

A few more minutes, we had a longish hill and no crunchies to deal with. He was running heavier than I was, I think - at any rate.. I goosed it and went by.

In all honesty, I don't think it was deliberate. Drivers just seem to naturally want to lead the pack, or at least not be left behind. Without even thinking they'll adjust speed to keep with - or ahead - of their herd.

Of course - it's the 'not thinking' part that's more dangerouser than most anything else.

 

If you want to pass me then you better have enough to get it done because I'm not backing out of it.

 

A lot of people think that nobody will know who they are, and they will act a fool on the cb. It's a shame they act that way. Making racial remarks, saying bad things about everything. Shame on them.

It's tough driving a truck that has a fixed top speed. Nobody likes having to slow down. I always back down until there are no other vehicles coming in the passing lane, before I overtake a truck going 3 mph slower than myself. And, I get over ASAP!
Not to mention a driver who is driving along until I try to pass, only to have them speed up. Playing their little games. When I get next to somebody like that, I'll take the next exit just to get away from them. I'll wait a few minutes to give them time to get on up the road aways, before getting back on.

 

Why the personal attack?

I never said I condoned it. I just said you will see more of it. The industry and the HOS demand this to be done. We will just have to live with it. Sorry if you are offended. Most of these drivers are decent and trying to make a living as you are. You are no better than they are. Give them a brake. Remember, you are supposed to be a professional driver and have to deal with it like the rest. My truck is not governed, so I have to adjust my driving to deal with those that are. I also have to adjust my mental attitude as well.

Please note, I have made no personal attacks to you.