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Originally Posted by PIMking
I drive dump truck for a living I could tell you all kinds of stories of idiots that shouldn't be driving.
hell one day I was loaded to the gills with Rock I weighed 63k lbs and I was booking along around 65mph and crossing over interstate 80 and some stupid broad decided either she didn't want to stop or she didn't want to be behind a "slow" dump truck so she pulled out infront of me about 50 yards before I got to the off ramp and I laid on the horn and brakes hoping to god I dont kill anyone and some how I managed not to hit her. I did however follow her to the place she was going and had a nice conversation on that most of these trucks in this area get paid by the ton not the hour so we work fast and we are not like 18 wheelers and to pay attention. I said alot of cuss words and Are you that stupid? or do you want to die? It got real bad when 2 kids under the age of 10 jumped out of her SUV.
I told her that I could of hit her and her husband would have to identify the body from dental records and I would of walked away.
After that she broke down in tears. I hope it works for her but I get tired of people that dont respect trucks.
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Sh1t like this drives me crazy. Absolutely one of my biggest pet peeves while driving. One time I was on the verge of just ramming the culprit that did this to me. I was going up McLeod Tr. in the right lane at 60 or 70 (just keeping pace with traffic) and some SOB pulled out of the Mohawk about 30 feet in front of me in a tiny little break in traffic, and then proceeded to do 30KPH. I seriously almost lost my mind. The traffic in the middle lane was wizzing by at speed limit or a bit above, so I could not change lanes to pass the useless tit in front of me. That was a day that I'd have actually pulled the trigger if I was driving the Batmobile.
And another thing... Today I stopped at the Petro in Westhills. When I went to leave the lot, I was behind two vehicles that were at the stop sign trying to get out, but there was a steady stream of traffic coming off Sarcee. The first vehicle got a chance and bailed. Then another stream of traffic, then a nice juicy break in traffic that both the vehicle in front of me and myself could have capitalized on. But she did not go. She sat. Didn't move. So I gave her the quick double honk to wake her up and she turned around in her seat and waved her phone at me! YES! She was busy dialing and I had to fricken well wait for her. The nerve of me to expect her to FU**ING GO when there's a space in traffic!!!!!!!!! No joke! She actually bowed her head again and finished dialing, then stuck that god forsaken piece of plastic up to her ######ed head and then started creeping forward to get in to traffic... Sometimes I think about installing a punching bag in my truck.