This Hot Load Is Worth More Than Your Life

Discussion in 'Trucker Videos' started by scottied67, Jul 20, 2016.

  1. truckthatpassesyouby

    truckthatpassesyouby Road Train Member

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    Some of you are really stupid.

    If you have another driver doing things that don't seem correct, you don't get next to them and wait and see if they hit you - you slow down or stop or figure out what you can do to let the retard go by.
     
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  3. thelushlarry

    thelushlarry Road Train Member

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    Why is it that every truck I get behind is going slower than me?
     
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  4. Hudson_MacBeth

    Hudson_MacBeth Medium Load Member

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  5. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    When the speed limit mandate takes effect next year these sorts of videos will become non existent. We'll all be chugging along like a freight train all at the same speed efficiently. When you have a guy like this selfishly pass causing everyone behind him to slam on their brakes, what happens is you have one guy going fast and 10 guys trying to catch back up to speed.

    All speed limited trucks will all do the same speed and be more efficient. ELD will in turn foster huge pay raises for us because of fewer crashes means fewer claims and premiums will drop and the savings will be passed onto the driver.
     
  6. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    You can give me a push, I won't mind.
     
  7. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    Wow OK that's like a 10 years old blog post lol.

    still doesn't apply to my video. I owned the single lane when it ended from the passing zone as indicated by the protected double yellow no passing lines on the ground. Try again.
     
  8. Hudson_MacBeth

    Hudson_MacBeth Medium Load Member

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    WHEN IT ENDED. from your own keyboard.
     
  9. qstaffenthree

    qstaffenthree Bobtail Member

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    No, that would be like you waiting at a red light, and when the light turns green you look to your right and see that a truck that is coming towards you is clearly not going to be able to stop for his red light, but you go anyway, and get hit. You did not properly observe the intersection and proceeded when it was unsafe to do so. THAT is an offence.
     
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  10. CousinVinny

    CousinVinny Medium Load Member

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    driving down two-lane highway
    2:36 passes merge sign
    nothing in left mirror
    2:41 lane divider markings end, road becomes single-lane highway
    nothing in left mirror
    2:45 passing truck becomes visible in left mirror
    2:47 passing truck clearly riding double-yellow, splitting lanes
    2:49 passing truck enters view from left, splitting lanes

    At 65Mph he's already covered around 380 feet driving down a single lane highway before the blue truck even becomes visible in his mirror. That's over 850 feet beyond the point he passed the Merge sign.

    I don't think there's a lawyer on this planet who could convince a jury he was to blame if that blue truck ended up causing a wreck.
     
  11. qstaffenthree

    qstaffenthree Bobtail Member

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    Let's say that you were walking across the road with the green light. You have the right of way, correct? Now what if the driver of a bus did not see that he had to come to a stop at the red light, and is clearly going to hit you. Would you: A - keep walking at the same pace, risking a collision?, or B - slow down and move out of the way?.....

    Well, we all know what you would choose.
     
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