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To: SamAdams76
I-65 on the way to KY is so bad I swore I would NEVER use it again.

Truckers pull out right in front of you without even looking
If they wanna get over you better move or end up a casualty!

15 posted on 08/21/2006 7:11:16 PM PDT by apackof2 (They wait on you hand and foot so they can charge you an arm and a leg)
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To: apackof2

How many times have you been hit by trucks?


17 posted on 08/21/2006 7:14:44 PM PDT by gas0linealley
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To: apackof2

I don't doubt there are rude inconsiderate truckers out there. However, in the 20yrs I've been driving across this country in various sized automobiles, 85-90% of the rudeness is from car drivers, not truckers.

Think of it like this. The trucker's office is the road and he's on it 8 to 9hrs a day (or more). How many encounters does he have in those 8 hrs with rude inconsiderate drivers? How many rude automobile drivers even know they are being inconsiderate? There are unwritten rules of the road that most truckers operate under - rules that are increasingly forgotten and overlooked by the general public.

For example:
It is an extremely rare occasion where I see an automobile driver flash his lights for a trucker to switch lanes. It is also an extremely rare occasion where one trucker fails to do this same thing for another. They even flash them for me if my pickup is heavily loaded.


37 posted on 08/21/2006 8:32:31 PM PDT by 1forall (America - my home, my land, my country.)
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