I'm seeing a lot of newbie drivers doing this lately

Except I dont have a Pete.

 

Well it's 65 but the real menace on the road is not who you say. I see these guys everyday blowing black dirty smoke and doing stupid #### like passing me around corners on a 6%+ grade so they can get home to their obese nasty wives and ungrateful children they have neglected only to drink a crappy domestic beer. It pisses me off. Glad for this thread so I can vent about these "Real" truck drivers.

 

Ill run 63,64 in a 70. My old bucket of bolts hardly smokes except between shifts. I do drink cheap domestic beer. I notice a ton of under maintained Epa engines smoking a lot too. Then the eld trucks that speed past me in a construction zone. Lets not lump everyone into a single category I guess.

 

Your quota for putting people in the ditch is very low
Many times you gotta lift your fat little foot off the throttle and apply the brakes as easy as possible

 

my favorite is when the 4 wheelers won't let me over then when I slow down to move over they all slow down with me

Musta spooked the herd

 

There's no reason for them NOT to stay in their lane in that situation. They're complying with the law.

 

I would think active flashers would be appropriate, especially since a trooper is in the vehicle.

 

That's his call. But since he doesn't have them on, no one is obligated to vacate the right lane for him.

 

That would be worse. As-is no one has to leave the lane. If the LEO's lights were on they would have to get over.
Better to let the traffic flow...