"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
03/29/2016 at 21:55 • Filed to: None
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"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
03/29/2016 at 21:55 • Filed to: None | 3
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Background: 2 lane of traffic going south, this is completely unprovoked.
I nearly got into an accident after some asshole in a Dole bananas truck cut from behind another semi right infront of me, (I was going 75, they were going 55), brake checked me, passed the other semi in around 5 minutes while going 20 under the speed limit. THEN, he refused to move over for another five minutes, then he did.
Then I passed him. After I pass him, he cuts over to behind me and tailgates me within half a cars length for about two miles. At this point I’m going well above the speed of traffic while in the fast lane. THEN, I tap the brakes* and he fucks off finally. Ten minutes later, he passes me in the right lane going about 85-90.
Please note that you aren’t in Smokey and the Bandit, Banana truck. Fuck you.
*Don’t do that
PanchoVilleneuve ST
> jkm7680
03/29/2016 at 22:00 |
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The thing that has me excited as far as self-driving cars go is how quickly they’ll replace human-driven semis.
scoob
> jkm7680
03/29/2016 at 22:00 |
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some asshole in a Dole bananas truck
You could say that driver was...
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bonkers.
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jkm7680
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
03/29/2016 at 22:01 |
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That would be great.
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jkm7680
> scoob
03/29/2016 at 22:01 |
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ha ha ha ha
ha
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PanchoVilleneuve ST
> jkm7680
03/29/2016 at 22:02 |
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It’s honestly where I see the technology getting its first widespread use. It makes the most sense.
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jkm7680
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
03/29/2016 at 22:03 |
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Like they'd still be in the truck, so no jobs lost. They just wouldn't be able to attempt to murder everybody.
My citroen won't start
> jkm7680
03/29/2016 at 22:04 |
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They have a difficult job don’t you know.... so many gears to engage, prostitutes to murder and risky overtakes to perform.
wafflesnfalafel
> jkm7680
03/29/2016 at 22:04 |
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you gotta watch those banana truckers...
My little brother drove truck for years. While generally better behaved than the total driving public you can certainly catch one on an off day. We have a bunch of port container privateer runners coming out of the Port of Seattle docks going over I-90 - stay out of their way....
pjhusa
> scoob
03/29/2016 at 22:04 |
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Don't get it.
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PanchoVilleneuve ST
> jkm7680
03/29/2016 at 22:04 |
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They’d be there to do things like refuel and handle the delivery paperwork.
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scoob
> pjhusa
03/29/2016 at 22:09 |
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It’s easy, you see.
Insignificance is interdependent on the relatedness of motivation, subcultures, and management. So the flow of quizzes tests the thesis that your theorem would unleash. Because of this, colorful clay is a cosmopolitan, having a trained assassin stay overnight, letting heartbreaking lies roll over us like a summer breeze. And obviously, everything and more gambles with lives, happiness, and even destiny itself.
jvirgs drives a Subaru
> jkm7680
03/29/2016 at 22:22 |
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I about got side-swiped by a Semi Tractor (no trailer) yesterday, merging on to 95 S from 64 E. The right lane of 95 and the left lane of the on-ramp just dump into one lane and this due came flying in there. I was able to slow down and let him pass me but he about took out three other cars who were already in the process of merging. He then proceeded to weave in and out of traffic, doing about 75-80. I was doing about 70 at one point and he was driving away from me.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> jkm7680
03/29/2016 at 22:24 |
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i almost got out and yelled at the guy behind me for being too close. Tailgaters are on the top of my shitlist right now
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> jkm7680
03/29/2016 at 22:27 |
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You just described what I’ve been dealing with this whole trip. Like this guy yesterday.
Recap: pulls out in front of me with no signal going 15mph slower than me so he doesn’t have to tap his brakes for some cars that are moving over anyway. Then the second I pass him, he pulls in on my ass and puts on his high beams (you can see the reflection on the truck in front of him).
They just move over when they want to move over and don’t care how close they cut you off or how long they block you for.
coqui70
> jkm7680
03/29/2016 at 22:27 |
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I tell you, most of the problems I’ve seen on the roads lately have been caused by inconsiderate truck drivers and the shitty retreads they put on their rigs.
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jkm7680
> jvirgs drives a Subaru
03/29/2016 at 22:28 |
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Wow, they really need to fix their driving.
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jkm7680
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/29/2016 at 22:30 |
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Exactly, they pay no attention to anybody but themselves. It’s pretty dangerous having a 15,000 pound death machine constantly cut you off.
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pjhusa
> scoob
03/29/2016 at 22:30 |
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That started out well, then just fell downhill pretty quickly.
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scoob
> pjhusa
03/29/2016 at 22:32 |
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You’ll thank me later.
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pjhusa
> scoob
03/29/2016 at 23:12 |
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Right.
TheOnelectronic
> jkm7680
03/30/2016 at 03:42 |
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No way a trucking company would pay a driver if it didn’t have to. Full Service truck stops would make a comeback and that driver would be gone.
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TheOnelectronic
> jkm7680
03/30/2016 at 03:44 |
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We picked up five bikes today. Our little 3000lb 12' trailer was not overly happy with the arrangement, so we couldn’t really go above 60. We got angrily passed by many semis but, to be honest, it felt pretty good.
“Oh, what’s that? It’s a pain in the ass when obnoxiously slow vehicles clog up the right lane? Boy what a revelation.”
It was almost tempting to pull out the other tricks- speed up once they go to pass, get in the left lane to pass a slower vehicle and stay there forever, etc...
shop-teacher
> jkm7680
03/30/2016 at 09:08 |
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80,000 pounds. They can be 80 THOUSAND pounds loaded.
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shop-teacher
> scoob
03/30/2016 at 09:09 |
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Well played.
Jayvincent
> shop-teacher
03/30/2016 at 20:39 |
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They can legally be up to 80,000 lbs without special permits. They are routinely overloaded to 90-100,000 lbs, especially flatbed haulers...
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shop-teacher
> Jayvincent
03/30/2016 at 21:18 |
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Very true.