Wowowow .... reality check me then!

The insurance scams always start with that one vehicle creeping down the left side eyeballing you seriously heavy in your own mirror. When you have 4 people packed into a tiny Rabbit (VW of the 80's) who are also very interested in your situation as you drive making eye contact etc. You do whatever you have to do to end the situation before it blows up into the predictable panic stop and force you into abusing your tractor trailer load, leading to additional problems with company after your computer has been lit up and sent a whole bunch of call home messaging. (Because you had to abuse the truck to not hit these people)

That's why I require three things. FIRST a big assed hood tractor. A 84 long hood freightliner comes to mind. They have ElToro engines that are rip snorting and pretty good for what they build em for. (Yesterday's version of the SD-122 version I love so much) And if you have a rockwell manual you are good to go.

The second thing is a older video camera of crappy refresh rate, call it 15 or so. Black and white is a must. Into the rising sun even better. What a shame that they build our roads to have such wonderful bright day time driving. And so on.

A third item. Every car encounter should include about a 30 rpm drop that is easily recovered with a adjustment in fuel, adding power. It's such a difficult time in life to take care of these things trying to resolve permanently the stupid insurance scam cars without hurting or killing them. Such a waste of our grand visions of safety first and so on.

4th, here is a cookie. IF you are puzzled still by the third item, message me and I will be happy to explain it to you.

 

I think your clue catcher is broken

 

Go buy a lottery ticket before your good mojo wears off.

 

Oh I know that... Which is why I scream, yell, and generally throw a tantrum in the truck. But the body language (rarely) doesn't go crazy when something goes on.

Most times I just hit the brakes and let the those folks get by me. But unlike some people here, not including yourself, I'll freely admit that I've done these things also.

... and I pretty much guarantee that the people posting on this thread have done it as well, even if they don't want to admit it openly.

I'm just saying what we all think sometimes. Nothing more, nothing less...

 

From reading your initial post. All I have to say is on well that's trucking. Sometimes your the windshield and sometimes your the bug.
Move on nothing to see here.

 

I appreciate the clarification. I understand better. Ive been in a situation so much that it's just unwelcome and continues to be.

The Professional is not me, one who hasnt lost it yet and gone postal. Ive killed a thousand idiots as far as the trees were listening me tell it to them. But I try whatever I can do to get it out of the system and literally forget it. that started way back in Grade school about the 4th grade when one of us thought he was going to be the toughie and all that. (Bully) he must have thought that somehow he can sharpen his teeth on little me. (Emphasis on little I think I wasnt 80 pounds yet...) However he learned not only that I can and enjoy fighting, but I can hurt him a little bit and then twist the knife further against him when Principal asks who threw the first punch? I told him if you have been listening to my counsler about this bully you would know it's not me that did it, Im not big enough for that. But I certainly got mad enough to finish it. Bully grew up to be a wonderful classmate years later. No complaints.

Fast forward 5 decades I have to be careful these days even now I like that violence. But not too much lol. There are too many young ones out there who can wipe the alley these days with me. HA....

 

In the words of my old Senior Chief — “ Get your #### wired tight, we are heading down range”.