This idiot literally takes "passing on the right" to a whole new level!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDAzUw6PZLQ

If there was a parked car or something, or no guard rail that guy would have gone over the edge I would think....or killed someone. Becareful out there. and watch out for that guy if you seen him!

:shock: :shock:

 

While I hear other drivers talk about "STUPID 4-WHEELERS", I tend to think of them as "UN-INFORMED". But, this guy isn't a 4-wheeler. That thing has got 18 wheels... I'm speechless.... - :shock: :shock: :shock: and :shock: some more...

 

Someone should take that driver out in the woods and beat him in the head with a shovel! I can only hope that somehow his or her employer is made aware of this clown.... or if its an O/O....that his or her insurance company and brokers become aware of what this driver is stupidly doing.

Its "assholes" like this that make us all look bad!!

 

While the COT unit passing on the shoulder, was the wrong thing for the driver to do...the fellow filming his journey up the hill did some things wrong himself.

1: He failed to drive on the shoulder, which would allow those trucks which do not loose speed climbing hills, to pass his slower truck safely.

In Oregon, it is legal for trucks that cannot maintain road speed, too use the shoulder, to clear the road for faster traffic. On I-5 there are signs posted at the bottom and mid-point of each hill, advising slower traffic to use the shoulder lane..which has been strengthened and widened for the purpose.
On those stretch's of roadway where the shoulder has not been strengthened to support loaded trucks, there are signs posted, declaring the shoulder off limits to traffic.
Judging by the video, the trucks were NB on I-5, on the stretch of road between Roseburg and Cottage Grove.

2: He knew that there was a truck passing him on both the right and left sides of his truck...and he accelerated once upon reaching the hill's summit..instead of maintaining his speed, or dropping speed, to allow the truck on his right to clear his unit. After the COT truck had passed him, he then took it upon himself to continue to pace the COT truck, ranting and raging the entire time.

Had there been an accident..OSP would have written him a ticket...just like the one which would have been written for the COT driver.

3: He was running a video. That alone show's poor judgement on his part, and explains to some degree why he was not using the shoulder himself.

Ignorance is bliss, and the video proves that there were two ignorant drivers on that stretch of roadway, at the same time. If there had been an accident, and the driver with video running, had shown said video to a LEO on scene..he would have received an appropriate citation.


Im just sayin...

 

that guy videotaping the deal would HATE laredo, texas. mexican truck drivers down there pass on the right no matter what. they drive like they're still in mexico, crank illegal u-turns with on/incoming traffic, i saw a couple run some red lights, many of them cut me off as well as other drivers, and so many other things that makes me worried if they will, once and for all, get full access to america's highways. it'll be complete freaking chaos.

 

interstate did it RIGHT and COT should have done the same true but i see no sign in the video did you SEE the COT truck cross the line and almost HIT HIM...? that is WHY he moverd over not to try to pass but to keep from having this A$$ cave in the side of his truck how is having a dash cam showing poor judgement....?
you can tell it's a dash cam setup if you LOOK you will see that the cam never moves..! if it's like mine it has a mic so yes it will pick up what ever is said, so he was mad at the SOB.

for what having a dash cam in not llegal... but it would have showen COT not using his turn signal, passing on the RIGHT, crossing the line, tailgating interstate, crossing the ling when behind interstate. and if you look at the video you will see that he could have passed on the left just as interstate did.


IMHO this COT driver makes us ALL look bad

 

Texas DOT has starting issuing citations to idiots like the one that had the dash cam! Impeding the flow of traffic! I believe it starts at a $250.00 fine!

Get the h&%$ out of the middle lane if you cannot maintain your speed!

The DA was the one with the dash came doing much less than the speed limit, and failing to yield to the trucks that were pulling the hill at speed! There ARE signs posted on that stretch and many similar stretches around the country.

And then, to speed up and block the left lane again, so the other trucks and 4 wheelers could not pass him! And what his wonderfully edited film does not show, is he was more than likely playing CB Rambo before this happened. Hypocrit!

SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT! And this means all the monkeys that work for the ATA affiliated companies that use that stupid SMITH System!

I know in Texas, it is not illegal to pass or be passed on the shoulder!

 

Wish VA would start doing the same thing. That is the reason why so many wrecks are happening anymore. People start taking wild chances to pass these fools that are ignorant to the fact that they are causing a traffic mess. What they are doing is against the law per the LEO's own mouths but none seem to have the gonads here to pull the idiots over and cite them. Instead the state has all bases covered, law book says that if the vehicle behind you flashes their lights or honks their horn and you do not yield to them, your breaking the law and will be fined for impeding traffic and/or not yielding the right of way. Next law reads, if you flash your lights or honk your horn at another vehicle, you are considered an aggressive driver. Breaking that law warrants a fine and/or jail time. :?:

 

if your in the right lane and going the state minimum speed they CAN'T

you may want to look at the video AGAIN i only see TWO marked lanes :shock:

you mean like slow traffic keep right.... well he was in the right lane.. and the a$$ that passed him on the shoulder almost hit him when the guardrail started and he didn't have the room to keep driving on the shoulder. but your logic is that the driver should have been driving ON THE SHOULDER but then you would have said he was the idiot when he ran out of room and tryed to cut off the flatbed...
interstate passed him on the left WHY couldn't the driver of the flatbed.

again if you would just LOOK at the video you would see the reason he cut into the left lane was to keep from getting hit by the flatbed. realy and you know this HOW or are you the driver of the flatbed...?

again HE WAS

REALY..... i would just LOVE to see you provide proof of that statement.. quote the reg # if you can. after all IF it were true every time a truck driver came up on a slow car in TEXAS he could just jump on the shoulder and pass GREAT i don't have to wait until i can get in the left lane to pass just set the cc and drive on the shoulder what a wonderful state TEXAS is to have a two lane freeway but realy it's a three lane freeway anytime you want it to be

it sounds more like truckstop cb lawyer talk to me.