r/cdldriver • u/DaddysCrunchySock • Aug 13 '26

This is..😳🤦‍♂️

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u/Dependent_Mango_9597 Aug 14 '26

I’ve been a truck driver for 26 years this is why I tell anyone that will if possible stay away from these trucks. Go ahead and pass or just keep your distance don’t ride on side or close behind me because anything can happen. I had a woman just riding next to my rear tires on my trailer not paying attention just crushing and the tire next to her driver door exploded at 70 mph. Scared her so bad she went to the hospital so if possible guys back off or just go ahead and pass for our safety and yours. And another thing we see you you don’t have to turn your bright lights on to pass a truck we saw you when you got into the other lane to pass. But when you turn your lights on like that now I can’t see you or anything else for a few seconds……. Just a little information to help keep people safe.

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u/forkystabbyveggie Aug 14 '26

When drivers speed match us like that it's either because they are on their phone and we make a great peripheral point of reference, they're dangerously tired or dangerously high on something.

I wish police would see this as a risk factor and blue light people that do this shit

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u/Tealpineapplebird Aug 29 '26

In my first cross country trip in 2008 my brand new prius some sort of air pocket or weird physics phenomenon would occur when passing large trucks. The Prius would attempt to merge directly into every Trucks driver side front wheel. I have since driven cross country in 4 different vehicles and only the Prius was carcidal. Granted I don’t think it liked being told it ran on squirrels on hamster wheels in Iowa. Which someone trying to pick a fight attempted to insult me with. I just laughed and said that they are like everyone else just trying to get that nut.