Most insulting thing another driver can do

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by abyliks, Sep 10, 2022.

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most insulting thing another driver can do?

  1. Kicking your new puppy

    30 vote(s)
    42.9%

  2. Calling your mother a wh@re

    9 vote(s)
    12.9%

  3. Attempting to pass you while driving slightly faster

    31 vote(s)
    44.3%
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  1. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    How about getting behind a guy going into a scale where the signs say to maintain a certain speed, like 25 mph, and they slow down to about 10 mph? Idiots.
     
    kemosabi49, Sep 11, 2022
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    ^^^^^^^.....^^^^^^^......^^^^^^^
    The above statement is the best answer that will ever be in this thread....

    I would like to say that the most insulting driver is the one on the right who wont back out of it for 3 seconds & let the guy pass. But, "insulting" is not even close to the correct term for the guy that wont back out of it. I personally place him in the "idiot" category.

    Look, if the truck caught you, over all, he is going faster than you. If he wasn't, he wouldn't have caught you in the first place. He may not be faster than you right this second... going up a hill or going down a hill or maybe even on flat road... right this second. But, over all, he is faster than you.
    Some will argue "drafting" is what causes this. I understand drafting. But how did he get close enough to be drafting? He is faster than you & caught you. My answer to your "drafting" theory is that, he wasn't drafting when he was a mile behind you. He wasn't drafting when he was 10 miles behind you. So the only way he could have caught you is... "over all" he is going faster than you.

    I could argue that the reason the driver passing is being slowed down due to the air flow from the front of your truck (the guy being passed), a head wind, slowing him down preventing him from passing.

    At the end of the day... all day long... the real idiot here is in the guy in the right lane.

    People, just kick the cruise off for 3 seconds. You'll drop 2, 3 or 4 miles per hour & he'll maintain his speed (maybe even gain 1 MPH when he clears your air flow), then you can get back in the cruise. By the time you get back up to your original speed, he has cleared you.
     
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    Grumppy, Sep 11, 2022
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  3. JolliRoger

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    It is applied logic. Risky, but gets the needed result.
     
    JolliRoger, Sep 11, 2022
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    I have not driven ANY Truck since early '20.
    Retired in 1st Quarter '21.
    My Class A went went belly up permanently on August, 31, '22. No Use For It.
    WE rarely get on any Interstate and when we do, it's for short distances, and trying to stay up with the super hi-way travelers. >>65 means 80+<<>>70 means FASTER<<>>75 means LIGHT SPEED<<.
    Not that our 4 wheeler is slow by any means, yet like Truck Driving, The Faster One Travels, The Faster Problems Arise and Deflate, often into an ambulance or hearse.

    Most-Insulting-Thing-A-Driver-Can-Do is ANYTHING outside the realm of COMMON SENSE & COURTESY.

    To Thine Self Be True!!
     
    Val_Caldera, Sep 11, 2022
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    Yesterday I was fully loaded (almost 80k) cruise at 71 and I’m speeding up after the on ramp and this dude flooring it at 70 tries to pass. Okay that’s fine. Well I get up to speed and he didn’t make it. He sat in the left lane TEN minutes trying to inch ahead on hills and eventually a car was trying to merge in and there was a line behind him and I just slowed down. Then I was sitting right behind him and we hit a flat stretch and I wasn’t about to be like him so I set the cruise to 69 and sat back. I was pretty F#ing mad though
     
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    Wait till Ya'll get your speed limiters gifted to Ya'll ... Compliments of Uncle Sam
     
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    625 cat with tall gears entering the 4 lane, the truck on the highway moves to the left lane. IDK why, but anyway I could pass on the right but don't want to make waves so wait till he gets by and pull into the left lane behind him but he stays there in the left lane blocking me.

    Etiquette sometimes creates confusion, and it seems whatever you do it will be wrong to somebody else ;)
     
    REALITY098765, Sep 11, 2022
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    Truck with their cruise control set at below 65. I go to pass, they decide to bump up their speed. ok, cool whatever. I get back behind them and they start going slow again. this #### pisses me off to no end. If you wanna go slow that's fine but don't play games on the road.
     
    Jenkins2020, Sep 11, 2022
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    A guy catches you, you let him past ya.
    A guy moves over to let you in/on, you let him back over in front of you.
    It is customary and proper driver etiquette.
    No shame in doing the right thing out here.
     
    Dennixx, Sep 11, 2022
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    Then you go around:)
     
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