What humor? I have crushed 5 cars in last 3 years. All were the fault of other drivers thinking they could "squeze" between my truck, and another solid object. So sorry, but when hauling 56000pounds+ and a car gets in your way? You grip the wheel tighter, and hope there are no kids in the car. Fact of life. And in no way do i risk myself, my truck, or my cargo for an idiot in a car thinking he has more rights then rest of traffic. I know all the laws, and how to bend them in my favor.. Even the police take the side of the trucker 90% of the time knowing how hard, and skilled you need to be for a big rig licence, compared to how easy it is for the average yahoo to get a cars driver licence.
So as i said above. Be very careful who's truck you cut off, as myself, and most other truck drivers know the laws, and how to bend them in our favor. In 24 years of driving, i have only felt bad for 1 fool, and that was cause he went flying over my hood while jay walking, while having a diabetic attack.
FACT! An 18 wheeler fully loaded takes 300+ feet to stop from 100KPH compared to average car of under 150 feet. You do the math next time you jump infront of a truck, and slam on the brakes.
(05-16-2013, 04:25 AM)Crackpunch Wrote: Am I the only one reading this as "People often do dangerous things around my truck, and I will not risk my life to improve their chances should things go bad (as I'm not the one being stupid, and so should not suffer for it)." ?
As the child of a truck driver who's dad worked in the business for around 30 years and who's been through every mainland state in the USA, I've heard some trucking stories and learned several fun facts about trucking...
I can attest to what Ryoken is saying. When you're driving a 60,000 pound vehicle
traveling at a speed of 60-70 miles per hour, and someone decides to do something stupid to put your truck in a collision path with them, as the trucker, you DO NOT try to swerve and miss them. When you try to swerve and miss them, you're most likely going to run into several more INNOCENT drivers, who have done nothing wrong, unlike the guy who has caused this, jackknife, and most likely kill them as well as yourself.
Your life and the lives of several other innocent drivers is NOT worth risking for the life of one idiot on the road who doesn't know any better. HE decided to make a stupid decision, HE has to live with the consequences, whatever it be. You don't trade one person's life for the lives of 15 others.
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