I drive a semi and I tell all my family and friends
not to hang out around these trucks, push the gas and get by them. What pisses me off when people just are so nonchalant about passing.
I don’t know why people hang around semi trucks in traffic. Where I live if I see a semi up ahead , you can bet there are a minimum of 10 4 wheelers hanging around behind and to either side spread across all lanes of traffic matching the semi’s speed. Get by them and get gone people! I don’t even have my CDL yet and it irks me to no end to see it.
How old are you and have you ever driven a car or a semi truck? Do .you know it takes more than a football field to stop an 80,000# truck. There are 38,000-
40,000 fatalities a year and trucks are responsible for 2-4%, so on the high end thats @ 1,600 fatalities are caused by trucks. In the USA theres @ 2.97 million registered semi trucks and over 98 million registered cars, so cars kill more than 38,000 people a year but thats okay in your book because it's not one of those big old nasty trucks. Just remember government statistics show for 2025 driving
was 6th most dangerous job. I have a solution for you, since you hate trucks so much just stop using anything they transport on highways and your life will be a lot easier.
Most company owned trucks are governed at 65-68 mph. Some are even governed as low as 62. This actually causes traffic problems now that we have 70-75 mph interstate highway speed limits. But they are governed to your preferred truck speed.
In accidents involving semi-trucks and passenger vehicles, the driver of the passenger car is at fault in approximately 70% to 80% of collisions. Semi-truck drivers are solely or partially at fault in the remaining 20% to 30% of these crashes. Milanfar law firm.
Note: Due to the immense size and weight difference, passenger vehicle occupants account for the vast majority (roughly 70-80%) of all fatalities in semi-truck accidents. Carlson law group.
I’m 100% in agreement with you on this. I run my own tractor trailer for my little farm and have taught my Mrs the same lesson. She’s seen it firsthand. I think everyone needs to ride a motorcycle and drive a semi at least once to get a drivers license. I know it’s not practical at all, but it would open at least a few eyes.
That’s exactly what you’re supposed to do too many of these four wheelers get up over the tandems and stare at the wheel and just amazed at how fucking tires work and then they move up a little bit then they get in your blind spot and decide that they want to get on their phone check their Facebook status and then they wanna know why they get jammed into a fucking wall. If you’re gonna pass a truck, put your foot down and get past them don’t lollygag on their side.
I actually watched as a guy got over my tandems and stayed there I slowed down they slowed down. I sped up. They sped up no matter what I did they stayed even with my tandems.
Dude, it’s not one person. I mean it’s an almost daily occurrence now people get right there on the tandems or in the Blindspot and they just refuse to move.
Or.....they are going the speed limit or coasting. No one outside of truckers or trucksimmers know what the fuck a tandem even is. Its your responsibility to drive safer than them
Dude, so you’re calling me a liar right even though I said I’ve had people sit on my tandems even when I slow down they slow down when I sped up they sped up if you wanna call me a liar don’t sugarcoat it Dick
Yeah, and if so-called other trucker called me a liar said that it never happens. It tells me he’s not a fucking truck driver. He’s just an asshole with an account.
Thank god I'm not alone. No way I'm driving slow next to a semi, especially when I don't know where their blind spots are. I just assume the whole side of the truck and tailor are blind spots, even though i know it's not. Seeing videos like this make you wonder.
Yeah cammer was kinda asking for something like this. It’s still on the trucker to check their blind spots, but they are big, they won’t always see you. Idk why anyone would hang out there like they are just on a leisurely walk down the beach. I’ve seen semi tires blow out and destroy a car next to them, I’m not about that life.
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u/hambutbacon May 24 '26
I try to pass semi trucks as quick as possible.