When it Absolutely Positively must arrive in the Ditch

All too often the faster they drive, the longer it takes to reach their destination.
I can't even count the times I've been passed, only to see them in a crash shortly after.

 

Last winter 2 diferent drivers passed me with in 10 mins of each other... It was late at night on 80 in Wyoming, and a blizzard had set in from Big Springs, NE clear to SLC, Utah. Visibility was crap... About 30 or 40 mins after the second truck had passed me, I saw both of them in the ditch side by side... No point in getting in a hurry. When I pulled into the J in Rawlins, WY at 1:00 a.m. the place was packed to the gills. I lucked out and found a spot that a flatbedder was just pulling out of.

 

That's just it.
I got no issue trucking in the weather. November to April, up here. When it's just the weather. But give me a handful of idiots + the weather.... *mic drop* I'm out, homie.

 

H2o from the Western Mountains of Maine. 8500 gal at a time.

 

Not sure if you are being serious or sarcastic?

 

like you, and many others here on this site, we simply DO NOT ALLOW, others to drive our trucks.

i have been known to go SLOWER in snow/icy conditions, and have at times, a "train" behind me...lol

i honestly remember many years ago, of such an instance..i was on the NJTP, going south, on my way to Richmond...

i was in the right lane, snowing a mofo....i was doing a mere 30 mph.......and yup, i had a "road train" behind me...

someone going MUCH faster cried out on the cb, "move your butt (the other word though) *company name here*..

when one of the other truckers behind me shouted out...

"shut up dummy, he's doing a fine job, why do you think we are behind him".....


that's my M.O., for driving in bad weather, and when it got really bad, i'd find a place to park and ride out the storm.

hey, i survived 40 + years, i must be doing something right.