Murphys Law in the truckerverse

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

  1. Sipesh

    Sipesh Medium Load Member

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    At 11pm, the only open parking space is open for a reason. You will soon find the truck beside you is idling, and has a massive air leak causing the spit valve to pop every 30 seconds.
     
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  3. Sho Nuff

    Sho Nuff Road Train Member

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    You rush to an EZ Pass lane and at the last minute, anouther vehicles cuts in front of you only to drive 2 mph through, or tries to get a ticket. You pick anouther lane next time only to have the vehicle next to you drive through going 35 mph.

    Your on a 1 lane, no pass road, and the speed limit is 45 mph, and the vehicle in front drives 35 mph.

    Your truck is governed at 65 mph and you try to pass anouther truck going 64-63. It takes you 15 minutes to pass him, only to find out that truck is lighter than you, and you hit a hill, and it's back to the beginning again.

    Your in a 3 lane highway, at night, with no traffic, and there's a vehicle driving in the middle lane going slower than you, and just when your about to pass, anouther vehicle in the right lane pops up, and you wind up being stuck behind both vehicles, unable to pass.

    You're at a 2-3 lane fuel island, and you pick a lane, waiting to fuel, only to have anouther truck pull up in the next lane, and that vehicle immediately moves up. Then anouther truck comes behind that truck, and moves up immediately as well, while the lane that you picked goes nowhere.

    You have a truck driving in the middle of a 3 lane highway, driving slower than everybody else. Traffic starts to build up behind him, and just when your about to go past him, he decides to finally move over to the right lane, and you can't merge over to the middle lane because of all the trucks that was behind him starts to move again.
     
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  4. thejackal

    thejackal Road Train Member

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    Ya it's ok tho bout the speed limiter. After all. Aren't them things Makin it safer out here?? Lololol
     
  5. pigeon river trucking

    pigeon river trucking Light Load Member

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    U could park In the middle of a corn field and within 10 minutes there will be a reefer on both sides of u
     
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  6. Longarm

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    Getting pigeonholed behind a slow moving car. As soon as traffic clears and you step out to pass, they take the next exit.

    Every. ####ing. Time.
     
  7. terryg247

    terryg247 Light Load Member

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    When driving up to customs the shortest line will take the longest
     
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  8. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    When there is only one parking spot left in a truck stop, it will require a blind side back.
     
  9. street beater

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    And you wont see untill your set up for it that theres a bobtail half way in...
     
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  10. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    YES... A bobtailed truck should be REQUIRED to park in the front half of a space... Can't count the number of times I see a spot that is "open", only to be crushed to discover the space is "half" full... Ugh.
     
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  11. street beater

    street beater Road Train Member

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    I think they should be allowed to park in the car lot...
     
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