Driving in the middle lane of a 3 lane hwy.

Your reading comprehension skills amaze me. It's 34 years and on most hwys, the flow of traffic is usually at least 10 mph over the speed limit. Nothing wrong with you driving the speed limit and maybe you you do move over for faster traffic but that's not what I read in your earlier post.
As far as you thinking that my actions have caused a decline in public opinion of truckers, you shouldn't critique someone that you have no idea of how they drive. 34 years and 1 ticket. I've done more, seen more, driven in conditions and places that they didn't teach you in your truck driving school and I'm still here. If you live long enough to get the experience that I've accumulated over the last 34 years, I might actually care about your opinion of me.
Stay safe

 

I'm fine with anyone driving the middle lane.......just get your arse out of the way when a faster truck rolls up behind you.

I had a guy the other day in one of the mega carrier trucks,on the cell phone running the middle lane.He would not move over for the line of trucks behind him.This went on for 10 miles or better until myself and a whole line of trucks passed him on the right.....
I do not ever like passing on the right but this ###-hat was not going to ever even look in the mirror or just does not care.

 

If that aint the truth nothing is!

 

Maybe because the constant process of slowing down and then having to get back up to speed is more fatiguing, wastes more time and fuel, obstructs more traffic and leaves you sitting there getting strafed by four-wheelers from both sides that are trying to get off or on the freeway.

Easier to move one lane over, stay there & roll with the flow.

 

I'm not in a fast truck. I keep right all the time unless I can keep up with traffic in the middle lane.

I'll even back off when another governed truck is having trouble passing. To me that bottled up traffic seems pretty dangerous.

I just wish other governed trucks would back off when I'm slightly faster and trying to pass. I don't want to ride behind you for hours. I can't see far ahead even after backing off and and it makes it harder for everyone else to have to pass two trucks now instead of one.

 

That's trucking for you, if you can't hang, then trucking ain't for you. If you want to ride the PASSING LANE, more power to you but watch your mirror's and move over if you see someone coming up your back door. I use the middle lane/s for PASSING ONLY and move back over. If there is a vehicle getting on the onramp, I back off a lil, if it's a slow vehicle(truck, etc..) I will switch to the PASSING LANE long if it's safe then move back over.

 

It's worked for me since 1974.