Do you ever feel like Godzilla or King Kong when driving your truck?

Yes I sometimes fantasize of having one of those train cow catchers on the front and just plowing thru my driving lane! We all run into that speed up slow down crap, and its not just cars that do it. It sometimes gets the better of me. I have to remind myself that those are not just cars that are annoying me on purpose, those are people and most are too self absorbed to even acknowledge a large truck they are driving around.

 

Sooner or later you will run into a suicidal maniac who will be ready to sacrifice their life to" teach you a lesson".
Never get close to anybody.
Don't assume they even know you are behind them either, sometimes they don't.
Lost tourists I call them. As dangerous as drunk drivers or teenagers because they are not sure where and why they are going and ready to do things you don't expect because they need to do it now.
But I guess being King Kong you might avoid responsibility anyways. Do yoga, I don't know, exercise and diet might help. Go to Hollywood if nothing helps

 

I used to get pissed off all the time being in Toronto the traffic gets VERY BUSY (more and more each passing day, too many cars not enough highway) and you find lots of morons doing dumb things all the time... I would (and still do) get pissed off with the idiots going slow, then you go to pass them and they speed up.. I would just get so frustrated, it was an everyday thing... Like anyone else you always think "I would love to just re-end that guy to teach him a lesson" mostly with the idiots who cut me off so close to my bumper... Obviously you can't act on it because this isn't what being a professional trucker is all about..

I learned a long time ago that you need to just catch a few breaths, slow down and just take it as it comes.. Cause there is nothing you will ever be able to do solve the problems.. All you can do is learn to deal with them... Now when someone cuts me off I just drop it down a few and sit back... Sure I still get moments when I am irritated (we are human it's OK) because lets face it when you get cut off 100 or more a day it gets too you... I just deal with it and find I have betters days now when I just drop her down a few and continue driving... When I get someone who keeps speeding up when I try to pass I just drop down behind them and maintain a slower speed... No sense getting worked up when you know you won't get around them cause they are being a moron.. Because in the long run, even if you do pass them your not going to be getting too your destination that much quicker.. Maybe a few minutes at most, cause you would have to be doing a lot higher MPH more then the car to actually get too your destination anymore then a few minutes faster.

Just think about it this way.... If your riding that person rear end and they decided too slam the brakes on (dumbest move ever) your going to plow into the back of them and kill them... You will def be charged for following to close and killing them... Then you will go to jail for XX years... It's just not worth it.. Not for an extra few mins..

 

I took a lesson from my great grandmother similar to what you said govt.

"There ain't nothin' worth nothin' to get awl mad over. It'll pass soon 'nuff, and if you do get mad you jus' lost awl that time gettin' pissy over nuttin."

God rest her soul...

 

Please don't make me mad mister............I turn green and rip my clothes,and I can't afford new clothes 10 times a week.

 

Only when I look down at my lap.........

 

@#$%&& NO!!!!!!

I feel like a bull in a china shop that has the self awareness to know that IF I were to break anything, my balls and horns would be cut off THEN sent to slaughter.

Sometimes I lower my head, snort and rake the ground at a 4 wheeler, but I never touch another vehicle.

 

I was with you until you said "killing them" like cars self destruct and blow up when their car bumper gets caved in. Sure, there is the potential to kill them, but death is not a certain outcome.

 

No your right it's not a certain outcome... It's all depends on speed, weight, surroundings etc... BUT we are talking about drivers that are probably doing higher speeds (because they want to pass and continue on) and are driving too close so the chances of death are higher.. I agree it's not 100% that death will occur I was just putting out the worst possible outcome of impatient actions... Things like weight and surrounds also place a part like I said.. I haul heavy on a daily basis (over 100,000lbs+ all the time) so I say kill because the added weight in my situation creates a even more dangerous situation..

 

i used to play a lot of ever quest, i had a druid for a toon. sometimes i would rear back in my seat and fling my arms forward trying to nuke the car in front of me


hmmm maybe if i had played a wizard the nukes would have been stronger.