Signaling passing trucks, what to do.. Aviod using high beams!!!

[freebirdrfd]

You are a hell of a boy Joey........

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

"Maybe driving a rig isn't a good job for you?"
I'm starting to think your right. Too many a**holes out here. Too many distracted truck drivers. Too much B.S. to have to deal with. I think I'll start studying now for changing my career path. Maybe something in the law enforcement community specifically commercial motor vehicle enforcement division. I could write tickets to those idiot drivers then instead of coming here to talk about it. Hey someone has to do it.

Good luck to ya..... my uncle, cousin and brother were all Indiana Motor Carrier Inspectors, and 2 were laid off back in July when IN decided to cut back it's MCI force. Only my Uncle stayed on and that is becasue he has been doing it for over 30yrs. My brother is awaiting going to the ISP Academy sometime in the next few weeks and my cousin got a job at trucking company as one of their heads of saftey.

I was on the ISP for 2 years then began driving trucks.
My entire family are in Law Enforcement in Indiana, except for my grandmother who was a Homicide Detective in Phoenix. Only person who wasn't was my father, and once I realized (got into a bad situation in Gary one night) that I was risking my life for people who don't give a sh*t and $38,000 a year I decided it was time to change paths. So I bought a rig (I had been driving them since 14 on the farms) and that was the story. Now I'm making great money, relax when I want, and enjoy life (not to mention having a law enforcement background helps on DOT Inspections and tickets.....I can usually talk my way right out or call a family memebr to take care of it LOL)

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

You are a hell of a boy Joey........

"how YOU dooin....."

LOL, love saying that.

[Kentla93]

Maybe joe is related to Kevin.


I just hit that thingy majiggy button on the left side of that steering thing that we were told to hold on to at all cost... and it seems to do the trick.


Timberwolf

[Roadhog]

...... and that was the story.

For me it all started with a toy truck, a sand pile, and poo in my shorts.
I learned all about preventable accidents, and how to tell the boss it's not my fault.
My crashes were always dramatic, and stuff blew up allot.
I think I was yelling "fok me!" from the age of 5.

At that time, I had no idea it would take me the next 45 years, to finally become a trucker.
The things I have seen in life, and stuff I had to do... to finally become
so jaded, thick skinned and anti-social, to "make it" in this biz.

Now my thousand yard stare is, checking out the buffet from the fuel pumps.

[Luzon]

I drove a Pete 387 that had tinted windows. I both liked and hated the tinted glass.
It did help cut down on headlight glare.
...but it cuts down your vision, when backing at night.
Any tight spot, you'd have to lower the side windows, so you could see better.

Hell, I had to do that many times without tinted windows. I found out that cleaning the side windows helps too.