would this be intimidating ?

[Spider]

if you was in this 4 wheeler would you be intimidated ?

[Doggcow]

Only if its one of those dumbass truckers that drives next to you for like 5 miles then decides to get in your lane without any warning.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Doggcow

Only if its one of those dumbass truckers that drives next to you for like 5 miles then decides to get in your lane without any warning.

see this is part of the problem we dont want to drive beside you , we want you to get the **** out of the way , why is it you dumb asses insist on riding our sides ? Dont you realize half the time we cant see you ?
I run into this alot , I get over for merging traffic , sure as **** , there will be some dumbass that speeds up when I do or slows down as I do or some idiot day dreaming you go to pass him he realizes he is driving slow then he speeds up trapping us in the hammer lane ....... People in cars dont have the first clue about driving

[Dukes]

Originally Posted by Spider

see this is part of the problem we dont want to drive beside you , we want you to get the **** out of the way , why is it you dumb asses insist on riding our sides ? Dont you realize half the time we cant see you ?
I run into this alot , I get over for merging traffic , sure as **** , there will be some dumbass that speeds up when I do or slows down as I do or some idiot day dreaming you go to pass him he realizes he is driving slow then he speeds up trapping us in the hammer lane ....... People in cars dont have the first clue about driving

Why do you ******* drive in the fast lane Spidey? As for the video, it wouldn't bother me to be blocked in by those trucks, but the first chance I had to flip them off and get around them I'd take it!

On a side note, did you hear about the parking lot CDOT made in Eagle, CO Spider? Here's a link to the story and vid.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.as...=top&catid=188

I tried to Embed the vid but their website sucks.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Dukes

Why do you ******* drive in the fast lane Spidey? As for the video, it wouldn't bother me to be blocked in by those trucks, but the first chance I had to flip them off and get around them I'd take it!

On a side note, did you hear about the parking lot CDOT made in Eagle, CO Spider? Here's a link to the story and vid.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.as...=top&catid=188

I tried to Embed the vid but their website sucks.

excellent idea , I wish more states did this .......

[Doggcow]

Originally Posted by Spider

see this is part of the problem we dont want to drive beside you , we want you to get the **** out of the way , why is it you dumb asses insist on riding our sides ? Dont you realize half the time we cant see you ?
I run into this alot , I get over for merging traffic , sure as **** , there will be some dumbass that speeds up when I do or slows down as I do or some idiot day dreaming you go to pass him he realizes he is driving slow then he speeds up trapping us in the hammer lane ....... People in cars dont have the first clue about driving

The only time I encounter trucks when driving is on a 4 lane highway on my return trip home. I generally don't end up beside them unless someone is going exceptionally slow in the fast lane, in which case they should never have a reason to get into my lane anyway. Or when they decide to jump 3-4 lanes of traffic at me on I-90.

I'd say 95% of truckers are exceptional drivers, however.

[Spider]

+ these parking lots like this will stop the fights we get into over our trucks Idling all night ...... It is obvious they need more of these or build more truckstops even for good weather , getting parking anymore is a task .........

[Los Broncos]

I hate driving the highway here dealing with those rigs.

I get the hell out of the way for fear of being crushed.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Doom Crew72

I hate driving the highway here dealing with those rigs.

I get the hell out of the way for fear of being crushed.

well what happened was that guy in the car used the shoulder to pass those rigs , they boxed him in to teach him a lesson , there could have been a broke down car there , or someone needing to pull over ........

[Los Broncos]

Originally Posted by Spider

well what happened was that guy in the car used the shoulder to pass those rigs , they boxed him in to teach him a lesson , there could have been a broke down car there , or someone needing to pull over ........

Yeah stupid move, could of killed someone.

Happened to me in my accident back in 02, broke down on the side of the road, car tried to pass on the shoulder, nailed me next thing I know I'm at the hospital.

I seen people breaking traffic laws everyday out there, why is no one ever sited.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Doom Crew72

Yeah stupid move, could of killed someone.

Happened to me in my accident back in 02, broke down on the side of the road, car tried to pass on the shoulder, nailed me next thing I know I'm at the hospital.

I seen people breaking traffic laws everyday out there, why is no one ever sited.

sorry to hear about that , there is a time and place for speeding , darting in and out of traffic isnt the place nor the time ..

[Spider]

I will be honest , I have taken part in Boxing in a car , slowed him down to 20 MPH for for a bit ....tuned out ot be an off duty cop , needless to say he wasnt impressed , but no tickets were issued .........we pointed out to the highway patrol that he was blinding everyone with his high beams darting in and out of traffic , and hitting speeds well over 90 MPH cutting his lane changes short etc .......

[ghwk]

Spider I posted this a while back not sure you ever saw it. I was coming back from Disneyland about a month ago at night with my family coming down the north side of the Grapevine here in Ca when I noticed the runaway truck ramp off the left side of the road which I thought was interesting because I always remember them being off to the right when I lived in Colo.

Two minutes later when we were almost at the bottom of the hill a rig shot by me doing 100+ and missing my car and family by about two feet as the poor guy was doing his best to keep it under control in the far left lane swerving to the left guard wall to miss the car in front of him causing the whole right side to come off the ground amid the smell of scorched brake, grey smoke and flying debris everywhere. Fortunately he missed the car and the truck didn't jackknife. I think he ended up ok because we never saw an accident but I had to pull over for a while and my wife and I didn't speak for about 3 minutes. The kids were watching a movie on a dvd player so they never realized what happened.

Why post this here? Two reasons - 1. drive safe dude, I've never seen anything like that in my life and it has to be a truckers worst nightmare.
2. But for pure luck on my part that I didn't blindly pull into the next lane when he was coming down the hill and the skill on the truckers part not running up the back of us or we'd all be dead. Someone looked after us that night. But i do have a question would you at least try to honk and let cars know you were coming? Not a peep out of this guy.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by ghwk

Spider I posted this a while back not sure you ever saw it. I was coming back from Disneyland about a month ago at night with my family coming down the north side of the Grapevine here in Ca when I noticed the runaway truck ramp off the left side of the road which I thought was interesting because I always remember them being off to the right when I lived in Colo.

Two minutes later when we were almost at the bottom of the hill a rig shot by me doing 100+ and missing my car and family by about two feet as the poor guy was doing his best to keep it under control in the far left lane swerving to the left guard wall to miss the car in front of him causing the whole right side to come off the ground amid the smell of scorched brake, grey smoke and flying debris everywhere. Fortunately he missed the car and the truck didn't jackknife. I think he ended up ok because we never saw an accident but I had to pull over for a while and my wife and I didn't speak for about 3 minutes. The kids were watching a movie on a dvd player so they never realized what happened.

Why post this here? Two reasons - 1. drive safe dude, I've never seen anything like that in my life and it has to be a truckers worst nightmare.
2. But for pure luck on my part that I didn't blindly pull into the next lane when he was coming down the hill and the skill on the truckers part not running up the back of us or we'd all be dead. Someone looked after us that night. But i do have a question would you at least try to honk and let cars know you were coming? Not a peep out of this guy.

First off , that was complete driver error , he screwed up , I have only been in that situation once in 22 years , i was pulling Laveta pass crested it , dropped the drive line , free wheeling , I laid on that air horn , every light I had was on ....... i got her stopped by hitting the guard rail over and over .....

[Hogan11]

Best thing to do to get out of the "trucker's box" is to just take the foot off the gas pedal and slow down to a crawl if need be....these guys are usually on time schedules and generally don't do slow so if you hold them up some, they will eventually pass you.

Sometimes you have to fight assholism with assholism

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

Best thing to do to get out of the "trucker's box" is to just take the foot off the gas pedal and slow down to a crawl if need be....these guys are usually on time schedules and generally don't do slow so if you hold them up some, they will eventually pass you.

Sometimes you have to fight assholism with assholism

Some times we are not as crunched for time as people think ........ and alot of times when you get boxed in , we would love for you to stop .......

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by Spider

Some times we are not as crunched for time as people think ........ and alot of times when you get boxed in , we would love for you to stop .......

I never said stop, one of my iron rules of the road is that you never stop for anyone, especially aggressive drivers...I said slow down to a crawl and old lady drive it till you get an opening to break out or they abandon the box.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

I never said stop, one of my iron rules of the road is that you never stop for anyone, especially aggressive drivers...I said slow down to a crawl and old lady drive it till you get an opening to break out or they abandon the box.

if you stop or not depends on the truck in front and beside of you doesnt it

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by Spider

if you stop or not depends on the truck in front and beside of you doesnt it

It's unlikely that's going to happen on a semi-crowded Interstate....I'd say chances are good the trucks would abandon the box in that case.
If that doesn't work then cell phone 911 and alert the authorities to a hazardous condition on the roadway and let the State police take care of it.

[Spider]

you would get the ticket , not us

[Spider]

and to get technical the car is also tailgating , i still havent seen anything unsafe from the truckers ........ the backdoor still has a 4 second tail

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by Spider

and to get technical the car is also tailgating , i still havent seen anything unsafe from the truckers ........ the backdoor still has a 4 second tail

Hmmm, I'll find out. I work with law enforcement here in the building, I'll ask them and get back to you on it when I get the chance.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

Hmmm, I'll find out. I work with law enforcement here in the building, I'll ask them and get back to you on it when I get the chance.

k ........

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by Spider

k ........

According to the New York State Troopers (2 of them) that I showed the video to, it's definitely an illegal move if observed by the officers to be intentional over a certain distance (They said it was a form of road rage and they see it often). Charges could range from reckless driving, following too closely and/or failing to yield right-of-way depending upon the arresting officer's discretion. Each carries a high number of points against your licence and would be fatal to anyone holding a job based on a CDL.

That was their opinions on it, don't shoot the messenger

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

According to the New York State Troopers (2 of them) that I showed the video to, it's definitely an illegal move if observed by the officers to be intentional over a certain distance (They said it was a form of road rage and they see it often). Charges could range from reckless driving, following too closely and/or failing to yield right-of-way depending upon the arresting officer's discretion. Each carries a high number of points against your licence and would be fatal to anyone holding a job based on a CDL.

That was their opinions on it, don't shoot the messenger

Intent ...truckers legal service would have the ticket tossed , but then if the trooper had been there , car gets nailed for passing traffic on the left shoulder