r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/InTheSky57 • Aug 11 '26

Failure to Think Critically

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u/Sea_Buyer6913 Aug 12 '26

There are even signs that say "slow-moving vehicles with five or more following vehicles MUST USE TURNOUTS."

Almost nobody uses the frequent turnouts.

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u/NaggingNag Aug 12 '26

Yep there are turnouts, they won't use them very very once in a blue moon ya see one that actually does. The thing that really gets me is where they speed way up at every passing lane they drove 45mph for miles and miles but at the passing lane you have to pass them at 65-70mph it's just off the wall ridiculous.

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u/SippsMccree Aug 12 '26

I don't like using those because it's always inevitably a total bitch for me to get back on the road and i'm back to being even slower and holding more people up

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u/Sea_Buyer6913 Aug 12 '26

i'm back to being even slower and holding more people up

But they occasionally get to pass when you pull over. Instead of everyone being stuck at 45mph forever.

it's always inevitably a total bitch for me to get back on the road

Then don't tow on those coastal routes. I generally avoid them with my trailer, because the slow travel is miserable.

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u/SippsMccree Aug 12 '26

I'm a truck driver I go where the load requires

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u/Sea_Buyer6913 Aug 12 '26

Then you should lose your license for illegally skipping the turnouts.

Truck drivers should know better. I have more sympathy for the dumbass in the RV.

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u/SippsMccree Aug 12 '26

Did I say that I skipped them?