Fasten your seatbelts - this will be a bumpy ride

You probably did mention that. But at my age,
memory was the second thang to go
doncha know.

And good responses, too.

And now, we won't shut up?

Same to you and your's, Lorie.

 

I have and will again call in on a driver if I see him doing this. Drivers like this do not need to be out sharing the road with the public. Following distance saves lives. Lack of it kills people.

 

I can relate. I'm a truck driver and have experienced the same in my semi and my personal vehicle, by trucks and cars alike. The safest thing we can do is just allow more room ahead until we can get away from the situation. It's nerve racking but keeping our head is the safest, and helps with the stress. It's a bad deal, but I've learned that we share the roadways with people of that sort of mentality. I'm sorry this happened to you, it gives the american trucker a bad image, but we are not all this way.

 

That's right, sometimes you can't tell when 1 rush hr. ends and the next starts, Ha!Ha!

 

You got THAT right, HappyPappy!

Here in the southern part of the Land-0-Fruits & Nutz, traffic is predictably unpredictable at ANY hour.
But on weekdays, around 3 PM to about 6 PM, it's at it's worst, ---
stop-N-go (not far, fast).

One thang I've noticed though is that those same hours are also called
"Happy Hour" at some places that serve adults adult beverages.
Hmmmmmmmmm

I wonder how may rush-hour drivers first stopped to get "happy" for an hour, or so, before hitting the traffic?
"Hitting" being the key word here.
Like C R A S H.

I agree with One_Cent_Worth, --- learn to DEAL with traffic.
Actually, that CAN be an art form --- reading traffic, ---
then acting and REacting accordingly.
Not to mention that OCW's post was a bargain.
I'da gone at LEAST 2 cents.
Maybe more.

 

What makes you think he was EITHER an "O/O or ....a bull hauler"? I have seen company drivers drive like this; particularly the local hourly workers.

 

My "company-owned" truck will do every bit of 98mph, as will the other 50 (or so) in our fleet. (I have the ticket for doing 93 UPHILL in Wyoming near Elk Mtn to prove it) Have any more questions?

 

I drove a company truck that was capable of at LEAST 113 MPH,
and one of the other company drivers has a citation
on record to prove it.

No questions asked.
He KNEW that he dunnit.
But admitted that the Big truck wasn't runnin'
flat-out.
"She had a tad more."
He said, ------ and
I believe.

 

I had a women once in Arlington Tx, coming off of I-30 heading to US360 go over a curb and drive in the grass just to get in front of me. I don't know what she was thinking or where she was going, but all I can say is she did not get very far as it was morning rush and traffic was at a crawl..