“Small piece of advice: Don’t go up against the laws of physics; you’ll lose, badly.”
So, you stay away from places where ill-behaved a**hole semi drivers play? I mean, if the law of physics is the rule here, then shouldn’t car and pickup truck drivers simple stay off of roads with semi drivers? Wouldn’t we now say that a**hole semi drivers are okay ‘cause they weigh more (and pay more taxes, have more insurance, etc etc)?
Yep, I drive a one-ton pickup. And when I see an erratic and stupid semi driver, I get the heck out of the way.
Why? Because I’m an engineer. I know, for a fact, a priori, that I will lose every single case where there is an infraction of Newton’s laws. Every single time. Without exception. 80,000+ pounds goes into 8,000 pounds 10 times with nothing left over.
I don’t care what the laws on paper say. Laws on paper are so much bum-wipe in the face of Newtonian physics.
I always get a kick out of watching drivers of small cars try to dart around semi’s with over-dimension loads here in the west. Things like the bed for a haul-pak, or a load of tires for same. There’s a cop in front, a cop in back, a flag car, and these idiots in sub-compact cars (it always seems to be a small car, not even a sports car) that gets a ‘tude on and decides that they’re going to pass these over-size processions.
This statement is indisputable. If you understand it.