Murphys Law in the truckerverse

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

  1. Finalsomnia

    Finalsomnia Medium Load Member

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    You have to brake hard to avoid the Toyota Prius (it's always a Prius) that #### near scrapes your bumper getting into your lane, and it's always at the bottom of an uphill grade, killing your momentum.
     
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  3. GiantBeard

    GiantBeard Medium Load Member

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    You pull out to pass some slower traffic. Some 'good samaritan' pulls in from the fast lane to make sure the trucks don't go too fast.

    (It's happened to me several times now)
     
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  4. Charlie Mac

    Charlie Mac Ears On, Hammer Down

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    It's been a few days since your last shower. You finally have time to take one & find the closest spot to your current location...just so happens you've never been here before.

    You get to the shower only to realize that you would probably be cleaner if you didn't step into this.
    [​IMG]
     
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  5. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    The chances your GPS will freeze up is inversely proportional to your need for directions.
     
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  6. unloader

    unloader Road Train Member

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    LOL where did you stop? The motel out of any horror movie ever made?

    unloader
     
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  7. Charlie Mac

    Charlie Mac Ears On, Hammer Down

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    :laughing6: This was @ a park.
     
  8. 25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Not sure what you mean here, but to make it clearer, I think you meant that the more you needed directions, the more likely your gps will freeze.
     
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  9. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    The ability to communicate is inversely proportional to the importance of what must be said.
     
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  10. Gulf

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    When you finally get a decent break, there are no good restuarants or stores nearby. And the the only truck stop has a mud lot and one toilet in the middle of the restaurant.
     
  11. Accidental Trucker

    Accidental Trucker Road Train Member

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    The customer wants to have lunch holding you up JUST long enough that you hit shift change at the border, and the USDA guys show up an hour and a half late. Yeah, that's another night on the road instead of my own bed. Thanks Uncle Sam!
     
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