[ChikinTrucka]

Originally Posted by wot i life

The driver is breathing.

Yeah, that about sums it up for me too.

[ChikinTrucka]

Originally Posted by wot i life

Bugger me! Where did you get that video from Hog? :lol:

Looks to me like a police video from a chase???
I hate to see sheet like that, makes me want to stay home....
Take a look at truckcrash.com and see more of the carnage. Since I saw that website I started following even further back! I now try to maintain at least 5 seconds of space between me and the car ahead of me. I guess it's a given that cars will pull right in front of me after passing, they just don't realize what a safe following distance is. But when big rigs pull in front of me with about a car length of room, it P's me off even worse. Are there anymore professional truckers left? What ever happened to waiting for a trucker to flash his lights before pulling back in front of him? I rarely get my hand to the light switch before the truck is already in front of me! Do I sound bitter? Sorry, I hate whiners, but after having several trucks cut me off last week, I'm sort of fed up. I think most on this forum know better, judging from the posts, so I'm just venting here, not blaming... hope you don't mind :x
Peace out, Riff Raff.

[Mr. Ford95]

That was a police chase in South Carolina. If memory serves me right, it was a guy and a girl, mid 20's who had stolen a lawnmower or something which was in the back of the truck. Semi never had a chance to slow up. The pursuing officer saw it coming and knew they were dead before they got run over.

[madpuppy]

Dammm, that is a nasty video ! I feel bad for the trucker. The problem I have with 4-wheelers is they drive on the same roads we do ! :twisted:

[ChikinTrucka]

Originally Posted by madpuppy

The problem I have with 4-wheelers is they drive on the same roads we do ! :twisted:

Thanks, I needed a good laugh! I just drove 650 miles in the Northeast, on a Friday, that can dampen anyones spirits! Don't they have turn signals up here? (Love the Avatar!) My teacher said "no peaking"

[Mr. Ford95]

Originally Posted by ChikinTrucka

[b][color=blue]Thanks, I needed a good laugh! I just drove 650 miles in the Northeast, on a Friday, that can dampen anyones spirits! Don't they have turn signals up here?

Add in to that Chikin that the weather was not very good today in the Northeast and it becomes a pretty formidable challenge.

[ChikinTrucka]

Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95

Add in to that Chikin that the weather was not very good today in the Northeast and it becomes a pretty formidable challenge.

Snow changing to sleet/hail and freezing rain? That's the easy part. Pushing the cars out of the way is the hard part! :asta:

[line_transporter]

They tailgate. If I have one lane to drive in and a speed limit of 65 mph, they stick their bumper right behind my trailer (I see their headlight reflecting off my trailer) .. as soon as I get two lanes, I move over to the slow lane, but God forbid we have one lane and they dont feel like doing the speed limit :evil:

[ChikinTrucka]

This week my biggest complaint was 4-wheelers (and trucks, too) passing me and then pulling right in front of me, with like maybe, one car length of room. I've seen so many rear end accidents as of late, that I refuse to get too close to another vehicle on the road. In the snow and ice around Indiana and Ohio this week, I saw 4 trailer trucks in the ditch and rolled over or broken apart. I just can't seem to keep a safe following distance, especially when it's slippery, unless I start backing up! Sometimes those friggin' 4-wheelers will cut in front of me and slow down! What can be going through their heads anyway? "I want to die now, please run over me..."?

[Windwalker]

Originally Posted by line_transporter

They tailgate. If I have one lane to drive in and a speed limit of 65 mph, they stick their bumper right behind my trailer (I see their headlight reflecting off my trailer) .. as soon as I get two lanes, I move over to the slow lane, but God forbid we have one lane and they dont feel like doing the speed limit :evil:

Fact of the matter is, I don't worry about them tailgating. I worry about whether or not they're driving with their heads... in the clouds. if they're watching the road and what's going on, there is no reason for them to hit me if I have to stop. If their heads are up their... Where the sun does not shine...

Actually, I don't blame the 4-wheelers that much. All the times I've heard "STUPID 4-WHEELER" on the radio, I keep in mind...

Many of them are not stupid. They are teachers, doctors, lawyers, business executives. People that would not be where they are if they were stupid. But, they ARE UN-INFORMED. And, I blame DOT for that. DOT has the responsibility for safety on the hiways. Why are they not telling the public that one eighth of a mile in front of a truck is a SUICIDE ZONE. If they don't know about it, I suggest that they are not qualified to hold the positions they do. If they do know about it and are not telling the public, I suggest they are GUILTY OF VIOLATION OF PUBLIC TRUST.

Yes, there are times when it takes more than half a mile to stop a truck, but I'd settle for an eighth of a mile as a general rule.