You are unbelievable! YOU see them catch you with your cruise on, so obviously they are going faster than you. YOU know that you won't "cleanly pass" them, because once you both top the hill he's going to pass you again on the way back down. HEED YOUR OWN FLIPPING ADVICE!!!! Back out of it for 1 hill and they'll be long gone...but no, YOU have to prove the level of your own immaturity and unprofessionalism by keeping your cruise set and continually causing both lanes to be blocked as you both sit there fighting for the lead. He didn't catch you by running slower than you. Let him by, and you'll just be a speck in his mirror before too long. Meanwhile, others on the road won't be cussing you out as they are wanting to get by you but can't because you selfishly refuse to be courteous or act like you've got something other than excrement between your ears.
Types of truckers passing me
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They won't be cussing me, I'm the one going the speed limit. If billy bigrigger gets neck and neck with me struggling to climb the grade and we are at the speed limit, that just too GD bad .Last edited: Mar 17, 2016
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You are not the keeper of the law. But you act like you are. The games you are playing are dangerous.Pedigreed Bulldog Thanks this. -
If the speed limit is 65 I set mine at 64. This accounts for the little downhill dips where it can go up to 3 miles per hour over and the jakes hold it at 67.My speedo and GPS match speed. Also when going through work zones the radar displays speed, always matches what my instruments say.
What I think happens is these drivers know they can go up to 5 miles per hour faster than the speed limit and it only costs 1 CSA point if they get caught so they set their speed at 68 + 3 is 71 in a 65 and come up on ole scottie ticked off wanna pass. Fine go ahead, just don't sit there and expect me to *slow* down. I gotta make my time and distance as efficient, safe and legal as possible. I don't get the princess attitude out here with these drivers wanting to race everywhere they go.Last edited: Mar 17, 2016
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I am at a loss how me going the speed limit creates unsafe environments around myself? Please explain that one to me.
Scottie, don't you see when you go the speed limit people come unhinged around you?? Clue in scottie!! you need to be going 3-5 miles per hour over the speed limit or 3-5 miles per hour under the speed limit! Going the exact speed limit causes road rage scottie you are a menace to the highway for going the speed limit good god scottie
Left Lane For Passing Only, not Left Lane For Princesses Who Expect All Others to Bow Down and Slow Down so Royal Highness Trucker can Pass More Quickly
People can get as stupid as they like around me, I'm not in charge of that but I will be filming them when they do get stupid.Last edited: Mar 18, 2016
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Earlier in this thread, you were talking about playing hopscotch for half a county with another truck who caught you in some hills. He had the faster truck, but was heavier and bogged down more than you in the hills. YOU made the choice to block #### up when you REPEATEDLY passed him again on the inclines, only for him to pass you again on the downhill. YOU KNEW he had the faster truck, and yet YOU CHOSE to be an inconsiderate ######## to everybody else on the road around you. 1 hill is probably all it would have taken...back out of it and stay behind him. When he gets up to speed again on the next downhill, he's on his way and you're a speck in his mirror. Instead, YOU (because NOBODY is allowed to cause YOU to go any slower than YOU want to go) chose to again and again pull out into the passing lane to re-pass the faster-but-heavier truck when you knew FULL WELL that you weren't willing or capable of STAYING in front of him. THAT is the level of dickheadery I'm talking about in this thread. YOU are the one who chose to #### traffic up for "half a county" as YOU chose to play games. YOU are unprofessional, discourteous, and from what I've seen in your videos and read in what you've posted in the various threads, you have no business driving a bicycle, let alone a CMV.
Get your head out of your ###. It isn't all about you. A professional drives defensively, which means sometimes backing out of the throttle a little to manage the space cushion around your vehicle...a skill you simply do not have.DsquareD, HalpinUout and Joews Thank this. -
I don't see why this is such a big issue. The left lane is the passing lane. It's not the hammer lane or the fast lane, it's for passing. You are not supposed to exceed the speed limit in either lane. There is not ( at least in my state) any law that dictates a minimum speed for the passing lane. As long as you are actively passing someone, you have every right to be in that left lane. There is also no law that I'm aware of that dictates how quickly you need to complete the pass.
If you have some knucklehead trying to pass you at 62, then yeah it is generally appreciated if you back off a little and let him by. No, you do not have to do this if you don't want to, it is just a courtesy. And if you are the super trucker stuck behind said knucklehead, then you might get inconvenienced for a minute. We should all be used to getting inconvenienced, it happens all the time. If you can't handle that, then I guess it sucks to be you. Better get used to it though, because we will all be going 65 or less soon enough. I can promise you one thing, tailgating and bellowing into your mic will not make anybody go faster.
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