Well IMHO it is the drivers of today and the fact that today we had people driving Class 8 trucks that should not be allowed to drive a pick up . I spent a lot of years driving from the time i first got behind the wheel of a big truck my life has revolved around a truck in one form or other there has been TRUCKS Straight trucks to semi's from little bitty loads to loads almost 400000 lbs . It all comes down to the driver , and yes cars /four wheelers including pickup live in there own tiny little world . And for those of you that have never sat at the controls of a BIG truck and took in the big picture of what goes on you will never under stand . Yes the new generation of Freight haulers plum SUCK and they really do not know how to drive and i don't care how many new reg.'s come out No E/LOGs will solve the problem . Four wheelers cutting off semi's brake checking them because they get made at them cutting on the inside and passing on the bearms darting around one only to dive inft. of him to take that exit that they almost missed . Causing him to have to stand on the brakes in turn causes the one setting on his bumper to slam on the brakes causing the one behind him to jack knife and slaming into that mini van with kids in it to flip and my personal favort and it happened everyday while i was hauling the big ugly oversized STUFF is having a freight hauler force his way around you then darn near take your ft. end off when he cuts back over in ft. of you and make you totally blind to what is coming up , like the car setting off the right side of the road close to the line or a big truck off the side . Here you are with more setting on the deck then they are grossen and you are NOT going to WHOA this load on a dime and give back nine cents change . Then oh yea in the hills yep your heavy your wide BUT you have double the horse power of them 62-65 MPH trucks and the speed limit is 70 , your job is to cover as much ground in the day light hours as possible you have the pony power to hold your speed on the hills and you pass a slower truck and run away from them on the mountain , they get ticked off and they start usen Georgia over drive on the down hills so they can pass ya and you get to smell there brakes on the down hill while you set back and let Mr. Jake carry ya down the hill at the speed you want and only to pass them again on the up grades , then ya get some that will swing out inft. of you to block ya from passing . It was and has been getting crazy out there since the big companys have come on the seen and the O/O have declined on population due to more regs more taxes and Cheap freight . Today they will put anybody in a big truck and to accommodate this they put auto shifts and automatic's in them so they can put any warm body in a big truck even if they can not drive . what they don't understand is driving a big truck is like flying a plane you have to be all eyes and ears at all times and ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAND WITH WHEELS DOWN.'i AM retired OFF THE ROAD AND SEMI RETIRED FROM FIXEN TRACTORS What i see each day on some of the face book pages dealing with trucks and truckers today out on the big roads is why i prefer the old GOAT paths , yep may take longer but a lot less traffic , yea see more and yep sometimes i get stuck behind some old farmer driving down the road SO WHAT time i have and i am still moving not setting on and interstate due to dumb drivers . Now as for the cell phone thing you will never see me texting since my phone is just that a PHONE , ya want to TALK to me then talk, i can still drive talking and pay attention to my driving and never take my eyes off the road or check my mirrors . Here at the house i set up on a hill looking down on the street and ya can see in the cars and trucks as they pass the house while setting on the ft. porch , One can not believe what one see's and what i see each and everyday here in PODOCK Jct. is the people that are texting while driving , reading the paper , looking in brief cases for paper work drinking a beer that they just got from the little store down the street , steering with there knees and talking with both hands( must be Italians ) , saw one guy taking off a tee shirt while steering with his knees . People digging in the back seat for what ever and not even looking ahead but in the back seat.
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