[KurtAZ]

My Grandfather owned a trucking company, My Uncle was a trucker, my cousins are diesel mechanics...you stay the heck away from trucks as much as possible. They are big, slow, and have little to no maneuverability. Besides they are working, you wouldn't want some amateur telling you how to do your job, leave the truckers alone people! They actually know the rules of the road, the Interstates were primarily built for them, show some courtesy so he/she doesn't have to worry about your Suburban traveling right next to their rear tires.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

And they can show some courtsey as well, like no sudden lane changes without beneift of turn signal. Being aware that in a rain storm the spray from their tires is absolutely blinding people.

The interstate was built primatily for the truckers? Where is that written?

[Gunrunner2]

"the Interstates were primarily built for them" [trucks]

Just a point of order: Actually, based upon his experience in the 30's, Eisenhower wanted interstate highways for national security reasons. As a young officer it took Ike 30-days to drive cross-country, sea to sea, and he was appalled. This lack of deployability/mobility was a threat to national security and needed fixing. . .hence, the interstates.

[GraceCoolidge]

The professional truckers make me anxious enough, but I think there are two things worse: 1. the dump trucks with unsecured loads and debris/items flying out of them (I lost a windshield and front grill to tools flying out of a truck), and 2. Ryder or other rental trucks. I assume if you're driving a rental truck, it isn't something you do every day, and I'd be a bit more humble and careful in how I drove it.

I'm getting a new (new to us, that is) Suburban today, and you can bet I'll be really careful how I drive it! It's an '89... made back when it was a real truck. I'm going to be careful driving it just because I don't want anything to happen to it... probably I'll never want to risk the highways again.