Left lane heros

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by RunningAces, Jun 12, 2023.

  1. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Lol it is basically already like that now.
     
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  3. m16ty

    m16ty Road Train Member

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    When going though cities I most often stay in the right lane and end up passing everybody. Even that isn’t correct, but if people want to go slow in the middle or left lanes I don’t mind passing the idiots on the right.
     
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  4. RunningAces

    RunningAces Road Train Member

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    Yeah, hate it when the guy in the left lane goes under the speed limit.
     
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  5. m16ty

    m16ty Road Train Member

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    I doesn’t matter what speed you are going in the left or middle lane, you shouldn’t be just running there, especially if there are people behind you being held up or people are passing you on the right.
     
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  6. rbrtwbstr

    rbrtwbstr Road Train Member

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    You know, I've given up on worrying about such things. I don't care what lane you wanna run, so long as I'm able to run with the flow of traffic and able to get around you if I want and you stay in your lane when I pass. But don't get all butt hurt if I blow your doors off on the right when I pass you.

    Going out 78 two weeks ago, had a knucklehead in the left lane hanging out, there was very little traffic, and no reason for knucklehead to be in the left lane, but there he was, doing the cool safe speed of 62 mph. I caught up to him, moved to the left to pass and he stays there. So I move right to pass on the right and the moron proceeds to run me on the shoulder. Then he moves back to the left lane and resumes his odyssey. When I got back up beside him I crowded him a bit while maintaining my lane at 80 mph. Some choice words were exchanged, along with some hand gestures.
     
  7. abyliks

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    I wont have to worry about that, once they pull my authority for non compliance I’ll go be a door a greater at Walmart,
     
  8. rollin coal

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    Walmart cut that position sometime before the pandemic. Some of you guys haven't been to Walmart in a while have you? That's the second time in a couple of months I've seen somebody coveting one of the old people greeter jobs. You might have to go to Burger King and flip whoppers or something similar.

    Truth be told nobody is going to GAF that your truck isn't set to whatever speed they determine to be the regulation. You have to really try to get a speeding ticket in a big truck. I got one back in 2017 tho so I can't talk much.

    I was in rural llinois and some ### hole four wheeler was hanging on my back bumper shining his bright left headlight in my eyes/mirror. I speeded up to get the #### away from a tailgater. It was about 2am and there wasn't any traffic so no harm no foul. But this ### hole flipped on the blues and wrote me a speeding ticket.
     
  9. RunningAces

    RunningAces Road Train Member

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    They still have them at my two local Walmarts here I'm east TN.
     
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  10. Vampire

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    You’re a dream crusher. I was just dreaming of that last night, greeting all kinds of people at Walmart.

    Good afternoon sir, welcome to Walmart.

    Hey whipper snapper, where are the depends located?

    Over there in isle 4, middle shelf sir. Enjoy your day.

    Then you come along and ruin it all. :(
     
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  11. RunningAces

    RunningAces Road Train Member

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    Saw a guy have to slam on us brakes in the right lane because a guy came to a near complete stop to let someone merge ahead of them. I cruised on by in the left lane safely away from scared merging four wheelers and newbie truckers. Definitely safer and less stressful over here, boys.
     
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