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Originally Posted by allan5oh
They were yakking at you for going 60?
I go 60 all the time, I've never had one guy comment negatively about me going 60. I've been driving for 4 years.
Young Lad..my point here is, That to many Drivers speed, and while they are speeding, they are failing to pay attention to the simplest of things. If you have never had some of these BBR's cursing you on the CB, especially when they get trapped behind you, and you do not speed up, nor move to the shoulder of the road, to allow them to pass....You indeed are lucky.
When I say they are "Yakking on the cell" I do not mean they are yakking at me.
To many times I see driver's leaned over against the drivers door, with their cell phone clamped to their EAR, maybe a cigarette hanging in their other hand. I also see drivers that have their TV's sitting on the jumpseat, with a video playing, I see drivers with their Qualcomm keyboard, on the steering wheel, typing on it while they are moving at speed, and see the same sort of driver's, that have their Laptops open, and are doing whatever on them. Tell me....how can anyone doing such thing's, possibly consider themselves to be driving safely?
It's to bad that the driver in the news story which started this thread died. I for one, cannot change that fact. However there are PLENTY of New Drivers, whom are reading this board, whom can and should take a close and hard look at how THEY handle themselves. There are also PLENTY of Experienced Drivers whom read these threads, whom should also take that HARD look.
I'm not a perfect driver by any means. I take liberty with posted speed limits, just as many do. I only push the limit by 5 mph on Freeways, which I was doing the other evening on I-71. However I do not push speed limits on city streets or 2-lane roads. Especially streets and roads, which I am unfamiliar with. In most situations like that...I'm that dummy you see, that is creeping along like he is lost, and can't find where he needs to be.
In Ohio the speed limit for trucks is 55MPH, while the speed limit for 4-wheelers is 65MPH. I choose to travel at 60, simply due to the fact that most of the 4-wheelers and a majority of the trucks, were hooking along at 70mph +. What I try to do, is limit the rate of closure between my truck and the traffic that I know is flying up behind me. What I cannot do is prevent traffic from getting trapped behind me, when that traffic is failing to pay attention to their driving and to traffic conditions ahead of them.
So yes Allan...I was cursed out on the CB, for dragging my slow a$$ down the road, and not speeding up. I seriously doubt that those whom were cursing me NOTICED OR CARED that I was dragging a tank, that was plaqcarded for Poison & Flammability. I have been doing the HAZMAT deal for enough years (28+) that I do not get intimidated by others. I do not speed up to appease others, nor do I drive on to the shoulder of the road, so the travel lane can clear. Especially on a multi-lane highway. I have no desire to try and explain why my unit is laying in a ditch.