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Truly are the reason there's a stereotype and a bad reputation in general regarding truckers. And, with my dad working for a semi truck company, when I tell him stories about some of the asshat things I see truckers do, he shakes his head and says his boss would probably shitcan any of the drivers if they pulled stunts like that.
Back in fall 2009, there was the trucker who was either asleep or raging at the wheel, who came roaring up my ass and would NOT pass me until I got so scared he was going to plow me off the road that I moved over for my own safety and let him fly by.
There's been various forms of trucker asshattery that I didn't feel the need to post because it's just too common of occurances and can usually be forgiven and forgotten.
Then, there's asshole truckers like this.
Usually, people's gripe is that trucks slow everyone down, usually cause backups, etc. And I will be the first to say, most trucks I see obey the speed limit, so they generally are considered "slow" moving and most people pass.
But there was that trucker from 2 years ago, and now there's this asshole.
You know how annoying it is in traffic when some asshole in a little penis extender car or SUV is weaving a basket in and around everyone, zipping in and out of lanes, determined to pass EVERYONE on the road?
There was a semi truck doing that the other day on the way to work. I don't know how I didn't catch him up to him sooner, but it was a traffic jam that brought us together. Before that, I can only assume this guy was hauling serious ass. And, to be honest, I am flat out terrified of something that huge and potentially unstable and wobbly going around and around and around everyone.
There was some really large piece of equipment, some backhoe or some farm equipment that really should not have even been on the freeway at all (being unable to go much fast than 50), that caused a jam right by where I need to switch highways, so that resulted in a lot of people slamming the brakes to get over into the right exit lane, and at this point, the semi was behind the large backhoe thingy, and stayed behind him on the super curvy merge ramp onto the next highway. There was also a long string of vehicles behind the semi, I was somewhere in the middle of that.
Immediately after merging, everyone started taking the chance to dart around the semi and the backhoe. The semi included!
As it ALWAYS seems to happen, the moment I get in the left lane and put my foot down, I see that stupid trucker put his blinker on. At this point, I'm just a few car lengths behind the back of his trailer.
Oh, you fucker, you BETTER not! I'm thinking.
And he starts swerving over.
I laid on my horn. For a good 10 seconds. Maybe more.
I don't know if he heard it or finally realized there was someone there that he nearly took out, but he started weaving back over, realizing he'd made a stupid decision because everyone in the right lane had to adjust their speed to not slam into HIM weaving back over.
As I go to overtake him, he's practically straddling the center line, another one of my peeves about truckers. You're big, but you can fit on your own side of the road. I know you want to get over, but do you want to kill people? Apparently.
I spent a good few seconds on the rumble strips going about 70, so my car was shaking and it seemed the rumble strips were fighting to tug me into the ditch. I nearly pissed myself.
And I swear, the exact second I finally overtook the stupid huge asshole, he swerved back over to overtake the backhoe, and I got ahead of the backhoe and back behind the other cars, and then that stupid huge asshole got back into the right lane, I swear he practically cut off the backhoe, and then he started roaring up my ass. Note, I am still doing 70 at this point.
He even took the same exit as me. But thankfully, because semi trucks can't accellerate very fast, I was able to get far away from him really quick after I turned right onto the slower highway to work.
Back in fall 2009, there was the trucker who was either asleep or raging at the wheel, who came roaring up my ass and would NOT pass me until I got so scared he was going to plow me off the road that I moved over for my own safety and let him fly by.
There's been various forms of trucker asshattery that I didn't feel the need to post because it's just too common of occurances and can usually be forgiven and forgotten.
Then, there's asshole truckers like this.
Usually, people's gripe is that trucks slow everyone down, usually cause backups, etc. And I will be the first to say, most trucks I see obey the speed limit, so they generally are considered "slow" moving and most people pass.
But there was that trucker from 2 years ago, and now there's this asshole.
You know how annoying it is in traffic when some asshole in a little penis extender car or SUV is weaving a basket in and around everyone, zipping in and out of lanes, determined to pass EVERYONE on the road?
There was a semi truck doing that the other day on the way to work. I don't know how I didn't catch him up to him sooner, but it was a traffic jam that brought us together. Before that, I can only assume this guy was hauling serious ass. And, to be honest, I am flat out terrified of something that huge and potentially unstable and wobbly going around and around and around everyone.
There was some really large piece of equipment, some backhoe or some farm equipment that really should not have even been on the freeway at all (being unable to go much fast than 50), that caused a jam right by where I need to switch highways, so that resulted in a lot of people slamming the brakes to get over into the right exit lane, and at this point, the semi was behind the large backhoe thingy, and stayed behind him on the super curvy merge ramp onto the next highway. There was also a long string of vehicles behind the semi, I was somewhere in the middle of that.
Immediately after merging, everyone started taking the chance to dart around the semi and the backhoe. The semi included!
As it ALWAYS seems to happen, the moment I get in the left lane and put my foot down, I see that stupid trucker put his blinker on. At this point, I'm just a few car lengths behind the back of his trailer.
Oh, you fucker, you BETTER not! I'm thinking.
And he starts swerving over.
I laid on my horn. For a good 10 seconds. Maybe more.
I don't know if he heard it or finally realized there was someone there that he nearly took out, but he started weaving back over, realizing he'd made a stupid decision because everyone in the right lane had to adjust their speed to not slam into HIM weaving back over.
As I go to overtake him, he's practically straddling the center line, another one of my peeves about truckers. You're big, but you can fit on your own side of the road. I know you want to get over, but do you want to kill people? Apparently.
I spent a good few seconds on the rumble strips going about 70, so my car was shaking and it seemed the rumble strips were fighting to tug me into the ditch. I nearly pissed myself.
And I swear, the exact second I finally overtook the stupid huge asshole, he swerved back over to overtake the backhoe, and I got ahead of the backhoe and back behind the other cars, and then that stupid huge asshole got back into the right lane, I swear he practically cut off the backhoe, and then he started roaring up my ass. Note, I am still doing 70 at this point.
He even took the same exit as me. But thankfully, because semi trucks can't accellerate very fast, I was able to get far away from him really quick after I turned right onto the slower highway to work.
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