Truckers are an easy target. Morons try to bounce of them all the time. 98% or more are good professionals, amking their living on the road, while some ditz in her excursion, who has never really driven anything bigger than a schwinn 10-speed tries to feed her kids while popping in a fresh dvd, do her makeup and finish a call to sally decides to get off at the next exit (50 yards ahead)from the far left lane right infront of a o'weight permit-loaded truck.
They people who complain about trucks the loudest are generally the worst drivers.
Wrong. Maybe we've seen the accidents involving semis. Often the driver isn't at fault; sometimes it's unexpected road construction, a low bridge, a nitwit who cuts him off, etc., but the accidents are spectacular and often lethal.
Trucks are, by their nature, extremely dangerous. I try to stay as far away from them as I can get, but when you've got a line of 15 blocking your entrance ramp it's very difficult.