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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