Unwritten Rules

hell your lucky if they turn off there lights when parked
I cant believe how many drivers "steering wheel holders" cant tell there lights are on after they park and do a post trip

 

A lot of theme know that their lights are on but its all part of the I don't give a #### mentality. :/

 

I recently retired after 41 years and what you are referring to is a glimps of what the industry is becoming, Respect and common sense are disappearing almost as fast as the mom and pop truck stops.

 

The shiny, candy-like button?

 

by the way, I can't turn off what one might consider headlights when rolling. the parking brake must be applied.

 

there is the marker light interrupt and a button to turn interrupt headlights, no high beam flash.

 

Do ya ever use that hand held spotlight to show 4 wheelers how blinding their brights are?

 

With all of the written rules people won't follow... ad absurdum, or actually as many unwritten rules are about them not following written ones, like everyone speeds as rule. Then they act like I'm crazy for going slow in the slow lane, well there you go (around and around).

Yeah trucks honk at me for not tailgaiting like them to maintain 5 over the speed limit, at night in heavy traffic and adverse weather conditions even. Go ahead and be that way, I'll just have to do 15 under. The unwritten rule there is that any vehicle speeding to catch up to me when I'm at the speed limit will also tailgate, then pass too close (often as a group), so they can either go around sooner to blow by me or slow way down with me and rethink that. There's the funny thing about it though, I think they tailgate to remind me of their unwritten rule, but then mine trumps theirs. It isn't even a social thing on my side, I'd just prefer we both be going slow if I have to brake for something ahead (since they insist on being a part of that).

The written rules for trucks spell out that there are double standards, which become a conflict of interest on the road with other vehicles, so some laws in general have to be followed more carefully to make up the difference, and the fact that most trucks are being operated like any other vehicle just goes to show you that the same people who ignore their own standards aren't going to follow a laundry list of unwritten rules either. I think the only difference between the past and present on this matter is that there didn't used to be as many standards, but obviously unwritten rules didn't solve those problems, did they. Would the supertruckers of the past have followed the standards of today if they had been in place back then? I doubt it. Never have, never will (or only to the extent their equipment has been handicapped, and now they're all just dumbed down to racing each other around parking lots).