Fasten your seatbelts - this will be a bumpy ride

YuP!
And add ten MORE wheels to those eight, and there's even more to learn.

That's a very GOOD reason to ALWAYS be on y'all's toes. Be AWARE of y'all's surroundings at ALL times. Expect the UNexpected and be PREPARED to deal with it.

As with better chess players, the farther ahead one can plan their moves, the better their chances of winning.
Same with Big truck truck drivers AND 4-wheeler drivers as well.

Well, IMO, you picked a good place to rant.
YuP!
Better here, than out thar ---- on the road.
Ya reckon.

HeY!
Go with the pun.
It's a good one.

And that right thar, is why many of us are here.
It ain't just to hear ourselves type.

Well, ...... that all depends --------
on the drivers of those Big trucks, and their ATTITUDE(s).
Professional drivers have learned to deal with what they have little or no control over.
While the hot under the collar hot-shots, try to do the impossible, and get upset when they find out it ain't called "impossible" for no reason.

YuP.
Twas I.

In Big truck truckin' --- we call that "trip-plannin'" --- and highly recommend doin' that, --- based on y'all's knowledge of the area is a plus.

Only YOU know what the better routes are, and why they are, and decide for yourself, which to choose, and why.
I trust your judgement.

 

Hey Lorie, the next time a big truck does that, get his/her truck number, trailer number, and any other visible information, and at least call the company they're driving for. Sometimes it's difficult to get all that when you're stressed, but for everyone out here, do it if you can. There is NO excuse for someone being as close as you say.
It may have seemed like I jumped on you a bit, and I apologize for it.

 

Just the name of the company would be enough to go on. Most trucks have satellite tracking on them in one form or another. You call the company, give them basic location and time, and they can get in the ballpark who it was.

 

Lorie, ...... may I ask you a personal question here?

After 4 weeks, 5 pages, and 46 posts now,
have you learned anything from the ideas, opinions, suggestions and/or comments made by us,
the Big truck truck drivers?

As Big truck truck drivers, I think we appreciate conversing with the general motoring public to better understand where they're comin' from. And you've been no exception.

I'd/We'd like to thank you for taking the time and effort to post your views here so that said views can be explored from different perspectives. That, after all, is how I/we can learn.

Thank YOU.

 

wow do trucker's really have a rep that bad??
yes when i was trucking i came across some really disgusting vulgar ppl but for the most part the ones i did come in contact with were very nice and responsive and didn't treat me any different they just took me for one of them.

 

lorie i'm really really sorry that happened to you. had a couple similiar experiences but i was the trucker, the first time was in houston i was rolling on the out around there and i was in heavy traffic, keeping pace but knowing prob a lil too fast if someone hit their brakes, so naturally i left a car length and a half between me and the guy in front of me and some screwball in a full-sized pick up and a trailer cuts in front of me and slams the brakes, the boy's lucky i didn't piggy back him, my co-driver flew out of the bunk mattress and all i'm cussing he's cussing and things were not pretty, the second time in chicago i was solo at this point and ole boy was in a black-cherry coloured mini-van (keep in mind BIG ORANGE truck very very hard to miss i would think) he's on the cell phone, sitting in my front fender my bumper is half way down his van, the middle of chicago in heavy traffic, ole boy decides he's coming over, no blinker no signal just starts sliding, i have no place to go i crowded the white lane as close as i could without hitting the guy on my passeneger side and hit the air horn, scared the crap outta him just as bad as he did me. ppl just don't think nor pay attention enough to consider themselves drivers and i would say that is the situation you encountered and it sux. ppl start to pass a big rig then i dont know if they freak out or start to unconsciously pace with us but it's kinda freaky for me cuz then i start to think they are unpredictable and not sure what they will do that goes back to the post about being prepared for the unexpected. that shouldn't apply to just big trucks that is advice that should be taken by all 4-wheelers as well. if most ppl were to stop and think or pay a lil more attention the roads would be so much safer, even if everyone applied that to one trip.