Types of truckers passing me

@scottied67 post the video of you taking off your hood, everyone is waiting for that... I think more and more that's what happend... I find it funny you claim it was dark and you were parked and your camera doesn't work...


I think you got a taste of your own medicine and it finally bit you...

 

Let's look at another hypothetical situation:

Suppose you are being passed by a truck that is running 1/2 mph quicker than you. The road was clear ahead...nobody in sight when they started the pass. Suddenly, a car pops up over a slight hill he didn't realize was there (and totally hid the presence of the car) and you both realize a crash is likely to occur unless somebody does something. While he IS passing you...albeit slowly...he just doesn't have the pedal to complete the pass before disaster strikes, but he's frustrated because he's been "sucking dock dust" from your trailer for the past 50 miles and this was his best opportunity to put you in his rearview and get on up the road. His drives are slightly ahead of your steer tires, so he decides he's all-in. You, however, decide to be a stubborn ####### and not ease up for 2 seconds to allow him to complete the pass safely. Fine. That's typical scottied behavior, because it's all about you and how being a safe and courteous driver just isn't anything you're interested in being. Defensive driving doesn't yield too many thrilling videos, so why would you want to drive defensively? But I digress...back to the example. Car pops up over the hill and the other driver has to decide between a head-on in the oncoming traffic lane, taking the left-side ditch (to possibly head-on the car as they swerve right to avoid the truck coming at them in their lane), or steering to the right and booting you off into the ditch?

Guess what...YOU are going into the ditch. The side of his trailer will get some damage, but once the paperwork is completed, he'll be on his way again while you're being winched out, uprighted, or otherwise "recovered". Self preservation dictates he take the course of action posing the least risk to himself...and so it'll just suck to be YOU if you're hanging out in the lane where he needs to be.

See where it might behoove you to learn courtesy? You never know when that person trying to pass will take YOU out trying to save THEIR skin when the unexpected happens while you are going out of your way to NOT be "inconvenienced".

A defensive driver would have SEEN the truck behind (that caught you) pull out to pass, and simply eased out of it for a couple seconds to allow the pass to happen quickly and safely. Then, you turn the cruise back on. You might be 2 seconds behind where you would have been playing the stubborn #######, and you wouldn't have anything exciting captured on that dash cam. Or, you continue to be a stubborn #######, CREATING situations ripe for excitement. Problem with creating excitement is that it is only a matter of time before you are caught up in that excitement you're causing. Like I said, having seen your videos and reading your posts, I wasn't the least bit surprised you lost your hood. The only thing that I didn't expect was to hear it happened while you were parked.

 

Very clear explanation. However, the fact that it even needs to be explained to a driver with more than three months experience is what amazes me.

I get passed all day long by 62 MPH trucks. Sometimes a 61 MPH truck and backing off the cruise for just a very short time cuts the passing time by better than half.

There's a steady supply of rookie drivers out here trying to make that 1/2 MPH pass. I don't have the patience to try to "teach" them all a lesson by hanging them out in the left lane. I just want them to get around me and quit being a nuisance. I don't know how Scottie does it. How can one person pack that much arrogance into a truck and not get an over weight ticket?

 

Nicely put.

 

Any fisherman in this thread? They say it takes over a thousand casts to catch a Muskie.

The reason for that opening statement is because I've been pondering this whole Scottie and his dash cam thing. It's kind of like baiting for the purpose of catching something on his dash cam. In order to get his videos, he must have deliberately set the stage thousands of times, putting countless people at risk.

Every day we all face situations that "aren't our fault" (for lack of a better phrase), but a defensive driver keeps them from escalating.

I'm sure Scottie is going to deny that he ever does this but it is clear by his own words and video that he is playing games.

For instance, there's a construction zone ahead. Scottie slows to one mile under the future speed limit well in advance. Nothing wrong with that at first glance. However, all the other trucks with On Guard devices see exactly how fast he is going and figure he will go even slower once they reach the cones so they try to pass. What does Scottie do when one can't quite make it? He plays chicken to the end and posts a dash cam video.

How many times did he have to play that game before he finally caught one?

He also thinks it's OK to exceed the speed limit when he deems necessary to maintain his momentum. But anyone trying to pass him doing the speed limit while he is a mile under gets not one inch from Scottie. Now comes the decline and the truck that just passed Scottie maintains the speed limit, but that messes with Scottie's momentum.

I can't believe I put this much thought into this, but his lack of common decency amazes me. Nearly every other driver who's been around a while has figured out how to get down the road and deal with all the inconveniences safely, but Scottie continues to blame everyone else.

I used to be a child and also raised three children. I know how the childish mind works. I'm thankful that most children grow up and leave childish ways behind. I hope Scottie grows up before he kills someone.

Scottie, it's not just a few people who are picking on you or ganging up for some unexplainable reason. I shared this with a fellow driver and long time friend who has never been part of this community. In fact he is very internet resistant. He is a complete stranger to you and his exact words were, "A person like that has no business driving a commercial vehicle".

I'm not trying to antagonize you, Scottie. You really do need to reevaluate how you react to the situations that put you and others at risk, regardless of who's fault it is.

 

I think we've highjacked this thread enough and I think it is best not talk about it at this time thanks.

Trust me I don't have to and I would never bait any scenario to catch video gold. All I do is my job every day and plenty of people do dumb things within my dashcam's recording view. Then I post them up but dang you guys are a tough critical nitpicking crowd.

I've got videos of other truck drivers blatantly crossing double yellow lines but in your minds that's A-OK because I was in their way; I forced them to break the law and I caused them to go into road rage because I was going the speed limit.
What about the guy who raced up into the lane closure and forced his way past me, again my fault in your eyes, he was justified and even though I was aligned in the proper lane with full rights of way it was my responsibility to yield to this guy-- "lack of defensive driving on my part" nevermind he nearly killed me and/or himself to gain 3.2 seconds of space time distance. \

I guess that's it then no more videos from me

 

Everybody talks about courtesy. Courtesy goes both ways. How about showing that same courtesy to the guy who is governed and running heavy and has to deal with the same hills and drops.

If you want me to hold open the doors for you at Denny's I can do that. If you're stuck on the side of the road I can pull over and help you. If you have a hard time backing, I can come out and watch your blind spot. If I'm driving so slow on a long climb I can even move to the side and let you by. But let's get one thing straight, I'm not your road b@'tch. If I'm on a rolling hill trying to keep my momentum going and you decide to pass me at 1 mph then you're on your own. Good luck.
If you don't the think it's a big deal to lay off the gas then why don't you do it.

 

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thank you times 100

 

And another thing. If you really are the Super Trucker and Road King that you think you are then you shouldn't be having a hard time passing a Schneider truck to begin with.

 

The cone zone is the one I was referring to. You were in the right of way and "owned" that lane. I get it.

What your dash cam didn't show was the mirror, which I'm sure you had an eye on. Even though you had the right of way, why take chances with a crazy driver.

That's what I and several others have tried to point out. You don't always have to fight for your right to be right. There are clearly plenty of rookie drivers out there who shouldn't be there, but often times there are defensive driving techniques by those around them that can be used to prevent dangerous situations.

I recently had the chance to ride along with a 3 million safe miles driver in a snow storm. There were plenty of idiots, including one who nearly spun a complete circle right in front of us and it was good to see that after all those years he still used defensive driving techniques to avoid even having a close call.