Hope he was wearing his brown pants

"KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time" (kngt)
07/04/2019 at 14:46 • Filed to: Dashcam, dashcam video, near miss

Talk about a near miss!

DISCUSSION (21)

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
07/04/2019 at 14:47

I never drive with trucks behind or beside me. I know what can happen

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
07/04/2019 at 14:50

I’d never be able to drive anywhere if I followed that rule. Besides, the truck drivers are usually more attentive than car drivers, at least.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
07/04/2019 at 14:57

Kudos to Herr Porsche for watching his mirrors. In Germany, when you get a license, they massively harp on constantly scanning your mirrors because of speed differences between cars on the Autobahn.

Also, anarchy lane splitting is illegal, but that’s a topic for another day.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/04/2019 at 14:59

Perhaps, but there are a whole lot of minimally qualified newbie truckers on the roads these days, way more than in years past.

VincentMalamute-Kim > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
07/04/2019 at 15:10

You never know what’s going to snuff out your pleasant life in the next instant. Good reminder I need to get working my on will.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > VincentMalamute-Kim
07/04/2019 at 15:14

Fuuuuccckk

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
07/04/2019 at 15:27

I’ve had that happen before. Traffic just stopped for two trucks battling it out up a hill, like they do, all the time. It stopped me right on the other side of another hill, and a truck was behind me. It’s terrifying watching the truck sliding through the grass beside you.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/04/2019 at 15:31

Every time I slow down on the highway, or any road, I check my rearview mirror. And then leave enough room up front to react if necessary.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/04/2019 at 16:30

Limit your risk exposure. Try not to share lanes with them or drive beside them.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
07/04/2019 at 16:41

What the fuck was that truck driver doing?

Big rig drivers of the past used to be a cut above everyone else.

But these days, they’re often just as shit and reckless as everyone else.

facw > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/04/2019 at 16:49

Truck drivers are usually better IMO, but it’s way more dangerous when they aren’t. When I’m passing I try to get clear quickly.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
07/04/2019 at 17:25

Yes, but in the meantime, in California, motorcycles pop up out of nowhere. There was a lane splitting fatality just a day or two ago near here.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/04/2019 at 17:45

Yeah, we experienced that. It was definitely something new. With lane splitting being legal, I suppose it’s the car driver’s fault if you change lanes and hit a motorcycle. Those splitting bikes can really get buried in your blind spot, too.

wafflesnfalafel > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/04/2019 at 17:53

yep, you gotta drive for everybody else around you too because 20% are just goofs at any point in time... Really no excuse for that truck - he’s up higher than everybody else and should be able to see better than everybody else...

LongbowMkII > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
07/04/2019 at 18:23

How long have you been driving?

LongbowMkII > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
07/04/2019 at 18:24

This was easily avoided by staying in lane

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > LongbowMkII
07/04/2019 at 18:27

Almost 30 years.

I’m getting old.

*sobs*

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
07/04/2019 at 18:36

The move fast, popping in and out of everyone’s blind spot. I doubt they’d hold the car responsible. I’ll ask my CHP buddy about that one and tell you what he says.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > wafflesnfalafel
07/04/2019 at 18:37

He was probably checking his Facebook.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > facw
07/04/2019 at 21:31

Oh absolutely. I get panic attacks when people in my area suffer “Big truck syndrome”. Th ey will literally get alongside a truck and then just......chill there. Like halfway through the pass they stop to marvel at it like “WOWIE ZOWIE DATS A BIG TRUCK RIGHT DERE. YES. YES THIS IS A BIIIIIG TRUCK. WOW”

I don’t honk often, but I have started to honk at this behavior.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
07/09/2019 at 08:01

Good on that Porsche for watching his mirrors and getting out of the way!