Passing Gas

One thing that is a little dangerous is the way some of you fresh fish are passing. I understand and have been in the same boat before, but should you be lucky enough to see this thread then you will be one step ahead.

If there is a vehicle moving a little slower in front of you and you have loads of faster vehicles behind you please just match speed and give yourself good following distance behind him instead of passing. It causes everyone behind you two to jam up and get close enough to create a serious multiple vehicle collision. Just wait until it's clear and you have lots of time to pass the other vehicle without causing problems.

Once you pass please give that driver enough room to see and react to whatever unexpected problems can and will occur. If you come in on the hood and you both have to stop that driver behind you is going to go through your trailer and probably get squished like a bug in his cab not to mention the fact that you will have to explain why your freight got destroyed to not only the officer, but also the customer and your company.

When others are passing you give them the "come on over" signal not by flashing your brights, but just blinking your lights on or off (depending on day or night) quickly once, twice or a few seconds when it is safe for them to come over so that you don't have to be put in danger. This applies to most any towed vehicle whether they know it or not. If they come over at a dangerous stopping distance then just back off a little to keep yourself and everyone behind you safe.

If someone is passing you very slow and there is lots of faster traffic behind them then just back off and let them in to help prevent an accident because at this point you know they don't know any better. Please don't speed up and trap them in the hammer lane because everyone behind you will be watching and not be impressed with you or the company you represent.

We've gotta look out for each other out there now more than ever.

 

lol Yeah, sometimes a bad case of curmudgeonry is directly responsible for that. Not that I'd ever done anything like that before or anything...