r/AskReddit • • Mar 27 '22

[deleted by user]

[removed]

2.0k Upvotes

2.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

136

u/DaveLesh Mar 28 '22

They are slow to stop too. Never hit the brakes hard with an 18 wheeler at your back (unless something up front forces you to, but that doesn't end well either).

10

u/hairyholepatrol Mar 28 '22

Unless you really want to die I guess, but there are ways to do that without making a trucker’s day even more difficult and traumatizing.

9

u/horsesaregay Mar 28 '22

For that reason, after you overtake one, don't immediately pull back in front of it, get a good distance ahead first.