how long does the societal upheaval last

since august, pressure has been building. first is was just faster speeds, more freight moving, more money to be made. but it's been getting tighter, memorial day weekend, thanksgiving. people getting faster, more impatient, more hostile. i used to be able to anticipate idiots before they would get a chance to pin me into a corner, and once i was moving they'd go around or decide to let me...not die. but lately, as in the last couple weeks, i swear to god they are on the hunt, like it's a game. they sit there inches from your tandems, stare at you, waiting for the perfect opportunity to get in the way, where it causes you the most trouble, and at the precise moment when it's most effective, floor the absolute peanuts out of their paper plate $1,000 salvage title to force you into a tight spot, and then speed off like a beam of light with nowhere to go, laughing at your panicked attempt to avoid catastrophe. and it's not just a few, or most of them. it feels like entire cities are out with nothing else to do than stoke chaos right now, for no apparent net gain at all. it's mindless, and I've never seen it like this.

i have no defense against that, the only effective trajectory adjustment i have in traffic is the brakes, and if you use those, it's almost to the point like you'll be responsible for the pile up behind you.

Atlanta, Denver...in 3 years OTR I've never been actually scared to be driving, because I had confidence in my own piloting abilities. But it's reaching a point lately where the inevitable accident I'm about to get into will be, by the laws of physics, impossible to avoid, due to the other drivers on the road, and I've still got delivery to make.

To the guys that have driven for a while, how long until the societal upheaval calms down again. Because I'm legit worried...for my livelihood, I want to keep driving.

 

straight up, a society only stays groomed when it takes out its trash. inside this political border called USA, you aren't allowed to take out the trash. the only direction a society that doesn't take out its trash is headed is down. liberty is dependant on a moral populace, in the absence of a self governing people, enforcement is made necessary to maintain order. its gonna snowball here real soon.

 

that is the truth. the difference between rolling through fooksville at 0230 vs 0630 is 'nice quiet drive' vs 'someone.is.going.to.surely.die'... running nights is going back on my list of not-exactly-an-option items, I don't want to end up in jail.