How long do you wait...?

Stew209 · Dec 29, 2014

bigdogpile said: ↑

see,i like that when drivers pass me on the right.i'll let you get your rear axle to about my steer axle then boom !! I wake up then hammer down, just as a big truck is about to enter the highway and you move back behind me...lol
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lmfao!!!! Thats great.

4x4_Welder · Dec 29, 2014

Sounds like you went to the Midland school of big truck drivin'.

Chewy352 · Dec 29, 2014

You are assuming the majority of drivers still have a CB.

Brewsky said: ↑

I just go by the name of the trucking company, been out here long enough to know which ones will stay out there forever! I just automatically take whatever lane is left to safely get around. Once in a rare moon I will key the mike and say dude people r passing on the right and the left of you does that not tell you anything ( just hopeing that big light will come on) but to my dismay never does.
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w.h.o · Dec 29, 2014

Well since I'm govern, I'll come up to a slow truck and wait for 3-5 miles. There's no point for me to pass anybody since y'all just gna pass me again 2 miles down the road. Sometimes after 5 miles I decide to pass because maybe he's an o/o saving fuel but once they see that orange trailer they gun it and now I'm doing 64 trying my best to get around so now we're neck to neck and I got 4 wheelers and truckers on my ###..... btw that was a true story with a "western express" who was driving slow probably texting for atleast 10 miles and I didn't want to pass because I know they can go faster. But once I decide to pass he REFUSE to let me back in for miles.....alright rant over

Mudguppy · Dec 29, 2014

bigdogpile said: ↑

You should be asking me how long I'd wait before I'd brake check you....
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Really? Well, since you are obviously one of those self-absorbed "I don't gave a rat's patooty about anyone but MEMEME" drivers, you obviously missed pertinent part of my post; Allow me to repeat it for you.....specifically-

Mudguppy said: ↑

Well, trying very hard to avoid tailgating him,
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So, should you pull a jackwad move and try to brakecheck me, 2 things would occur....
1) You wouldn't come close to actually affecting me, and
2) I would proceed to blow your vasectomized truck's doors off......(ETA- All completely legally, of course! But thanks for your concern mods, and keep up the good work!!! )

Mudguppy · Dec 29, 2014

bigdogpile said: ↑

See,I like that when drivers pass me on the right.I'll let you get your rear axle to about my steer axle then boom !! I wake up then hammer down, just as a big truck is about to enter the highway and you move back behind me...lol
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Wow. Not once but twice in one thread you show what a jackwad driver would do. Kudos to you, "Big Dog" (snicker, guffaw, snort)

Wolfyinc · Dec 29, 2014

Brewsky said: ↑

I just go by the name of the trucking company, been out here long enough to know which ones will stay out there forever! I just automatically take whatever lane is left to safely get around. Once in a rare moon I will key the mike and say dude people r passing on the right and the left of you does that not tell you anything ( just hopeing that big light will come on) but to my dismay never does.
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yup just like I have also learnt which companies not to pull up behind at the fuel pumps, same type of arseholes

bigdogpile · Dec 29, 2014

Mudguppy said: ↑

Wow. Not once but twice in one thread you show what a jackwad driver would do. Kudos to you, "Big Dog" (snicker, guffaw, .snort)
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your welcome ! I aim to please !

joseph1135 · Dec 29, 2014

Mudguppy said: ↑

I'm sure this thread is destined to be an epic, 1800 degree volcanic eruption of a thread, but here goes anyways.....

On my last load of the day today (and truth be told, more often than not, on MOST days lately...) I was headed back to the yard, in the early stages of what passes for rush hour traffic here. I was humming down the interstate, doing maybe 72-73 in a 70 mph, and was in the middle of three lanes, mostly to avoid traffic entering and exiting the highway. I notice about 1/4 mile or so ahead, there is a semi with a dry van in the same lane....Well, it quickly became apparent that he was either governed, a naturally slow driver, or was held up by traffic in front of him. Anyways, as I slowed during my approach, we went thru a series of curves, during which time I was able to determine it was either the first or second option, as there was no vehicles in front of him for at least 1,000 yards..... Well, trying very hard to avoid tailgating him, I also slightly drifted out first to his left, then a bit later to his right (after making absolutely SURE there was no traffic in either lane that I was encroaching on...) to "politely" let him know I was there, and hoping he would use (un)common courtesy and move aside for faster traffic (me) which is even indicated every so often by signage....(ie- "slower traffic stay right" etc.)

So my question is this....If/when encountering such a situation, how long do you wait for the driver to "do the right thing" (pun intended) and give way to you? I generally try to give a couple of minutes, but especially today where there was no slower traffic in the slow lane that he was intending to pass, I got fed up after maybe 2 minutes, and proceeded to slide over and make quick work of passing him (while I was still behind him, my speedo was showing him to be only doing 61-62). When I drew even with him, I glanced over and gave him a palms upward gesture (as if to ask "WTH?), which turned out to be in vain, because his attention was taken up by the smartphone in his hand and the occasional glance at the road ahead of him. Heck, he may not have even looked in his mirrors once to even know I was there!!!

So, aside from you governed drivers that can't get out of your own way (I keed, I keed....LOL), how long do YOU wait until you decide to pass one of these rolling road blocks on the right?
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You were speeding??? Then the driver in front of you was doing the right and lawful thing by making sure you couldn't break the law and become a hazard to other drivers.....

..... If I'm slower, I look for an open to get over. Most do not do what I do, unfortunately. And I don't wait long, because they will just sit there. I give it 20 seconds. Then off to the right lane I go.

Mudguppy · Dec 29, 2014

bigdogpile said: ↑

your welcome ! I aim to please !
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So, neither driving NOR reading comprehension are your strong suits. Duly noted.

Kudos- /ˈkjuːdɒs/-

Praise; accolades.

2. Credit for one's achievements

In this case, intended with extreme sarcasm..... I'm always happy to help educate. Cheerio.

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