Do people think?

Its very true, people dont think when they are driving today! We had a real close call last friday on route 20 , we had just left the gas station on the res, happened right at the signal, some idiot pulled off of route 439, right out in front of us, as if that wasnt bad enough the one behind her got brave and did the same thing!! There was no one behind us. Mind you we where going 55 when this happened, it could have been bad, thank God I had just had new breakes put on 2 weeks before. Some people, if they only had a brain!!

 

I stay far away from all drivers! Well not to be mean but because I just feel that way I know he "can't not see me" and I know he isn't going to fall asleep and let me see him/her crash. Now when I see student driver I follow because I want to watch them mess up, l.o.l. I am joking about that. I stay away either behind or in front of the drivers.

 

It doesn't even register with some people what the student driver means. I drive a super tanker loaded with gasoline that's 85' long in the city and I get cut off all the time. There's no way anyone that looks at my truck wouldn't know it's hauling gasoline. Especially when they cut me off going into the gasoline station that I'm bring a load to. You have to watch and expect this all the time. As time goes by you attention will be directed totally at the traffic and shifting gears will become second nature to you.

 

Really a lot of it has to do with the DOT also I mean nowadays the way I understand it teenagers don't even have to take an actual driving test anymore all they have to do take a written test.
Than our highway system is nothing but a deathtrap everywhere you go,I live right by I10 close to Beaumont,Tx. I don't know how many of y'all ever been thru here but we're looking at appr. 1 or 2 fatalities about every 2 weeks and around 5 major wrecks in that same timeframe,there's road construction,very short and dangerous on ramps a lot of overpasses and bridges,too many curves,too high of a speed limit for 4 wheelers and the list goes on and on.
If getting your CDL takes between 2 to 4 months with so many traffic rules and defensive and evasive driving skills to learn,than why doesn't a 4wheeler have to learn all this they run side by side with semi trucks every day in fact they actually need driving skills taught than truckers because they are smaller and more vulnerable and they're the ones transporting the helpless kids most of the time.
I agree with you that's the part that really angers me the driver with the small kids in the backseat driving like a maniac out there with total disregard for the safety of his/her kids probably just going for a 10/15 minute trip from the house.

Think DOT needs to get more involved,driving (4wheelers that is)is not taken seriously anymore nowadays in my book.