Re: Idiot drivers!

Posted by Paul in Mich on September 19, 2004 at 19:02:23 from (66.188.26.29):

In Reply to: Re: Idiot drivers! posted by Redman on September 19, 2004 at 17:19:02:

Redman, I have indeed logged many miles with a semi, and while I totally agree that if you merge and get straight, even though the traffic behind you may have to adjust their speed until you get the rig up to speed, it is in fact the merger"s responsibility to make that safe transition. As to common sense, I have found out from experience that I better have a lot of it, (common sense), because I"ll need plenty to offset the lack of common sense displayed by some of the morons on the highway. I"ve also noticed that while driving truck, the morons seem to come out of the woodwork. I still stand by my statement that impatience is a recipe for disaster. I have also noticed that it seems to be younger drivers who show the greatest lack of respect for semi"s and if we as truckers assume that just because we have the law and the right of way on our side that bad things cant happen, that we are only kidding ourselves. I don"t operate a truck in a fearful mode, but I do approach potential danger situations with the attitude of "what is the stupidest thing that guy or gal can do, and plan accordingly. What amazes me probably most is when I"m going down a road or highway where there are intersections and the number of people who will pull out and turn on front of the truck without an assured safe distance, just so they wont have to be behind the truck, and thus cause the truck to so some serious braking, to keep from tail ending the smaller vehicle. Over the last 3 harvest seasons, we have had several significant crashes, especially during sugar beet hauling season, due to cars and pickups pulling out in front of the truck, which in our area consists of a lot of tandems. So while common sense is a noble attribute, dont depend on the other guy toi exercise it. As far as pulling out into traffic myself at intersections, I would rather have traffic backed up behind me, honking their horns and flipping me off than challenging their common sense. I also try to route myself in such a way as to take advantage of traffic lights, and 4 way stops, and even re-routing to minimize risky situations.

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