FCC--Fremont Contract Carriers

Speeding up to get away from someone is one thing, especially if you know you can get away and stay in front. I was talking about once they’re in the left lane and if there’s traffic coming behind them I’ll back out a little bit. Most of the reason for doing that is because they’re more likely to cut over super close to me to clear their lane or they’re going to stay in the left lane and once the cars have enough room they will start cutting over. Backing out of it for a little bit doesn’t change my day much.

 

Because you're better than that? You just admitted you're not. That is why the industry is going to hell in a handbasket. Everyone is trying to one up each other to the bottom.

 

It’s kind of like holding the door open for someone. Sure it might slow you down maybe two seconds but it’s an overall good and nice thing to do. And we could all use a touch of good and nice out here now and then.

Been in the reverse and had to run full out 68 the whole way to get someplace at some certain time and it sure would have been nice if the driver in the right lane going 67.7 mph would have done what you do and just backed out of it a bit for two seconds and let me get around. We are just holding up every one behind us. I try to do what you do too. It takes two second to tap one’s brake and let them slip around.

No winners when the turtles race the tortoises.

Been playing with the idea of running 65 mph myself since it became a topic here. I could use a bit of trimming on the stress front myself so why not. Done it a few times the last week or so but then found myself habitually putting my foot on the peddle again and again.

 

The only common courtesy i follow on a regular basis is getting over in certain situations. Like moving over for other trucks or traffic merging onto the highway if i can, and moving over for emergency vehicles or other traffic parked on the shoulder. But that was something i learned from watching others drive when i was younger and when i was learning how to. I’ve been to so many other states that that doesn’t seem to be the case.

I was also taught by my family to not get over into the right lane until you see the whole semi in your rearview mirror. Which i still do to this day when i’m piddling around in my car

 

It’s going there? I’d make the argument that it’s already there and has been for some time, and not just this industry either

 

There are plenty of times when I need to drive faster, but in general if I’m already running 65 then backing out of it doesn’t kill my day. But there are also days like last Friday where it starts out easy, things change, by mid day I’m running the speed limit in Iowa and after my last drop/hook I’m running 75 from Omaha to the Pleasant Dale exit (when the limit was 75) wondering how serious they were in the last safety meeting about getting notifications of o/o’s running 75 and then after dropping in Crete and bobtailing home I ended up going off duty when I turned off the highway and doing the creep two blocks to my driveway. Had I known in the morning that my plan wasn’t going to stay my plan all day I could’ve ran closer to 70 all day and not been in a mad rush to make it home before running out of time.

 

There are many drivers who could be pricks like the rest of them, but choose not to be. I admit that I'm not always a gentleman, but I admire the drivers who have more patience than I do. And that usually convinces me to back off.

 

It's hard for me to blame the passer, when they're the ones who usually get the horn. The dipstick in the right lane should be yielding, like you said, when another truck is faster than them. The problem I have with some in the left is when I slow down, the passer will get in front and slow down himself; which in turn makes me try to pass him. Then, more often than not, he will speed up to prevent me from passing. Douchebags, I'm tellin ya.

 

Saw the 2026 Cascadia introduction video and I can see why they are going to take their chances and run our existing equipment longer. With all the new sensors they added on I’m pretty sure there’s a decent price hike plus lots of new and interesting ways for stuff to break.

 

Right!!!! Another thing that jerks my chain is the folks that hold back traffic when there’s a lane closure. Absolutely not! It just creates a bigger bottleneck. Zipper merge, folks. Zipper merge. Yeah, I know, some folks don’t/won’t do it properly, but it still works better than everyone getting in the left/right lane 5-7 miles back. Had a guy in a car get out of the left lane to block me the other day like that. No one in the right lane for at least a mile and the closure was 4 miles away. Me and the other truck behind me went around him on the shoulder and kept getting it. So did a lot of cars before he got back in the left lane. A mile later, I hit the next exit and took the back roads.