which states or area do you hate to drove through???

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by TREE, May 28, 2010.

  1. TREE

    TREE Heavy Load Member

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    I hear alot don't like NY,NJ,but it seem's like Oh,likes to pull over everybody!!!!!!!

    I can remember lots of people truck driver or not hateing to even pass through, Hanging Rock Oh.:biggrin_25516:
     
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  3. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    I-95 from Richmond to Boston. North of there I don't mind at all.

    Never been bothered in Ohio.

    There are a few other stretches that get tiresome and tedious if you're heavy.
     
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  4. Injun

    Injun Road Train Member

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    Ditto 48Packard. Hate that section of 95. Wish it would fall into the ocean and be done with it.
     
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  5. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    I knew I shouldn't have posted that.

    Just got my load for when I come back Tuesday morning.

    Headed to South Jersey.

    Karma is a beeaatch.
     
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  6. jtrnr1951

    jtrnr1951 Road Train Member

    Anything north of I-10, and west of I-75,

    explains why I can't find a job, huh !!!
     
  7. bubba mark

    bubba mark Medium Load Member

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    Anywhere south of Maryland. :biggrin_25525:
     
  8. blackw900

    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    I LIKE EVERYWHERE!
    I never have issues with anywhere I go because I like to go...Anywhere, Anytime!
    California and Oregon suck a little because of the slow speed limits but I just go slow and enjoy the scenery.

    It's all a good time to me...
     
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  9. phroziac

    phroziac Road Train Member

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    Hwy 401 from the QEW east to quebec...goes through the boonies, and i fell asleep once while i was driving to cornwall! Hardly anywhere to stop, nothing to look at, blah.

    And then when it finally gets somewhere, its Montreal, and i hate driving in montreal! French signs, signs with weird pictures on them that dont mean anything to me (ever seen the weigh station warning sign? Hahahaha). I like rolling through stop signs with the intentions that if i ever get pulled over for it, im going to say that i didnt know that "arret" meant stop.... Oh and low bridges everywhere, highway junctions where to get from one autoroute to another, you have to go around a round a bout, and then when you get to the exit you need, theres a low bridge on it that says 4.0 meters, and you dont know if your 4.15 meter truck will fit under it so you dont bother....

    hwy 402 just because the only time i ever drove on it, i #### near jackknifed!


    Oh, and then when my company gives me routes that are stupid and use goat trails instead of interstates/400 series highways.... they want us to run the confusing goat trail from 390 to get to buffalo, i just take 390 to 90 and its faster and saves fuel (stop signs!) and all that...

    Oh, but the other day, it gave me this route from "Norex" in Scarborough, ON to get to Fort Erie. It sounded shorter than just getting on the 401 to get to the Q E....

    Well, it was like if you were going from connecticut to florida and took a shortcut through long island, queens, brooklyn, and manhattan. Infact, for most of the 20 miles of the city streets, it looked just like brooklyn, with the rest looking like queens. Seriously. The blocks were about the same size, all the lights were red, about the same amount of traffic (at noon), the only difference was there was no low bridges where i was! Eventually i was driving on what i thought were abandoned street car tracks, until i pulled up next to a street car! Pantograph wires were just barely above my truck, and the tracks acted like ruts, making my truck drive back and forth....

    I didnt think it would be that bad, cause most of it was on provincial highway 4....I figured it'd just be a few miles through the city and then turn into the middle of nowhere. Boy was i wrong! Haha. Took me about an hour and a half to go those 20 miles. I was pissed.

    EDIT: I forgot to mention, the REAL new york city, i hate driving there! OTR trucks are actually illegal in the city limits, and for good reason...the streets were never intended to have them on them. Lanes are too narrow, too many people, and its the only place i've ever had to back pedestrians up to make a right turn...and i did not run over that curb with my steers or tandems....guy was standing in the street instead of on the sidewalk!

    When you're in new york city and go to make a left turn, from a right turn lane, if the NYPD foot officers are around, they'll just stand there smiling and waving at you to hurry up and get outta the way, your steers will be on one sidewalk, your tandems will be on another sidewalk....

    Last time i went to brooklyn, i came all the way from georgia with it, with a load of wine....i pulled into the last NJ service plaza before crossing the bridge, and i slid my tandems all the way up..hehehehe....i KNEW what i was in for.
     
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  10. jakebrake12

    jakebrake12 Road Train Member

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    Hey now.. I don't like swimming..
     
  11. Injun

    Injun Road Train Member

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    Put some pontoons and a propeller on that truck. You'll be fine.
     
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