Granny
Gold Member
I think a lot of people have tunnel vision - they never check their mirrors, they're absolutely oblivious to anything or anyone around them ... they have the ONLY vehicle on the road and, by God, that road belongs to THEM!! Then you have the ones who are laid way back in the driver's seat, doing maybe 90-95, weaving in and out of traffic ... I just automatically assume they're running drugs and need to get from "here" to "there" in record time.
I'm a lot less afraid of truckers than I am of people in cars - rather travel with truckers anytime. I have a general knowledge of what they're likely to do, whereas with someone in a car there's no telling what the hell they're likely to do. I try to be courteous to truckers - flash my lights to let them know they have safely cleared my vehicle and have room to get in front of me ... sometimes they flash me a "thank you" ... sometimes not. I think dispatchers figure it's six hours from "here" to "there" and they give truckers six hours to get there ... never mind they might be snarled up or stopped in traffic for three of those six hours. I don't know. Those things are bigger and heavier than I am ... therefore I try to be as little problem as possible.
I'm a lot less afraid of truckers than I am of people in cars - rather travel with truckers anytime. I have a general knowledge of what they're likely to do, whereas with someone in a car there's no telling what the hell they're likely to do. I try to be courteous to truckers - flash my lights to let them know they have safely cleared my vehicle and have room to get in front of me ... sometimes they flash me a "thank you" ... sometimes not. I think dispatchers figure it's six hours from "here" to "there" and they give truckers six hours to get there ... never mind they might be snarled up or stopped in traffic for three of those six hours. I don't know. Those things are bigger and heavier than I am ... therefore I try to be as little problem as possible.