I got a taste of what it's like to be a trucker yesterday

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  1. 1278PA

    1278PA Road Train Member

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    Still not a driver yet but i had a one day cash job to deliver a big engine core to a truck dealer in harrisburg pa. I was about 120 miles away in Trevose/Feasterville PA down by Philly. We rented a small open 5x9 trailer i towed with my old 1997 chevy tahoe. Total weight with trailer probably about 2200 lbs. nothing really and nothing to you guys lol

    Anyway i had to do and deal with a lot of things you guys deal with.
    First dealing with A hole drivers that have no idea about stopping distance with any vehicle that is towing stuff. I had a car cut me off on the PA turnpike. I was in the right lane doing about 62 and i see the car coming up the on ramp and he has a STOP sign not a yield. I get close to him and he just blows the stop sign right onto the highway cutting me off. I eventually pass him and as i did i flip him the bird. Then about 5 mins later he passes me on the left and flips me off. That's society these days they do something obviously wrong but YOU are the a hole....

    I recommend to people who never towed anything to at least tow something small in a trailer like i did to get an idea of how it is on the road before getting into the big arena of the trucking industry. I know it's only a lick not a full taste of what i will deal with.
     
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    The hotshot guys doing it legal wouldn't be happy with you
     
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    Your not trucker material. Flipping the bird ? That's called "Road Rage". You need patience in this industry, seems you don't have it .
     
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    I have patience but when my life is in danger that's when it goes away. He was very close to me after he blew the stop sign and obviously not going nowhere near 62 mph i was going. I'm very professional but that's cool.
     
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    I forgot to ask what is blowing a stop sign called?
     
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    Cheating death, for those ones pa sees as a smart move to put them at the end of an on ramp to a 65 mph interstate...

    That doesn't make it right for you to show a higher level of road rage, regardless of how angry you have just become... When 2 people like that run into one another bad stuff happens
    That's why you aren't professional
    Should have made some distance and forget about it
    Drink beer at end of week when you've had enough
     
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    I've worked in customer service and in the trades working on with my own customers for many years. I act professional all the time in a business capacity but when i'm driving my own personal vehicle towing something and not representing or working for anyone i handle things like most people would. If i was almost in a serious crash caused by them giving flipping them the bird is the least they should worry about. Lots of people in society these days would meet them at the next stop and do something crazy to them. Anyway like a said if i'm working or representing a company i'm always professional.
     
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    I don't want to argue here my point of posting this thread is showing i got a taste of what truckers deal with. If you think i won't make it or i'm unprofessional it's cool everyone has opinions.
     
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    It's a good thing you didn't move it with authority and properly insured then eh? Lol.... If you had a crash your life would be even more of a nightmare because you were paid to haul something without the proper authority insurance all that stuff
     
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    Flipping someone off? Are you 15 :p?
     
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