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Originally Posted by Instigator
Seams to me like you have too many excuses for running in the middle lane, like "I dont want to get in an accident" thats total crap in my eyes. You are still in the wrong my friend, hauling tankers with hazardous materials does not give you the right to hog the left lane or middle lane because "you" dont want to get in to an accident. I find that statement from a rookie driver very disturbing if I have to worry about you hauling hazmat and worrying about getting in to an accident by riding on the right lane hilarious at best! I ran hazmat tankers in NYC and the 5 bouroughs for 3 years and never had a spill or an accident. Maybe you need more driver training?
Passing another truck on the right side is more dangerous then passing on your left side, dont you get that? You are actually putting yourself at more risk by driving slow and making everyone else pass you on the right which is called your blind side for a reason. Its your attitude of "I dont need to follow "the rules" that disturbs me even further, are you one of those entitlement younger drivers thats thinks the world owes you a living?
You may call this a rant or whatever you wish. I just hope I dont have to pass you on the right when its soooo not necessary. Think about it.
Bud.........You can think whatever it is you wish to think. You have had more driving jobs in the past year, than I have had in my entire 35 year career. You hauled haz-mat for three years, back in the 80's? So what. I have been hauling haz-mat since 1979. I have done so driving the posted speed limit, or less if the posted speed limit was 70 mph or more. In the end....So what.
You proclaim that you can only drive trucks that run wide open. Go get yourself a job pulling tanker. Drive around wide open. Just stay east of Interstate 65. See what it gets you. After 65 miles per hour most LEO's are going to wonder what your problem is, if your unit is wearing a placard. Get into an accident now, and they determine your speed was in excess of what was safe for the commodity you were hauling, and you will pay a nice little sum for your indifference.
A placard is a magnet. It designates your unit as the "Lottery". There are a lot of screwballs out there seeking to win the lottery.
You misconstrue my words, to make yourself feel good. That is fine.
I drive to protect my truck. If I protect the truck, I protect myself. If I am safe, the traffic and the communities through which I pass are safe. THAT is all I care about Zippy. Your opinion does not matter to me.
You and I could load out of DeGussa in Theodore Alabama to deliver at Kimberley-Clark in Belleville On Canada and even with you loading out 2 hours ahead of me, with you driving "Wide open", I would beat you to the delivery, simply because I would have taken the safest, least congested route. I would have made certain my paperwork was filed with Canadian Customs properly, and my border crossing, commodity and ETA were known to them. You would have looked at a map, said "I can get there!" and hauled butt for the wrong border crossing. A decision that can cost you several hours, if not days. The length of time you sit at Canadian Customs depends entirely on the Customs Agent you talk with, and the manner with which you talk...or project.
You could "load out" in Pasadena Texas for Newark PA hours ahead of me, and I would be driving out the plant gate in Newark, after having met my unload appointment time, while you are arguing with security as to why they should let you unload late, because "That Bozo held me up in traffic cuz he was driving slow in the center lane". You would make yourself even more popular with security and plant personnel when you explode in foul language because they cause you even more unpaid delay time, by forcing you to wait for them to have time to unload you.
I have been there....watched that. It is an old and stale movie.
As you said. Think about it.