Use the Hammer lane sometimes..

Nothing like joining the board to make a rant over trucking 101 for dummies. LOL

Anyhoo, here's what I think of the HAMMER LANE

 

Wow, you actually get a turn signal so that fool can come back over?

 

I've had truckers cut right in front of me even when no one is behind them. It's bad enough when two and four wheelers do it. Truckers should know better. But what should be and what actually is are often two different things.

 

I'm getting a little tired of the "new breed" being blamed for everything. Most of the vets out there are far from perfect. No offense to anybody. That said, I understand your complaint. Oh, and I've got the NRA decal in my window too.

 

Oh, and the turn signal thing. A lot of driver trainers are teaching that. So it, "lets the four wheelers know we're getting back over so they won't pass on the right." I don't do it now. I didn't come up with it. Just one of the things I was "taught".

 

The thing with trainers is anybody can be one. Roehl only requires six months experience. I'm sure most companies are similar. So bad habits spread like wildfire because of this short time frame.

I'm still new and still learning. I know I see a lot of the newer drivers screwing up and I did/do my fair share too. I'm fortunate enough to have the common sense to realize when I am and correct the problem.

Again, I don't know it's so much the "new breeds" fault as it is a break down in the training. New drivers with bad habits become trainers that pass along the bad habits to students that become trainers and so on.

Granted, there are a lot of veteran trainers out there doing it the right way but they are becoming far outnumbered by the inexperienced guys. The companies wave extra money around, people who have no business training take the offer and the problem repeats itself.

Even the 1 million mile safe drivers aren't always safe. I tend to think a lot of luck is involved with some of them.