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From: Brent on 4 Jun 2010 10:27 On 2010-06-04, H.B Elkins <hbelkins(a)mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote: > looked like that truck was flying and I'm sure the SUV had already reached the > speed limit or higher when it passed the truck it had been behind. I doubt it. The trucks are usually no where near even 55mph at the end of the ramp and the SUV was barely passing. SUV was doing about 50mph and slotherating at best.
From: Arif Khokar on 4 Jun 2010 11:27 On 6/4/2010 10:17 AM, Scott in SoCal wrote: > Anyone who has been reading this group in the past couple of months > will recognize the argument: it's one that has been put forward by the > likes of Harry K, Daniel Rouse, and Ed White - and roundly criticized > by everyone else (for obvious reasons). That would explain why Harry K hasn't responded yet even though he has posted in the pickup truck seat belt thread just this morning. I wonder if Daniel Rouse will ignore this thread as well ...
From: bugo on 4 Jun 2010 11:29 "Scott in SoCal" <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:k5if06d22jnjk0ojo6ng6v5sshhqabrc3p(a)4ax.com... > Keep your eye on the red SUV, who is passing another vehicle at a > reasonable rate: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4TmOtsVObQ > That happens to me a lot, but it's usually a truck that cuts me off. And they usually micropass. Or play their little "I'm not going to let anybody pass me" game. I followed a truck going 65 in the left lane while there was a truck going 65 in the right lane for about 10 miles on I-40 once. Truckers who play games should lose their license.
From: Larry G on 4 Jun 2010 16:51 On Jun 4, 11:29 am, "bugo" <wat...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > "Scott in SoCal" <scottenazt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in messagenews:k5if06d22jnjk0ojo6ng6v5sshhqabrc3p(a)4ax.com... > > > Keep your eye on the red SUV, who is passing another vehicle at a > > reasonable rate: > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4TmOtsVObQ > > That happens to me a lot, but it's usually a truck that cuts me off. And > they usually micropass. Or play their little "I'm not going to let anybody > pass me" game. I followed a truck going 65 in the left lane while there was > a truck going 65 in the right lane for about 10 miles on I-40 once. > Truckers who play games should lose their license. most truckers don't do this though. On I-81 in Virginia, they "normally" don't do side-by-side for miles but they WILL pull out in front of the left lane and take their sweet time getting around... no better, no worse than the 4-wheel idiots that do the same sometimes.
From: richard on 4 Jun 2010 20:00
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:26:24 -0700, Scott in SoCal wrote: > Keep your eye on the red SUV, who is passing another vehicle at a > reasonable rate: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4TmOtsVObQ > > And, of course, the tanker truck driver is a MFFY. Once again, reading the wrong situation. What we have here is a person in car #1, the red one, failing to observe the approaching truck in the left lane. Car #1 is also tailgating the truck ahead of him on the ramp and into the moving lanes. I'd say that car #1 is a bit of a sloth as he should be well aware of the tanker behind him right on his bumper. At highway speeds, you don't want to be trying to slow down a tanker too fast as the sloshing around could push you ahead even more. I agree car #1 was a bit fool hardy for his maneuver. As he should have waited and been patient for the tanker to go by. -- I learned my lesson well. You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself. - Ricky Nelson from "Garden Party" |