Murphys Law in the truckerverse

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by walstib, Feb 13, 2016.

  1. walstib

    walstib Darkstar

    Feel free to add your own of course.


    As soon as you change lanes to pass a slow ### they will speed up.


    Once you're within 2 miles of your exit ramp, there will be a truck driving 10 mph less than you.
     
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  3. Razorwyr

    Razorwyr Road Train Member

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    The car behind you, taking the next exit, will pass you before doing so.

    The car in the acceleration lane, travelling as fast or faster than you, will brake at the end of the merge area, regardless of the distance ahead of you it may be.
     
  4. Canned Spam

    Canned Spam Road Train Member

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    There won't be a car for ages, anywhere around, but once you slow down to look for an address so you don't pass it there will be a car right on your bumper.


    Same thing with moving over for something on the freeway. Always a car materializes out of thin air ha
     
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  5. street beater

    street beater Road Train Member

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    It will lunch time at the next 3 del's
     
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  6. S.V.Buyck

    S.V.Buyck Light Load Member

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    As soon as I turn on my blinker the people in the next lane will always speed up.
     
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  7. street beater

    street beater Road Train Member

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    And my worst day went like this, get to a del at 9:25 am, they break 9:30-9:45, i have to wait, get done round 10. Next stop i get to at 10:35, they break 10:30-10:45, i wait, get out around 11. Next one i get to at 11:20, they luch 11:30-12. I call the boss this time... yup im waiting.. next stop, yup they lunch 12:30 to 1, called again, yup waiting agsin... yes that happened... only once. Now i dont call for the wait/no wait order... i just leave
     
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  8. Kyle G.

    Kyle G. Road Train Member

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    If your truck is governed st 62 (like mine), you will end up behind a truck going 61.

    If you wash your truck, it will rain or snow later that day or the next day.

    If you deliver to a receiver with only one dock door, as soon as you check in, an ltl truck will materialize and back into the dock ahead of you.

    Where there's one ltl truck, two or three more will be right behind him.

    No matter where you park in a customer's yard, you will always be in someone's way.

    If you park in front of one trailer in a yard with hundreds of them, that's the trailer the yard driver will need.

    If you go number two before eating anything at Denny's, you will be going number two again right after.

    the nicer the name of the truck stop, the dirtier it will be.
     
  9. 25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Absolutely positively must be there for over an hour before the 1 person shows up who can unload the drop.

    Another; business is on a dead end that isn't in the GPS. Telephone is answered by a service that will forward your message,asking for directions, and the business will.not ever return your call.

    That's what experience is for.
     
  10. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    If you have any issue with weight or your out of hours that last scale house will always be open.
     
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  11. thejackal

    thejackal Road Train Member

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    Wow. Kinda like a matrix of some sort.
     
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