Has another truck ever tried to run you off the road?

I had a guy pulling a 40 foot container come into my lane... I think he forgot that he wasn't hauling 20 foot containers that trip. Good thing my day was almost done, as a change of trucker gear was in order.

 

That guy will be branded for life as Buffalo Bill. No matter what movie I hear him in I always think of silence of the lambs.

 

was running across wyo. in about 1973 at 75 mph had a driver run into the back of my truck. that is almost the same as someone running you off the road but on the other end. be safe out there

 

Watching Russian dashcam videos will provide all the driver hi-jinks you'll ever need. Driving in that country is more of a game of survival than anything else.

 

You have to watch a vast majority of Schneider, Werner, and Swift drivers. They re very bad about almost running you off the road trying to get over to make the exit when there s been signs of the exit coming up for 2 miles or more. SOME Owner Operators are very bad about almost hitting your truck to get around a slow truck that they ve been coming up on for a few miles. Not to mention almost causing you to make an erratic swerve when they pull on to the highway from a dead stop with no warning of any kind

 

yes, it definitely can happen, lots of hot heads out here. just always leave yourself a way out.

 

Duel actually was Spielberg's first, he made it while still in film school. It's one of my all-time favorite movies. If you haven't seen it, go out of your way to watch it. What a ride!

 

wow that's pretty intense, good wake up call for him I bet.

 

It's Hollywood with professional drivers and stunt personnel, closed roads, lots of practice and takes, and post-production editing. Never going to happen. In the real world, people take down license plate numbers, whip out the cell phone and take a movie...and drivers get points. And arrested.

No, it doesn't happen.

 

Had this exact thing happen a few years ago. Going westbound on I-40 west of Albuquerque around 0100 hrs. Had an O/O that was pulling a Swift trailer come up to pass me. He got his fifth wheel to my hood and decided it was time to come back over into the right lane. Fast. I had to lock them up and get to the shoulder as fast as I could before we traded paint. He either wasn't running a CB or he was ignoring me because believe me, this woman was cussing like a sailor at him! I believe he was either not paying attention or maybe tired. It definitely gave me and adreneline dump.