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That's perfectly on topic. Too many of these clowns out here drive like they are driving a car.
You need to drive for everybody else. What I mean by that is, you need to be constantly watching how everyone else is driving and adjust to accommodate that. There are too many "drivers" out here that make us all look like tools because nobody notices the guy in the far right lane pulling HM at 65 MPH. People only remember that jackass with the leased trailer riding a 4 wheelers ass at 75+
Not to mention the guys that think they’re gonna take the left lane to pass and maintain speed uphill. But hey, for every bad trucker there’s a dozen bad 4 wheelers.
That drives me up a wall. I'm the first on the CB with "And you wonder why they ban us from the left lane."
Company trucks are governed at different speeds. I get that. If someone that's governed 1-2 mph faster than me decides to pass, I'll knock it back a few mph to help get them by. (Unless we're going up a steep grade because fuck that.) At the same time, I'm not even going to attempt to pass at 1-2 mph faster. I just throw on that adaptive cruise control we have now and ride it out. It's way less stressful and doesn't piss anyone off.
Edit: Best advice I ever recieved. When I first started, my trainer told me, "When you're driving a truck, you're invisible on the road." That didn't make sense to me. We're the biggest things on the highway, right? How are we invisible? Then, after putting in some drive time, I realized he meant that everyone drives like you aren't there. They don't care how big or heavy you are. They're in a hurry. I asked him, "What's the best way to deal with those types of drivers?" He said "Stay invisible."
Yup, see but be not seen. It never fails some fucktard in a bmw is gonna squeeze in front of you at a yellow light.
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