When truck drivers suck, they REALLY suck.
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^ Yeah. We've all seen 2fast2furious and know what happened to that Mustang... :3d_frown:
I just accelerate rapidly when I'm passing them so my time in the blindspots is minimal, that's how I deal w/ it.
I just accelerate rapidly when I'm passing them so my time in the blindspots is minimal, that's how I deal w/ it.
TurboWarrior said:
around here, its the container truck drivers youve got to watch for. This week the was a accident involving a container truck and a 5 tonne. Last week there was a container truck on its side blocking the highway to Vancouver
i've found that the ratio of idiots who drives trucks is very similar to the ratio of idiots who drive cars.
i just finished a 550 mile drive and i hate everyone right now.
i just finished a 550 mile drive and i hate everyone right now.
lol
I try to be nice to truckers, and they usually do the same for me.
Funniest thing I've ever seen was an unloading rig (could tell by the way he was able to accelerate and move) was going at least 10 over. I'm smart and get out of the way. Idiot mexican (no flames) in his slammed truck with fender flares, stretched tires, roll bar, ect doesn't get out of the way.
Truck got a couple inches off his bumber and starts shaking back and forth, went on for a few miles (guess the guy didn't see) then the truck blared his horn. Mexican guy floors it, gets over to the right and nearly runs into the grass getting off the first exit.
I try to be nice to truckers, and they usually do the same for me.
Funniest thing I've ever seen was an unloading rig (could tell by the way he was able to accelerate and move) was going at least 10 over. I'm smart and get out of the way. Idiot mexican (no flames) in his slammed truck with fender flares, stretched tires, roll bar, ect doesn't get out of the way.
Truck got a couple inches off his bumber and starts shaking back and forth, went on for a few miles (guess the guy didn't see) then the truck blared his horn. Mexican guy floors it, gets over to the right and nearly runs into the grass getting off the first exit.
naw, the worst drivers are the bull wagons...dudes are fucking nuts...and i'm not gonna put i 3000 miles a week for 400 bucks and no benefits....bull wagon is someone on his last chance in the business
as far as the dude with cfi parents it's an idustry wide joke, i drove for them for 2 years...and they are by far the best outfit to drive for, outide of the union gigs, have nothing bad to say about them, and they fired me(told em i wasnt going back to nyc, they didn't beleivve me)
edit, ,thoug.ht of more stuff to say
perhaps i'm just a little burnt out right now, but frankly, i'm kinna disgusted at my proffesion. the very fact that this thread exsists, and another frankly anti-truck thread is going over on at cs, is a sad commentary on the state of trucking right now.
i'm finding it harder and harder to defend the actions of some of these guys out here. i can place some of the blame on the companies themselves, but mostly it is on the individual driver.
hell just this week, i'm on my 5th tractor because the co seems to have gutted its maintenence programs.they just can't keep decent euipment under me, and i am, not to brag, a very profitible high performing driver.it's not entirely their fault, it seems to be the industry as a whole. fuel costs are killing us, as well as astronomical insurance rates, drivers demanding more for what we do, and a fucked up dot right now.
in the last four ears, i h a v e seen three or four major changes to the hours of service regs, and on the 26th, there is supposed to be a court decision about some more changes. this was a system that had remained unchanged in 40 plus years. but all kinds of anti-truck groups are using the court system to dictate the rules of our profesion.
add to this the nafta trucks being allowed over the border. now there are even more unsafe trucks coming over the border, tarnishing our omages even more.
the states are slowly aligning against us. with oppresive anti-idling laws makng life on the road unbearable...imagine sitting in southern cali in the summer, waiting for a load, but not able to run our trucks for a/c....anything more than 5 minutes gets you a 300 dollar fine. shit,in ca, it's technically not even legal to smoke in my truck, it's a workplace violation.
it's driving out the epierenced hands, and all we have left to deal with is the shit a the bottom of the barrel, people who have no where else to go.i'm sick and tired of spending 6 weeks at a time of my life developing a driver, who will admit, he's just looking for a gig ntill next chrismas.(my last trainee).
there is no sense of brotherhood left in my business, 20 years ago, if a driver broke down, there wouold be 3 or four dudes pulled over helping him out, not anymore, i'm damn lucky if the guy is courteous enough to move over a lane if i'm stuck on the shoulder.and these guys cant be bothered enough to pic up the mic and see if the dude needs anything.
i've got a 400dollar magnum radio sitting on my dash it's been on like 10 minutes in the last 6 months. everynight its the same old shit, "where's the wild women at?""i ain't got no panties on""shutup stupid""i'm sonna kickk your ass""swift sucks"...and on and on all fucking night long. and there are the dudes with 1600 watt linear amps wit nothing to say, broadcasting at full power to get across the truck stop parking lot. he dosen't care that he is coming across my unplugged, turned off tv set(no shit)and every interior light and guage is going apeshit from his signal.
i hae way too much of my identity wrapped up in what i do. i'm seriously considering a handle change here. i'm tired of defending behavior that is indefensible(i do a lot more of this over at cs). to be honest, i've been considering doing something sane, like opening a drivers ed school in my area..it's looking like a pretty good market, very underserved.
drivin a truck just isn't fun anymore, and a lot of it had to do with the people in the business
as far as the dude with cfi parents it's an idustry wide joke, i drove for them for 2 years...and they are by far the best outfit to drive for, outide of the union gigs, have nothing bad to say about them, and they fired me(told em i wasnt going back to nyc, they didn't beleivve me)
edit, ,thoug.ht of more stuff to say
perhaps i'm just a little burnt out right now, but frankly, i'm kinna disgusted at my proffesion. the very fact that this thread exsists, and another frankly anti-truck thread is going over on at cs, is a sad commentary on the state of trucking right now.
i'm finding it harder and harder to defend the actions of some of these guys out here. i can place some of the blame on the companies themselves, but mostly it is on the individual driver.
hell just this week, i'm on my 5th tractor because the co seems to have gutted its maintenence programs.they just can't keep decent euipment under me, and i am, not to brag, a very profitible high performing driver.it's not entirely their fault, it seems to be the industry as a whole. fuel costs are killing us, as well as astronomical insurance rates, drivers demanding more for what we do, and a fucked up dot right now.
in the last four ears, i h a v e seen three or four major changes to the hours of service regs, and on the 26th, there is supposed to be a court decision about some more changes. this was a system that had remained unchanged in 40 plus years. but all kinds of anti-truck groups are using the court system to dictate the rules of our profesion.
add to this the nafta trucks being allowed over the border. now there are even more unsafe trucks coming over the border, tarnishing our omages even more.
the states are slowly aligning against us. with oppresive anti-idling laws makng life on the road unbearable...imagine sitting in southern cali in the summer, waiting for a load, but not able to run our trucks for a/c....anything more than 5 minutes gets you a 300 dollar fine. shit,in ca, it's technically not even legal to smoke in my truck, it's a workplace violation.
it's driving out the epierenced hands, and all we have left to deal with is the shit a the bottom of the barrel, people who have no where else to go.i'm sick and tired of spending 6 weeks at a time of my life developing a driver, who will admit, he's just looking for a gig ntill next chrismas.(my last trainee).
there is no sense of brotherhood left in my business, 20 years ago, if a driver broke down, there wouold be 3 or four dudes pulled over helping him out, not anymore, i'm damn lucky if the guy is courteous enough to move over a lane if i'm stuck on the shoulder.and these guys cant be bothered enough to pic up the mic and see if the dude needs anything.
i've got a 400dollar magnum radio sitting on my dash it's been on like 10 minutes in the last 6 months. everynight its the same old shit, "where's the wild women at?""i ain't got no panties on""shutup stupid""i'm sonna kickk your ass""swift sucks"...and on and on all fucking night long. and there are the dudes with 1600 watt linear amps wit nothing to say, broadcasting at full power to get across the truck stop parking lot. he dosen't care that he is coming across my unplugged, turned off tv set(no shit)and every interior light and guage is going apeshit from his signal.
i hae way too much of my identity wrapped up in what i do. i'm seriously considering a handle change here. i'm tired of defending behavior that is indefensible(i do a lot more of this over at cs). to be honest, i've been considering doing something sane, like opening a drivers ed school in my area..it's looking like a pretty good market, very underserved.
drivin a truck just isn't fun anymore, and a lot of it had to do with the people in the business
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I hear yah
I try and be nice to them as I have truckers in my family and know how it is. But like you said, lately they aren't finding decent people, and the stupid shit they're doing is making it worse on everyone else.
I don't think anyone realizes that if the trucks don't run the nation doesn't eat...
I try and be nice to them as I have truckers in my family and know how it is. But like you said, lately they aren't finding decent people, and the stupid shit they're doing is making it worse on everyone else.
I don't think anyone realizes that if the trucks don't run the nation doesn't eat...
^ That sucks man,
My parents ended up quiting because they were on the road for 15k miles before they were able to come home and dad missed not bitching at me because the grage wasn't clean.
I had heard a lot about the truck stops and CBs... not good.
My parents ended up quiting because they were on the road for 15k miles before they were able to come home and dad missed not bitching at me because the grage wasn't clean.
I had heard a lot about the truck stops and CBs... not good.
Man, that really sucks. Here the truckers are pretty good. If you're on road here with one lane and they need to get on, usually they're good about waiting for you to pass. On the highway, they're pretty good about driving safely too.
It's the regular dipshits around here that I honestly wonder how they got their license. When I moved down here, I couldn't believe how bad people drive.
It's not the rigs here, but the big jacked up monster truck wannabes that like to ride your bumper like you're drafting down a speedway. One time when I was coming home, I put on my signal well early while a truck was riding up on me. Apparently, my turn was not fast enough so the asshole honks his horn at me like I'm such a big hold up. I honk back at him and the guy honks again, so I give it a long one. Dumbass.
And I really hate when people cannot wait a single second for you to pass them and instead dart out right in front of you, force you to slow down and then they usually go under the speed limit. People also don't seem to know what a double-line on the road means either...
It's the regular dipshits around here that I honestly wonder how they got their license. When I moved down here, I couldn't believe how bad people drive.
It's not the rigs here, but the big jacked up monster truck wannabes that like to ride your bumper like you're drafting down a speedway. One time when I was coming home, I put on my signal well early while a truck was riding up on me. Apparently, my turn was not fast enough so the asshole honks his horn at me like I'm such a big hold up. I honk back at him and the guy honks again, so I give it a long one. Dumbass.
And I really hate when people cannot wait a single second for you to pass them and instead dart out right in front of you, force you to slow down and then they usually go under the speed limit. People also don't seem to know what a double-line on the road means either...
