Turn Signals and Broken Left Arm

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Slomosion, Oct 28, 2019.

  1. MGE Dawn

    MGE Dawn Road Train Member

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    I have a question of the utmost import: when half-assing, is it best done using the left cheek or the right?
     
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    Your assuming drivers are professional.

    Last Friday I am on I-96 coming out of Detroit where express and local lanes merge, there are two lanes until the telegraph exit from the local lanes, but some idiot truck drive in the center lane on the express side, sees the adding lanes and had to think it was merging traffic, panics, whips into far left lane, cutting off a few cars that are doing 75+ mph, and sit there for a mile and without using any turn signal.

    Later as I'm going into m14, there is a driver who decided that he needs to move to the left lane to pass another truck, again people are traveling 75 PLUS and he just got over, almost causing a serious accident. Oh and no turnsignal.
     
  3. Flat Earth Trucker

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    Thank your lucky stars this person allows you to drive on his roads.
     
  4. Flat Earth Trucker

    Flat Earth Trucker Road Train Member

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    The guy was too lazy to park. This was at the Pilot in Biggs, Oregon where 97 and I-84 interect. It's usually always busy with few open stalls to park.
     
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    Most people have a dominant cheek. I am one of the few lucky ones that is ambidextrous so I can do meh equally as well on either side.
     
  6. snowwy

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    Be thankful they aren't doing u turns in front of you.

    I don't know why one would expect turn signals when they can't follow all the other laws or even read the signs.

    And they blame the eld mandate for the highest accident year on record.

    The gooberment wants all this safety SH on vehicles and no one even uses it.

    Must be why self driving vehicles are in the works. Those things probably know how to drive.
     
  7. Muddydog79

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    Is it ok if i just leave my turn signal on at all times? My elbow gets sore turning it off and on like that.
     
  8. tscottme

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    The majority if truckers these days are newbies and they bring their 4-wheeler habits with them. They don't have a CB and never hear anyone object to their bad behavior, except maybe online. None of those newbies even suspect anybody is talking about THEM. "It must be all of THOSE bad drivers, not me. This is how my trainer did it."
     
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    Id rather have hoppers not pull out in front of me
     
  10. MGE Dawn

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    I know that Pilot. It's PITA. No spaces to be spoken for, no matter what time of day you show up
     
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