What would you do in this scenario?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by M T, Sep 8, 2017.

  1. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Even a .22 cal with silencer mounted hidden behind the grill would be fun.
    Guy on the ship I was on made a silencer in the machine shop, for his .22 pistol. All you could hear was a low "pfssst" and that was it; barely audible. If you turned your back to him, you wouldn't hear anythng. The Navy was loose & fun back in those days.
     
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  3. Ridgeline

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    Wow ...

    to the op, next time just stay away from the idiot. YOU should be in the right lane which by the way is the far right or number one lane.
     
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  4. pattyj

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    I would have stayed in the granny lane till I reached the top.You don't wanna play cat any mouse no matter what but especially climbing a mountain.
     
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  5. magoo68

    magoo68 Road Train Member

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    What happened before the grade ?? Seems odd someone purposely doing that without prior issues back down the road
     
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  6. M T

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    It is definitely odd and I never seen the guy/tow-trucker until the scale and pass. There was a scale before the pass that he also entered for whatever reason and as we were exiting the scale he was going slower and I got this strange hunch about him but I brushed it off. When we got into the freeway I got into the lane left of him because he was going slow and I had enough speed to pass him. That is when he jumped 2 lanes to the left, cut me off when doing it, and stayed in the lane left of me and in front of me. Then the stuff I mentioned in first post

    Very very strange. I am guessing he was itching to cause an accident so he can tow me away like a j*ack*ss
     
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  7. Final Drive

    Final Drive Road Train Member

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    Go to the right lane and avoid idiots..
     
  8. buzzarddriver

    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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    4 lanes, scale at the bottom, and slow climbing. Sound like the 5 SB, climbing the Grapevine. If you could only do 35, you should not have been in the 3rd lane anyway. I never quite understood drivers that could only do 1 mph faster than the truck in front of them and thought, "well i'll jump out here and take 5-10 miles to pass this guy".
     
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  9. JC1971

    JC1971 Road Train Member

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    I thought lanes were numbered from left to right? In CA at least.
     
  10. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    There is absolutely nothing you can do about that. Morons gonna moron.

    One day though, the aforementioned moron will do this in front of the wrong truck. Karma is not a very nice lady sometimes.
     
  11. HotH2o

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    That's what I thought too. Far left lane is the number one lane
     
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