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Yes, I have come across that old geezer attitude before. Facts and truth aren't important. Just your ego. But I do know there are some GOOD old truckers out there in spite of your efforts to lower the standard.

 

OK, I stand corrected. What I said was absolutely true 7 years ago which was the last time I drove an 18 wheeler. But these new Haldex automatic brake adjusters do work differently. And backing up would do nothing to adjust the new Haldex automatic brake adjusters. I hope I am wrong about other things as well. I did not like the lack of professional behavior I saw in the majority of truckers while I was driving and I hope that has changed as well. And while some implied I was a sorry truck driver, the vast majority of you were worse. Most of you would just hook up to a trailer and run with it without looking back and you know it. I also know that many, if not most of the trailers being pulled today still have those old automatic brake adjusters on them unless they have been switched out as well. I still see many old trailers on the road. And I have never seen any new upgrades on an old trailer.

 

Oh, that is simple. I got eyes in my head and I know what I see. There are good veteran truck drivers out there but many veteran truck drivers aren't good truck drivers. Sure, you had to be good enough to stay out of serious accidents and that is to your credit, but there are a number of you still on the road because you fix your tickets rather than drive safer.

 

I wasn't comparing apples to oranges. Sure, your average truck drivers is a better driver than your average four wheeler. But some of you veteran truck drivers are just plain bad truck drivers and shouldn't be driving. I have seen many older truck drivers in the ditch because they chose to drive too fast in a snow storm and many many older truck drivers who chose to drive 80 mph in a headwind going westbound on I-80 and getting blown off the road. "Oh, it just came out of nowhere and blew me off the road!" As if driving too fast for the wind conditions had nothing to do with it. I saw many older truck drivers tailing a small car less than a car length behind even though that car was going faster then the speed limit. Just going too slow for that old veteran trucker I guess. Yes, most of you aren't that bad but too many are. Your age and experience has nothing to do with it. Driving safely is what matters.

 

Thank you. I have never heard of Joel Wallach before and there are many alternative health supplements that do not work as I can personally attest to. But there are a few that are helpful. Something different might work. But I just keep on living though my doctors keep saying "DIE! DIE! DIE!"