I don't know for sure but I'm just deducing from the speed that the trucker is passing the other rig that's in the right lane. Yes it could just be a rig that's governed to a slower speed but out here on the west coast I've never seen that but yeah I could be wrong but when I drive here on the Westcoast of North America I see rigs (mostly sand niggers) driving above 80 miles, 130KM in the fast lane and never moving over. Same goes for regular vehicles that just sit there in the fast lane like retards. Anyone perspicacious enough and drives on both continents can see that truckers in North America are wild compared to Europe. If you mean neutered as in they have to follow some rules and allow other faster vehicles to pass than that's a good thing although I can honestly say that even in the 80's when the rules were much more lax for truckers in Europe they still inherently stayed out of faster vehicles way. I remember maybe 5 years ago I was driving through a mountain region in Europe and got caught behind a slow moving rig on a 1 lane road. Suddenly the rig put on his right blinker indicating it was safe to pass. I went into the oncoming lane, passed him and then flashed my 4 ways to say thanks. He turned his headlights on and off to say your welcome. And this happens more often then not there. Here I've never seen that level of integrity.
If you mean neutered as in they have to follow some rules and allow other faster vehicles to pass than that's a good thing although I can...
I was talking about what yall are governed at. Trucks are governed to 55 over there right?
Here I've never seen that level of integrity.
There's still a lot of that here but we go unnoticed. People are more likely to tell everybody about a truck that held them up before noticing a truck do something to help them out.
For example, I see the frustration when they see me step out into the left lane, but once the traffic sees that I get around whatever I need to quickly and squeeze back in to let some of the traffic get through before stepping back out to do it again, they start anticipating it and letting me in because they see that I'm going to get back out of the way.
The majority of us try to stay out of the way and a lot of us aren't governed to slow speeds. Aka, we can keep up with traffic. People just see a truck and don't want to be behind it no matter what speed we're going.
Unfortunately we do have a lot of sand niggers and regular niggers driving trucks now and they are wreckless and/or have no consideration for anyone else on the road. They drive like they are the only vehicle out there.
I was talking about what yall are governed at. Trucks are governed to 55 over there right?
Trucks here in the Czech Republic are all different depending on their weight. They have a sticker on the back which shows everyone their maximum allowed speed so no one gets mad. Most semi trucks are at 110-120KM max which is 68-74 mph.
People just see a truck and don't want to be behind it no matter what speed we're going.
Yeah I don't want to be behind the truck even if he's going a good speed due to poor visibility on what's ahead, debris and rocks slamming into my paint and windshield and if their a big hill coming he'll probably be gearing down.
Anyways I respect all truckers and I know there's still many good guys out there in the USA, like the classic Smokie and the Bandit types so hats off to all of you out there like that!
Yeah I don't want to be behind the truck even if he's going a good speed due to poor visibility on what's ahead, debris and rocks slamming into my paint and windshield and if their a big hill coming he'll probably be gearing down.
I get that and, even in a truck, I don't either. (Do you know how many windshields I've had replaced? Lol.)
I was speaking more on people that don't want to go faster. They just need to be infront of the truck. Then, once they're infront of the truck, they slow back down. It's a common phenomenon and it's really frustrating for us.
We have a saying for it (at least in the US) "Nothing wakes a four wheeler up faster than a truck stepping into the left lane; And not a moment sooner."
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