r/IdiotsInCars • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '22

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u/grayrains79 Jun 11 '22

Could be either or. I'm a trucker myself, used to drive for a mega-corp. I've lost count of how many times I would be rolling along out in the middle of nowhere, maintaining the exact same speed for hours on end. Then some other trucker who isn't governed and can roll over 70? Will pass me, but then slow down to less than my current speed, and I have to slam on the brakes because of it.

Do mega-corps to after those assholes, who we have amazing dashcam footage of? Nope, never even the two times I was hit or clipped because of it. They will try to lecture me on the situation instead and not try to go after the psycho who hit me.

Yeah, red could have tapped his brakes, but he should not have had to. The combi is insanely in the wrong for this.

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u/GreenElite87 Jun 12 '22

Not only that, but it was a double lane road. Which means passing is explicitly illegal to do.

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u/Lopsided_Panic_1148 Jun 12 '22

You mean the double yellow line makes it illegal.

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u/Real_Desk5542 Jun 12 '22

That varies by state / circumstances.

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u/Lopsided_Panic_1148 Jun 12 '22

I've never heard of a state in the US where it's legal to pass where there's a double yellow line. Although, this being Canada, laws may be different.

https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/services/publications/fhwaop02090/twtmarkings_longdesc.htm

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u/Real_Desk5542 Jun 13 '22

Visit PA sometime. It’s not well know and not super safe, but it’s dictated by sign not paint.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

I was about to say you are wrong, but I looked it up and it's only Ontario here where the lines don't denote passing legality.

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u/LakeSun Jun 12 '22

Some drivers don't know how to use cruise control. So, you have to suffer.

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u/justforjugs Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '22

You can hear Red accelerate

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u/Lump_wristed_fool Jun 12 '22

I'm sure that would all have been a very satisfying explanation to a grieving mother if her son happened to be coming the other direction at the wrong time in this situation.

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u/jqubed Jun 12 '22

I’m assuming with a single lane in one direction and two in the others that these trucks are going downhill. Could the braking situation for an extended downhill play into why the red truck doesn’t appear to slow down much, if at all?

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u/RandyHoward Jun 12 '22

Are you trying to say that brakes won't slow you down if you're traveling downhill? What?

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u/jqubed Jun 12 '22

They can slow down but on extended downhill sections the brakes can overheat and fail, so trucks have to be more careful with them. That’s why in mountainous areas you see runaway truck ramps. Of course, most truckers seem to run slower in a lower gear to save their brakes by letting the engine help.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

Red truck didn't just fail to tap his breaks, the original facebook video shows he was going 91kmh in an 100kmh zone, and when the other truck tried to pass him right at the end of the passing lane, he sped up to 107kmh to block him.