Definition of a "steering wheel holder"??

Yeah like I said 90% of the drivers in the industry.

 

It seems crazy to me you would say 90% again.
A steering wheel holder can't backup that's why there a steering wheel holder. They follow their GPS into residential neighborhoods and boat ramps. Maybe our definition of the steering wheel holder differs.

 

And
Steering wheel holders will stay in the lane that’s closed ahead and pass everyone that got in the lane that’s open.
And
Window lickers will curse all the steering wheel holders that pass them while their “open or correct” lane barely moves. They’ll also think they’ll pass them later on.

 

That's simply not true. I'll admit, there are a lot of iffy drivers, but more like 90% are good ones. We only hear about the 10% losers.

 

Now you may understand the head long rush to have fully automated trucks.

 

I think a steering wheel holder is just someone who barely got his/her CDL and has no ambition to become a better driver. They are just there barely holding on to their little steering wheel. Most of these people can’t drive, aren’t polite or use any type of courtesy in traffic, and typically the ones who you look out for when they attempt to back next to you in a spot or at a dock lol.

 

By our definition, yes.

But I can tell you from experience. 99% of the drivers out here (myself included), are steering wheel holders.

I’ve made 3 trips to the EU in the past 2 years. And I can say without a doubt, I don’t know #### about driving a truck. Except to say, there isn’t enough money to make me want to drive a truck there.

Tail of the Dragon and NYC is a cakewalk compared to what I watched these guys do every day.

 

SWH:: He’s there for a paycheck. Minimum effort only. Mega-Fleet born & bred. Day cab. NEVER take him from roads he hasn’t driven 1,000 times.

(Alternate): He drives a truck, but he’s not “A truck driver”. Like the SW Asians who got in here who ain’t really a relative, but a dork who is chained to the steering wheel for the next seven years. Lives on a $150 Comchek cashed every Thursday at a T/A between Commifornia and America. Thinks it’s funny to not let you pass. (Is he a slave? That’s the humor of slavery: misery, shared).

(Alternate): He’s so unconscious that maintaining space is never a priority. Under 200’ from next truck, always. Never out of passing lane. He’s in a hurry. He’s done this for years. He knows what he’s doing. He’s also the one on the radio whining about the non-existent “hammer lane” on a multi-lane metro. Same for a slow pass up ahead.

But he won’t ever slow to get you over faster to avoid these jam-ups. No, he’ll race you to the narrow point every time.

His DD-214 was “General” or worse.

And, yes, he’ll pass you into a one-lane construction zone. Or the exit to the truck stop at 1930.

(Alternate): His people are born stupid. Die that way. Thinks intelligence equates to cleverness. If he doesn’t get caught (stealing your tarp straps, dumping piss bottles, using fuel lane for 30-minutes or more; oil change on a city street) he’s gotten ahead. Steer tires shouldn’t be on a trailer, but that Century has chrome even if it’s cut-to-fit from what he got off of a cattle wagon.

If anything goes wrong out on the road — ANYTHING — there’s nothing he can do but brake. And since driving any vehicle above 45-mph taxes his limits, he follows others all day. No choice. Mirrors mean nothing because he can’t work out visuo-spatial problems.

But, hey, don’t confront him about his bad behavior. It injures his pride. Which is a worse offense than any lie you tell about him, hombre. Therefore it is YOU who is in the wrong.

(Alternate). As Vonnegut would write, “And so it goes”. (The circus of never-ending acts).

 

Just FYI...

I’m a special breed.

I’m a steering wheel licker.

 

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