Don't brake check a tailgater

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Bob Dobalina, Jun 7, 2017.

  1. longbedGTs

    longbedGTs Heavy Load Member

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    Very satisfying to watch. Enough with the coddling of these stupid ### 4wheelers. They need to have their confidence taken away and taught a lesson. Sometimes violence is the answer.
     
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  3. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    And because of that, he continues his unsafe behavior and next time (or 10 times later) he manages to kill someone....
    If you don't want to get involved, don't. The fact you made the post and vid show you do want to get involved. Well crap or get off the pot. Either talk the the safety guy or don't complain when it happens again.
    Actually you knowing the safety guy very well could work in your favor. Call him up and talk to him with the attitude of helping another driver with addition training, not calling to tattle and get him fired. Either way if the driver does it again and someone gets hurt you are a little to blame.
     
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  4. Bob Dobalina

    Bob Dobalina Road Train Member

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    I did talk to the safety guy. I called and left a message right after it happened, and he called me back the next morning. I'm just choosing not to call out the company on this forum.
     
  5. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    My apologizes then. I read it as you don't want to report the driver as the company is good. Not wanting to shame a good company is a good thing.
     
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  6. Bob Dobalina

    Bob Dobalina Road Train Member

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    Ok, fine. But that driver would've been rolling away while I dealt with hurting or killing the driver of that car. No thanks. Brake check hard enough for YOU to deal with the wreck and the consequences, don't involve other drivers who have nothing to do with the situation. I can't believe you can side with that driver.
     
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  7. freebeertomorrow

    freebeertomorrow Heavy Load Member

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    wow. flatbed should have his driving license yanked, period. personal, cdl, all of it.

    the first step in dealing with tailgaters is not putting yourself in that position. flatbed clearly had several opportunities to put himself in the correct lane of travel..but simply neglected to do so. the old saying - "2 wrongs don't make a right" applies, imho. professional driver? no. professional dumb ###.
     
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  8. longbedGTs

    longbedGTs Heavy Load Member

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    I wasn't implying that you should have hit them. Why in the world would you think that? I don't support the trucker either. Why was he camping in the third lane when he was all alone on the highway? No excuses. Don't support the brake check either, but I fully support the fact that the stupid ### 4wheeler got his confidence checked after skidding across the highway after he was being an impatient #######. Good thing no one else was involved, but it would have been nice if the car ended up upside down in the ditch(without involving any other vehicles of course).
     
  9. Surfer Joe

    Surfer Joe Heavy Load Member

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    Nay;
    I always brake check tailgaters.
    Always.
    My fantasy is to finally, one day, cause the Jacko three feet from my trailer bumper to totally lose control; therefore seeing him (or her) spin over...and...over...and over countless times and then seeing the body get ejected into oncoming traffic, arms and legs flopping like a windsock, and resulting in a disembowelment that causes the head to go flying like an out of balance bowling ball, bouncing off a lime green Prius with a 'Coexist' bumper sticker and then landing on the front of a school bus full of children and facing the inside of the bus while giving each child a seemingly impish grin as if to say, "Dear, dear precious children...see what happens to tailgaters"............
     
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  10. okiedokie

    okiedokie Road Train Member

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    I prefer a nice fiery crash where the driver runs around on fire getting run over numerous times on the Interstate. But thats just me. Film at 11.
     
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  11. Surfer Joe

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    I guess we 'skeered 'em' all away Okie.
     
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