Passing etiquette....

I beg to differ the Cummings engine actually have better lower end torque than the detroit's and owning and actually knowing the engines are two different things. I already said the old engine had no low end torque they were horsepower only engines, high revs to get anything from them, hence the need for a lot more gears. Ill take a 2 stoke jimmy up any incline you like to go on just give me my twinsticks. The way you talk you would think that the older trucks never ventured past the flatlands of the central plaines. We use to call the jimmies Rocky Mountain Hummingbirds, please do note the resemblance to my handle.

 

I remember a cable unit you could buy and attach to your linkage on the old 53's 71's and 92's it kicked off when you hit the accel peddle hard. Then again a brick worked will too.

 

If any of you have XM radio and listen to comedian Doug Stanhope, he does a halarious 3 minute bit on this very topic, ending with the statement that drivers who tie up the highway like this should die of the ebola virus bleeding from the eyes.
What is being forgotten is we are not the owners of the highway, and the law is beyond clear on this. Keep right except to pass. And the definition of passing is in the law books of every state. It is bad enough in VA that they have signs indicating do not use the left lane at all if you cannot maintain the speed limit.
This practice of tying up the roadway does more damage to the trucking industry image than almost any other. If you can't pass within 5280 feet at the most don't even try. And the fellow who is already smart enough to be in the right lane you are under no obligation to accomodate by slowing down and letting the jerk in. But you will do a great service to our image in the eyes of the general public if you do.

 

I've never seen it. I assume "pass" is like "stop"; self-evident/-explanatory. Unless I'm mistaken even the old "full and complete" has been eliminated from legal language requiring a vehicle to stop, because there is no other way to stop.

Then it sounds like there is an obligation to accommodate passing traffic/jerks, a professional one.

Personally, I don't care so much about that as I do that rare commodity common sense; the longer they're there, the longer they have to crash into me. In front of me, they're going to have a very hard time crashing into me.

I think with very few exceptions we've all tried to pass when we thought it was going to be quick, then turned out we was wrong. Not much sense in assuming that isn't the case for another driver. If they are an idiot, they belong in the front, at least in my book.

 

...and here I thought passing etiquette meant putting your pinkies up while executing the move...

 

Don't even get me started on the modern parent!!! I'm not sure there's enough curse words in the world to complete how I feel about that subject.

 

I just finally had to make a decision to "let it go". I have MULTIPLE chances a day to "retaliate" shall we say. And man Life's to short! I just CAN'T be P(&&#D all the time. I enjoy what I do and I drive in a mostly scenic area and I've got a good gig. I've just decided to not let some ((^%$$^^&*&^& idiot get me side tracked.

I would just be miserable. You see 'em. The guys who are perpetually PO'd. They're miserable and miserable to be around. Because they get PO'd by EVERYTHING out there on the road.

I just kick back, turn on something good that I like to listen to at the moment and let'em go. At the end of the day I just want to go home, Kiss the wife, Give the dog a "scooby Snak" and relax with a good meal and a relaxing adult beverage.

Let'em go!!!

 

So this what we worry about all day lol. Sounds like some our biggest problems are I cant pass him but im not really faster anyway or should i back off and let him pass me. If you think this job is hard try dealing with real problems in a job. It wasnt that long that many employed american's served and got shot at for a living (and thank any reading for their service). If these are the least of my worries then trucking rocks i love this job.

 

Just to clarify. That IS NOT A PICTURE OF ME!!! I AM NOT a PX Ranger!!!

That IS my old unit, But that IS NOT a picture of ME!!! I was looking at "Google Images" for pics of my old unit and saw that and said to self, "COOL !!!" So I liberated it from the internet. Just so you know.

Was with them, back in MY time. But THAT'S NOT ME!!!

God bless and protect the "All-Americans" !!!