Well he can see a lot farther down the road than you can. If you can get out of his way and let him roll please do so. If he isn't moving he isn't making money. Between fuel, road taxes, insurance, etc. he needs to make 2.5 to 3 dollars a mile. If he isn't moving he doesn't get paid. And lastly not all truckers are as well trained as we would like but with the severe shortage companies are hiring straight from school.
Again, you are missing the point.. its called an EMERGENCY.. it has nothing to do with him seeing 10 miles down the road.. my tire blows, or someone darts out in front of me, he's not going to see that coming, and isn't far enough back to remotely stop in time.
I know they have to move to make money, I have nothing against them making a buck.. but please don't try to gross neglect by many truck drivers on people in cars.
Cars do stupid things, no doubt and when some fool in a subcompect whips over in front of you with inches to spare and a truck rear ends them because of the car drivers stupidity... by all means I am not going to hold the driver of the truck at fault.
However, I can tell you ROUTINELY trucks don't keep adequate distance behind cars on highways, cars that aren't doing anything wrong. And while I live in a state full of mountains, don't even get me started on trucks that move into the fast lane doing 35-40mph going up a hill, cutting off traffic moving at the speed limit.
I know there are a lot of safe drivers out there, but I know there are a heck of a lot who aren't either.
Personally I'm a firm believer in returning to rail for distance transportation with trucks being relied on only for last leg of deliveries. But as I said somewhere else in this thread, that would require investment into our rail infrastructure, which by and large in DC is a DOA when talking transportation.
They'd much rather fund a 16 lane road that halves the nation and lets chinese good be delivered to Mexico and then transported to Canada without any american ever touching them....