People who drive while talking on their cell phones are bad enough; but an idiot talking on his stupid cell phone while driving a FLAMMABLE TANKER TRUCK?!! My mom was dropping me off at school this morning, and this big 'ol tanker truck pulls up and begins to change lanes, WHILE WE’RE RIGHT BESIDE HIM! We had to swerve practically off the shoulder to keep me (passenger) from being squashed. We saw him at the next light, hanging out of the window, wearing inane mirrored sunglasses, and a flannel plaid shirt, yakking away on the phone. He hadn’t even known we were THERE, and our car is a pretty big, blue Plymouth Voyager. Scared me absolutely to death.
And to make it worse, the truck didn’t even have one of those “How’s My Driving?” signs.
I am absolutely terrified of trucks ever since a horrible accident a few years ago, and it seems as though ever since then they try progressively harder to run me over.
If I’ve ever had a justified fear, this is it.
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-the wallster
Yeah, driving a semi truck while talking on your cell phone is bad. Maybe not on the freeway since there really isn’t any shifting involved, but when you’re on the street, that’s just retarded.
I mean, shit, you gotta shift like 20 gears or something to accelerate, so your right hand is occupied with the shifter, and your left hand is holding the cell phone, so how the hell are you gonna steer?
I work in a truck stop and since I am invisible as far as truckers are concerned, I hear all about their gripes and bitches (along with all their belching, which they don’t even bother to try and stifle). See, they think the 4-wheelers (cars) should all just get the hell out of their way. ‘Cause people in 4-wheelers don’t know how to drive. Even though your average 4-wheeler driver realizes that pushing a 40 ton truck up to 95 miles an hour at 3 in the morning when you’ve only had 2 hours sleep and are running on mini-thins (which my boss refuses to stock, thank God) isn’t a particularly bright move. All I can say is, when you’re out driving, stay the hell away from the big trucks. A lot of them are just looking for an excuse to run your little 4-wheelin’ ass off the road.
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It’s a bummer that more truckers aren’t aware that if they tangle with a car at speed, they will most likely get hurt or killed too.
The tractor is only about 20,000 lb of the 80,000 lb weight limit. The rest of that weight is BEHIND them and latched on. If you get a rig like that out of shape, you have a real bad day.
Shit! No, I didn’t get antsy and post it twice, I’m still having trouble with the box, it’s locking up at random. I’d apologize, but this is the Pit after all.