Trucker Explains What You're Doing Wrong on the Highway
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Trucker Explains What You're Doing Wrong on the Highway
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#2Having known someone who was crushed to death by a trucker rear-ending their car in stop and go traffic: truckers should never tail-gate.
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#3If a trucker is tailgating you: immediately let them pass, read the phone number off the back, report them.
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#4If a trucker is tailgating you: immediately let them pass, read the phone number off the back, report them.
Former truck driver from germany here. Sure, you shouldn't tailgate as a truck driver. His point is still valid. There are very few good reasons (read exceptionally bad conditions) for going slower than a truck's max speed. 90% of the time, people are just not paying attention. From the truck drivers perspective, this is nearly coercion, especially where overtaking is forbidden. I once tried to overtake a car on a highway in southern Germany which went like 80 km/h. I drove a 60t mobile crane, limited to 89 km/h (like most of the trucks in Europe are). When she realised that, she accelerated and I had to stop the maneuver. Then she fell back to 80 km/h again. Rinse and repeat for two times. Guess what I did then. Hint: There was some serious honking involved, too.
Also please keep in mind there is a grey area between tailgating and starting a passing maneuver and at least in my country it is tolerated to reduce the safety distance in order to start overtaking.
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#5It could be worse - riding a heavy loaded bike in Uttar Pratesh and Bihar. You have no idea.)
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#6Having known someone who was crushed to death by a trucker rear-ending their car in stop and go traffic: truckers should never tail-gate.
He said tail-gating as in 3-4 car lengths. Admittedly, that is tailgating for a vehicle that takes forever to stop; but, this isn't the big scary monster right behind you situation. They're further back, but just as unable to stop
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#7If a trucker is tailgating you: immediately let them pass, read the phone number off the back, report them.
Former truck driver from germany here. Sure, you shouldn't tailgate as a truck driver. His point is still valid. There are very few good reasons (read exceptionally bad conditions) for going slower than a truck's max speed. 90% of the time, people are just not paying attention. From the truck drivers perspective, this is nearly coercion, especially where overtaking is forbidden. I once tried to overtake a car on a hi…
Comments like this are why I'll cheer for that profession being automated away.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Former truck driver from germany here. Sure, you shouldn't tailgate as a truck driver. His point is still valid. There are very few good reasons (read exceptionally bad conditions) for going slower than a truck's max speed. 90% of the time, people are just not paying attention. From the truck drivers perspective, this is nearly coercion, especially where overtaking is forbidden. I once tried to overtake a car on a hi…
Comments like this are why I'll cheer for that profession being automated away.
Because he had to explain a situation where a driver in front of him caused a very dangerous situation and felt he had to respond in that way?
As much as I love driving, there will be many improvements when we don't have to drive to get to our jobs and things anymore. I'll get to go and play on a race-track, sure; but I won't have to be all hands on deck at 8 or 9 in the morning with everyone else who woke up 30 minutes to an hour ago.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Former truck driver from germany here. Sure, you shouldn't tailgate as a truck driver. His point is still valid. There are very few good reasons (read exceptionally bad conditions) for going slower than a truck's max speed. 90% of the time, people are just not paying attention. From the truck drivers perspective, this is nearly coercion, especially where overtaking is forbidden. I once tried to overtake a car on a hi…
Comments like this are why I'll cheer for that profession being automated away.
There are a lot of reasons for automated driving and most of them have something to do with human behaviour. Sorry for trying to put the statement about tailgating into perspective.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Comments like this are why I'll cheer for that profession being automated away.
Because he had to explain a situation where a driver in front of him caused a very dangerous situation and felt he had to respond in that way? As much as I love driving, there will be many improvements when we don't have to drive to get to our jobs and things anymore. I'll get to go and play on a race-track, sure; but I won't have to be all hands on deck at 8 or 9 in the morning with everyone else who woke up 30 minu…
The truck driver caused the dangerous situation by tailgating. There's no right to drive at the speed limit, and certainly no justification for causing danger when another driver is annoying you.