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From: Chicago Paddling-Fishing on 14 Apr 2010 01:15
Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LZgVlXYoaU
>--
>The MFFY Litmus Test:
>If your maneuver forces another driver WHO HAS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
>to alter course or speed, what you did was probably MFFY.

I do wish I had my camera on all the time, cause it's never on when I need
it... I launched myself out of the ramp between 294 and 290 one day, there
was a truck ahead so I moved to the next lane, he swerved into that lane so
I looked and moved into the 3rd lane, he then moved into the third lane too
which put me near his rear cab wheel on the shoulder... at that point he
started to bring his cab onto the left land shoulder so I slammed on my
brakes and waited to see if I hit the wall but the car stopped perfectly
straight... swerved around the other side of the truck, no company name
but I got his ICC number so I called there and got the company name and
number and called them... they weren't interested...

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From: richard on 14 Apr 2010 01:33
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:06:42 -0700, Scott in SoCal wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LZgVlXYoaU

Damn nit pickers. First, the "Old Dominion" truck wiggled as it did because
that is the nature of "doubles". Most likely because the driver was looking
in his mirror at the time. Do note the narrow lanes. Those are not the
required 12 foot lanes.

I got stopped in Tennessee partly because the trooper had seen my little
trailer move onto the white line of the shoulder. Well duhhh. When you've
got a vehicle 8.5ft wide and a lane 10 ft wide, it's damn difficult to keep
it in the lane.
From: necromancer - ECHM on 14 Apr 2010 08:14
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:33:38 -0700, richard <member(a)newsguy.com>
wrote:

>Damn nit pickers.

Do mine eyes deceive me or was the videographer a LLB?

>First, the "Old Dominion" truck wiggled as it did because
>that is the nature of "doubles". Most likely because the driver was looking
>in his mirror at the time.

Ummm, the livery on both the trailers and the tractor clearly say,
"UPS," with logo of same.

> Do note the narrow lanes. Those are not the
>required 12 foot lanes.

The lanes looked fine to me.

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"I... Can't... Drive... FIFTY-FIVE!!!"
--Sammy Hagar
From: Brent on 14 Apr 2010 18:08
On 2010-04-14, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LZgVlXYoaU

That trucker wasn't too bad. The one's I encounter come over anyway.

http://blip.tv/file/597180


From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 22 Apr 2010 14:04
Scott in SoCal wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LZgVlXYoaU

But he could probably be doing 47 MPH instead of the 45 that the truck in
front of him is doing (in a 60 MPH Zone). You? You're just scum that
doesn't deserve to share the road with trucks. The least you could do is to
wait patiently while he completes his pass over the course of the next 5
minutes. Until he hits that hill, where he'll slow down to match the other
truck's speed. Then you're really screwed.

Remember when freight used to travel on railroads?

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Paul Hovnanian paul(a)hovnanian.com
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