@@Retrojunkie215 oh ya, these days everybody thinks they own the road and they must absolutely be in front of everybody all the time at all costs. Always hurry hurry hurry. Are their pathetic lives so important?
I drive heavy trucks and i will gladly tell you both the transport and pick up were dead wrong. You did everything possible to help the heavy truck. Cheers mate enjoy lots of idiots out there.
Been driving a semi 26 years now. Everyday my focus is not to die. I can't drive 60 mph without constant drama from the motoring public. These little road ragers never let up. My asshole detector is constantly going off. Males driving pickups like in this video are by far the worse drivers. The people in 4 wheelers can't do the most simplest driving maneuvers. Like merging. I slow down to let them onto the highway they won't signal won't speed up won't look in there mirror's then once they are satisfied they've screwed me around enough long enough they almost always signal to go into the left lane and there is NOBODY around. Then they swerve back over after they pass the next truck. They disrespect and harass truckers all day and night. The constant bullshit of these morons swerving in front of me at every exit is non-stop. And of course the swerving right before the construction barrels when a lane is closed. I've had so many close calls. They refuse to use a mile long exit ramp. For some reason swerving 1, 2, sometimes 3 lanes to exit is the way to go. I have a dash cam. It's a must!!! I can't wait for the robots ro take over. There will be alot of crashes til the 4 wheelers learn that computers are not going to give in like we do. I would tell anybody who is looking at a trucking career. NO. From the president on down this society gives your life and your contributions no value.
Agreed. As a motorcycleist I find that cops and truckers are the only ones with a portion that is trained to drive well. Most bikers and all 4-6 wheelers scare me.
Hey trucker, Thank you for my clothes and my Mac n cheese & my... Dealing with your speed governors suck. Sorry YOU get harassed for getting OUR stuff there. Peace
Been driving a truck for 20 years. I used to be nervous of idiots in cars. Now I'm scared of idiot truck drivers. Gets worse every year. Quality, professional truck drivers are a dying breed.
I want to be a truck driver so bad.im took my air brake test and past it.now some time this week ill go take my general knowledge and combination permit test so I can get my permit damn I get my g o t physical but see I'm having a hard time finding a companies that will take me because I just got my license back I'm doing everything I can not to get tickets or not to get my license taken away from me so I don't know why they wouldn't want to take me because I would be such a good driver I just got to find someone to train me it'll all work out
@@1234michele I'm not a truck driver, but in the process of studying for CDL exam. I would see if there any safe driving courses you can take either through your state or car insurance company, that can improve your automobile license, so far as points. For tickets, I think once you've paid them, there might not be much you can about that, but I would still ask about it. Also I had a friend who wasn't the best driver, so he took a safe driving course, and found too late , it wouldn't help him with his points, because so much time had passed since he got the tickets & he had paid some of them. But having the safe driver course helped him get a part time rental car driver job, where he would bring cars to the car wash & back to customer pickup lot .then he parlayed that into a food delivery gig, and then next job was package / route delivery job,finally after 2 years he was accepted into a training program for medium to large straight trucks with a local company . The whole time, he always took the safe driver course at the whatever driver job was working at the time, or he paid to take it on his own. He also studied for cdl & passed the CDL first time. I know this route would take longer than you might want to take, but maybe it can work for you too. Good Luck!
I have over 40 years as a trucker then with Greyhound bus lines until I retired in 2010. and you were doing just what I would have done. you did back off and gave the trucker enough room to pull back over in the slow lane. But as you sew he was a left lane driver with a right lane truck. He wanted to be a big trucker. but his truck was not big enough.
so he should have moved back over into the right lane and tailgated the car in front of the bus driver? 40 years should've told you better than that....
@@jimburdin But why slown after passing the bus? He could have gone past the right lane traffic enough for other drivers to get, around him and not have to tail gate anyone. right?
I think what's happening is: there are more bad drivers on the road than there are decent drivers. I am always driving almost paranoid even around truckers, had so many times come up on a steady trucker just to have him dip out into my lane on a straight 2 lane road going 75.
I agree with your motto, with just a little modification. They're not necessarily an idiot by the truest definition of the word. They are however poorly trained and now reckless due to endless distraction with their cell phones. I would like to see four digit fines for those who just cannot turn it off!!! I see so many people everyday texting and driving, it has to stop.
I was taught by my 3rd grade educated, Sharecropper's Son...Dad. He grew up with a notable...possibly the 'King,' as they say. My Dad bought his first ride from the guy's dad, LEE. My Dad also taught me, As a Driver/Operator, you are responsible for all you see in front, in back and around you at all times....and it doesn't just pertain to the Big Road. I've taught my Kids, Grand Kids the same. The only thing between you and a Dumbass is your Brain and quickness. Y'all be safe out there. And Tap er Light!
The big truck driver is the problem here. The idiot in the pickup just isn't smart enough to understand this. I get why he was aggravated but he clearly took it out on a victim rather than the perpetrator.
I drive an 18 wheeler, and I will put on my hazards and pull over to the side of the road if I'm around to many idiots. You definitely got to put some distance between the idiots, and yourself.
@@danmilosevich if everybody did that there would be lots of 18 wheelers parked on the side of the road. If you need to get away from someone slow down and let them pull ahead. Don't just randomly pull over on the side of the interstate.
Can't believe anyone supports the trucker or the pick up guy. Here in the UK responsibility is with the one making the maneuver - including overtaking- to do it safely and without obstructing the road or causing other traffic to brake or steer to accommodate the maneuver. Our driver slowed down plenty. The pick up guy is beyond understanding.
As a professional driver myself, I see this kind of stupidity everyday. I was riding in another guys truck last week to deliver a rig to the repair shop and he was driving like an idiot, playing on his phone, even texting! He was a menace on the road.. weaving into the other lanes and onto the shoulder and tailgating. I managed to get video of him on my phone without him noticing and called 911 to report him while in the truck it was so bad! I got out of my seat and went into the sleeper area to make the call so he would not hear me but he took an exit and did not get caught. I took the video to show the cop and sent it to the company so they could see what a bad driver he is! I quit that day. Bought my own truck. I won't work for idiots! Please use common sense and courtesy on the road! Put down the phone and PAY ATTENTION !!!
I'm an ex-truck driver, and I've seen situations like this over and over. We humans tend to be too emotional and let feelings get in the way of our daily routine. It's sad to think that situations like this are why automated driving vehicles will become our next phase for transportation. An algorithm and set of rules programmed into a computer will always choose to make the right decision in interchanges, lane merging and stops down the highways. The only driver keeping it cool on this video is the one with the tour bus, the other two were to weak minded and let their personal problems and emotions affect a simple task as driving....only one good driver out of three is too much of a hazard. Btw, I am not a retired driver because any problems or my age, I work on a different business now but I gotta say it; I love driving....just wanted to greet all those professional drivers out there, STAY SAFE....!
Rafael Ramirez I'm a very smart and defensive driver but know to mostly accelerate to avoid an accident not slow down but there is something about slow drivers that really gets on my bad side!! Can somebody explain this feeling
It is true man... people tend to lose their sense of logic and common sense when driving. I am baffled at the video, but have seen it so many times. Some idiot makes a mistake in traffic and then they let emotion take over.
@@TheBishop12 it means you're too impatient or in a hurry like 99.9% of all drivers out there. Just a few more minutes on the road upsets you too much ? Are you late for an audition with a Hollywood producer or something?? Pass them and move on !!!
Being a professional driver myself for over 50 years, it's always the professional drivers responsibility to defuse these situations...its just a part of the job, and occasionally we get blamed even though we didn't cause the problem. Idiot's as seen in the video are everywhere, when one takes the exit, 2 more fill their space, it's just part of the job that happens all too often. You did the right thing in slowing, even though the semi didn't get it. As for the pickup...he's just one of the other two. Thanks for the video...maybe those who are driving responsibly will understand more what we do many times every day and appreciate the way we contribute to making our roadways safer for us all...including the idiot's.
I've driven millions of miles and notice bad driving habits from each state. One that confounds me the most, is when, like your video, some idiot passes then either loses their nerve, just likes to be ahead or is setting out to piss someone off. Or, is just plain stupid...., too stupid to drive 80,000 pounds of freight down the highway! I'm going to go out on a limb here but anyone who has a problem with how you handled that situation, probably has issues similar to the pick up driver. Too stupid to be on the road! Left lane for passing. Right lane for driving. Pretty simple really..... Thanks for sharing!
@@joen6099 I actually worked it out for myself the other day, and I've driven roughly 1M miles in 30 years (300K of that in the last 5 years) just doing average Joe commuting. So millions of miles for a really heavy commuter or professional driver is not at all surprising. And, man, I could write a book about the astounding and willful stupidity I've seen!
@@joen6099 There are plenty of us who have driven millions of miles ; if you do 100K a year , which I have done in some of my jobs then you will do a million miles in 10 years . I certainly have had annual mileages north of 60 and 70K , so in my 45 years of professional and emergency response driving I reckon I have covered a couple of million miles
Let me clear any confusion that some may have.. The video was recorded by a professional tour bus driver, the 18 wheeler was being operated by a steering wheel holder, and the white pick-up was driven by an ass hole.. nuff said
Im a trucker, which is almost embarrassing to admit to nowadays, can’t believe the people they’re allowing to get the CDL’s nowadays.. half of them cant back up, and some cant go forward either, coupled with the morons who drive the 4 wheelers.. makes for a good time.
i respect a Truck driver until they do something stupid. left lane is a passing lane yes even for big rigs. i always give them room when i see a signal i will slow down to let them change lanes and all that.
Had a VERY similar experience last week, though the roles were somewhat different. The truck in this case was in the right lane doing nothing wrong, and I was in the left lane behind a car going the same speed as the truck. People began tailgating me and I couldn't even change lanes because of the truck. I hate being tailgated, it flusters me, but I was stuck so I began to do the same to the guy in front of me. Instead of just getting ahead of the truck and changing lanes, he brake checks me and sticks his middle finger out the sunroof. Thankfully the trucker took notice and slowed down to give me (and several others) room to go around. I hate people like that. They make the road more dangerous than it already is.
Dude you're a good driver. You know how dangerous other drivers are. You showed a great awareness for the situation. Your concern was to get there safe, nothing else matters.
the most true and profound statement made in any driving video that i've heard so far..."be careful on the roads because stupidity is everywhere". It SURE is!!!
Drivers getting angry at slow drivers in the right lane are idiots. Be angry at the slow drivers in the left lane. Drivers ed needs to teach and emphasize that the left lane is for passing. And, as much as tailgating should be avoided, it is extra bad when it's done on drivers who are passing in the left lane (but simply aren't going 90 mph).
Just a guess, but I'm thinking the white pickup had previously drove like an ass around the trucker already and the trucker was trying to annoy the pickup in turn by using you to block him.
You did everything right. The amount of patience some people have is crazy. That pickup truck driver tried causing an accident because they were upset about being behind another vehicle for 2 whole minutes.
For some reason people in the slow lane are constantly blamed for things like this, you should be able to go whatever speed you want In the slow lane, it’s the person in the fast lanes responsibility to speed up or slow down.
definitely not. i agree most of these problems are caused by people in the fast lane, much like the situation in this video, but you should not be allowed to go "whatever speed you want in the slow lane". going significantly under the speed limit can cause just as much danger, chaos, and traffic on the road as going significantly over. especially on a two lane highway. the speed limit is there to keep the traffic flowing the way the engineers planned. it's still the "slow" lane, but just don't take that too much to heart lol. i'm not trying to be a dick or anything, and i'm not gonna flip you off on the road for going slow in the slow lane, i just wanted to say that we should always consider the people around us on the road. drive safe :)
On most controlled access highways in the South, and I assume nationwide, the minimum speed is set at 40. In the right lane, one should always be prepared for approaching cars at that speed. Some older vehicles won't do 70 long haul, some older drivers won't begin to approach that speed either. They're well within the law to do so.
They don’t do it on purpose, trust me. A lot of our trucks are governed at 65 mph. Taking into account weight of the load and the incline/decline of the road that truck could go a little above 65 or way below. That said, a driver with an empty trailer will easily pass a driver will a full load on a medium sized hill. Going down would be opposite, and on a flat surface they both go 65. Smarter drivers are able to pass faster/easier. But let’s be honest, the trucking industry isn’t filled with Elon Musk types.
it's funny how certain people in the comments are talking about how truckers are idiots. I wish every truck driver would go on a strike for a week and let's see if they would still be idiots...Thank you truck drivers for keeping this country moving and enabling me to enjoy my food and anything else I buy on a regular basis.
actually, most truck drivers are professional drivers because they rarely cause accidents, they rarely get into road rage incidents and they don't drink or text and drive. most of the accidents are caused by sedans, SUVs, vans etc. because they are not good at driving, they text like young drivers do and people on bikes and motorcycles piss off other drivers. (not trying to be rude)
I drive for a trucking company. The only advice I can give is to slow down and let the traffic move away from you. It's not a race when you are operating heavy equipment, the main focus should be arriving at your destination safely.
When he brake checks, that is the time u call the cops and let them know. They will immediately send a cruiser and pull over the idiot, and ticket him/her a heavy fine.
My wife is a nurse in surgery trauma. I mean she's doing a real work fixing one's hardware when something went wrong. Each time she sees idiots on a road she says "And they ALL are sooo quiet, nice and bunny-looking people when we meet them in our hospital surgery". Amen.
I am a driver, and everyday this happens to me. Other drivers get mad at someone tailgating them and try to pit me against them. I slow down if possible. Everyone should have dashcams nowadays.
My driving instructor gave me a piece of advice that resonated with me, "treat everyone like they are an idiot, and you wont be disappointed".....too true.
I drive a semi. You definitely did the safest thing the entire time. The law says slower traffic keep right or keep right except to pass. The guy in the pick up was the bigger idiot of the 2. I myself am a cruise control junkie. I set it to anywhere from exactly whatever the speed limit is to 3-5mph over but never more than that. And I keep right except to pass then I get back over. If traffic is getting thick and I can't even do the speed limit, I obviously turn off the cruise and just try to keep a safe following distance. On a final note of my comment PSA... To all people driving regular cars and pick ups and SUV's and mini vans or whatever... our turn signal does not mean hurry up and go around on that side. It means we need to move over. So stop flooring it when we put our signal on and give us some god damn space!
On the premise that I would rather have stupidity behind me as much as possible, I set the cruise control to 7 over and stick to the slowest lane that is empty. The number of people who do not grasp the concept of driving at a consistent speed is astounding. When I become an evil genius and build my own secret space laser facility, I will devote all my time to watching the world's highways and zapping idiots who are in the fast lane and shouldn't be.
Even besides the pickup truck blaming you for the truckers mistake, I don’t understand why he’d get that mad at someone going slow in the right lane in general. Like that’s what it’s there for, to go slower in.
why pass if you slow down to move over . If I'm in the hammer lane going 65-70 then I'll stay there until I can move over safely and if it takes 7 miles to make my move so be it . If you do not have flashing lights on top of your vehicle and look like you are in a hurry then I'll get over as soon as I can do it with running some one off the road .
As an OTR driver myself, I deal with almost on a daily basis...Too many unprofessional and discourteous drivers anymore. You really have to drive for everyone else to be safe! God Bless You!
I have a class one licence and have driven bus for 43 years. I see all of this stuff on a daily basis. I am with you brother. There is a lot of ignorance out there. I will tell you why there are so many bad truckers these day. The reason is simple. In North America they are desperately short of drivers, so they have dumbed down the trucking industry. In the old days when I started they had non-synchro manual transmissions, so only skilled drivers got to drive big rigs. Today they put auto- shift transmissions in most trucks. You can come from the old country where you did not drive a car, go to driving school, and be a truck driver. Some of these guys are scary. I am so ashamed that the industry has deteriorated this bad.
This is why I support prison sentences for left lane drivers who drive super slow. I think 5 years in the pen for blocking the fast lane is reasonable.
What's troubling about this is that the driver in the left lane obviously isn't driving governed. I'm a company driver. I can only move as fast as I'm allowed to. I have to deal with other trucks and cars that are moving slower in front of me in the right lane, which is where I stay untill I attempt to pass. I do my best to calculate when I should try to pass though. If I see traffic in the left lane advancing faster than I'll be able to pass, I stay and deal with it untill I can be as far out of the way as possible and still move as I intend to.
I drive tractor trailers and I would never do that to anybody - even a bus driver. We both have different missions, but we are still put in danger by the same idiots.
It’s funny when you’re driving and a car cuts you off and you switch lanes and he stays behind because they driver in front of him from the first place was the slow driver lol
I personally appreciate any trucker that's on the road and try not to get in THEIR way as they are bringing me every single thing my family uses and eats. Thank you for working all those late nights.
I often use the cruise control when I'm on the freeway and I'm amazed at how many drivers tend to speed up when they are being passed. I usually override the speed control when they do that, but it's still very annoying.
I see the same all the time on the fwys. They are not paying attention slowing everyone down then when they see the truck or bus passing them they think we are racing or something and speed up. As if we don't know that car are as as fast as trucks are heavy. Stupid drivers.
What is most obnoxious is when a car that has been behind you for miles suddenly speeds up and passes, only to drop their speed down again and you end up passing them. Often this occurs within the span of a single mile of road. I will never understand this.
I think you handled that pretty good. Far better than the average person would. I'm not sure what the heck the trucker was trying to prove, but the pick-up truck. What an idiot. What did he possibly think that you did wrong? He's the guy that actually should have been ticketed by the police
I drove professionally for more than a decade. Drivers are definitely getting worse at driving. The thing that always bothered me was 4 way stops, and how so few know what to do. That and those who pull out in front of vehicles weighing tens of thousands of pounds and don't realize that vehicle can't stop on a dime.
I'm amazed at how many people clearly never read the drivers manual but still pass the test. The ones I read said what to do at a four way stop. It's not that hard. Also, the flashing yellow and how that confuses people so badly.
I'm a retired truck driver and saw that same thing daily. Most trucks I drove were governed at around 65. The driver is the one to know if his truck can maintain speed on a grade or not. Sadly some drive like my first two wives that thought the left lane was for only them at whatever speed they wanted to drive. The worst drivers are the ones that remind me of a dog chasing a car. They give it hell til they catch it then don't know what to do. I don't know what it's like now( probably the same), but Connecticut used to be a great place for truckers to learn what lane they were suppose to be in and what speed to drive that truck. Not that I agreed with it, but you would learn quick.
@A day in the life of a truck driver, as someone who used to transport sports teams in a school bus, I never cease to be amazed at what people will do in front of large vehicles that can't stop quickly. Thank you for your video. What a punk the guy in the white puck-up truck was. Finally, just one small correction: There is no such thing as a "fast lane," since speeding is illegal. The law states that the left lane is a "passing lane." Just thought I'd throw that reminder out there, since people think you're not allowed to pass someone in the left lane unless you're going extremely fast. Nope, one is actually driving correctly if they pass someone in the left lane GOING the speed limit. Have a good one.
easy solution to the above situation I've had to deal with as a truck driver. Call the cops, report the pickup driver as a "possible drunk driver" and give them his license number. Guarantee they will spend the rest of the day looking for his butt. You can also report the truck for traveling in the passing lane, which is illegal, but guarantee cops won't care about that. If it comes up why you called them. the simple answer "anyone that brake checks a larger vehicle like a semi truck, I assume has to be drunk or high" Cops will likely find the guy, and ask him to perform a sobriety check, which will crap all over his day.
Thank you for sharing this video. You did everything you could. Gave that Semi plenty of room to get back over. I hate when cars and truck in particular just camp in the fast lane. In CA they really don’t enforce the law of slow traffic in the left lane. I’ve heard in other states they are stricter about issuing tickets if you are driving in the left lane and not passing anyone.
A few decades back, when I was running the east coast a lot, I was coming out of PA, there was a station wagon, parents in front 3 kids in back. idiot behind the wheel. He was behind me. My "shiny 290" was likely to slow down ant look at the scenery. The station wagon driver passed me. he was waiting for me at the top of the hill and went down the hill slowly causing my truck to do the same. this went on for a few more hills. I saw he had a CB antenna, and described the vehicle, asking if his radio was on. He replied it was. I said I had a question for him ( you can imagine what he was expecting, but I had a surprise for him) . I asked if he had been to college, he said yes. I asked of he took any science courses, again, yes. I asked if he had taken physics, his curiosity is up now, he asked why physics. I asked him if he studied aspect ratios in physics, again, yes. Then I nailed him. I told him the aspect ration between my 80K tractor trailer rig and his station wagon was identical to the aspect ratio between his station wagon and a pedestrian, and asked him how a pedestrian would fare against his car. His wife hit him so hard he went to the shoulder, sped up, and her finger was in his face until he was clear out of sight.
People saying the truck was having trouble going up hills didn't watch the whole video. After you moved into the passing lane, the truck had no problem accelerating up the hill and passing other cars. If the truck wanted to move over, and he didn't think there was enough room, he would have put his blinker on and waited. That's a way of saying "hey, I'm trying to move over but I need more room".
you were totally respectful and aware......you saw the truck sliding over the line and adjusted your speed and distance accordingly.....the moron in the pickup is another story....so many that can't see ahead and drive with good attitude/safety skills.....so happy I moved to the country...they're still here but less of em ;-)
as an ex truck driver, the bus was right all along, the trucker, moron all the way and so was the guy in the pickup, i am so glad i am not driving any more, stupidity, stupidity evrywhere, common sense went out the window long ago with a lot of drivers out there.
I am 73 yo widow who travels by herself. Drive. 35’ class A rv. Really some stupid people on the road. My rv is 8 tons plus. You don’t stop on a dime. So I have a dash cam. Just remember... it is not nice to piss off an old woman.... we have more insurance!!! Tawanda!!!
Clarence Aaron Jones I hear you. I wonder if it would be better or worse if there was a communication system installed in cars so drivers could converse with each other in traffic. Something like voice to text.
I’ve been a truck driver for 40 years. Can’t believe all the idiotic things I see every day. Todays society is suicidal on the roads. It’s really bad. Can’t wait to retire.
Do it bro. There is life after trucking. be forewarned , as you well know. You will go through withdrawls but this new generation of "drivers" is the schits! You can never go back. Its sad but true. Ive dont 39 years and I miss it. Untill i remember the jackasses out there now days. im sure there are some "old school" new drivers starting out.. God bless you guys. We Gone!
That pickup driver must have had California plates. I love to share the road, but just like you I try to share it safely. I also use a dashboard camera. They are a godsend.
That’s a governed 18 wheeler. He couldn’t speed up. He should have moved into the right lane when you gave him space, but he shouldn’t have been cruising in the left lane to begin with. You did the best you could. No good deed goes unpunished.
Yeah, I dont understand drivers of rigs that stay in left lane like this. I've had cars slowing down left lane, vehicles to my right, unable to do much but hang tough until i can get a space on right. Right about time i do, the slow car gets over and everyone speeds up, making it look like I was the slow one. ;)
Ah, geez. I hate it when semis “ride” in the fast lane. It’s one thing if they don’t have enough room to move over, but that clearly wasn’t the case here. Good job bus driver, very cool.
I see this almost every hour of everyday I'm on the road. Morons with nothing else to do but get out on the road & cause trouble. I turn in my daily dash cam results to NSP.
Retired trucker of 40 yrs. Please dont put us all in one class. There are alot of foreigners driving trucks now cause it dont pay anything anymore and experienced american drivers wont put up with the b.s. and low pay. I was always courteous to four wheelers, trucks,etc. There are nuts in every profession.
I drove professionally for 38 years, and I also learned that pointing at them and giving a big toothy smile irritates morons much better than giving them the finger.
You did the right thing and acted very professionally as someone who fixes busses for a living it never ceases to amaze me how people think its easy to stop vehicle that weighs in excess of 20 plus tons
Did you as the tour bus driver flash your high beams signaling trucker clearance? This is old school stuff...even as a teenager I knew about this and still always signal passing truckers when clear to change lanes in front of me. I am not a truck driver. my father was though. I signal them even from a car. usually they will flash their flashers once in thanks. I don't see that you did anything wrong there though.
The left lane is not really the "fast" lane. It is the overtaking lane. The pickup trucks, the cars, vans and big rigs should not be in the left lane unless they are passing another vehicle. KEEP RIGHT, PASS LEFT. This is actually the law in most states, but it is seldom enforced.
I know it's just terminology, but I think the name "fast lane" is still appropriate because you need to go faster than the people in the right to overtake them
Keep right, pass left must be enforced as much as speeding, seatbelts, and driving under the influence. It keeps us safe and provides better traffic flow
Funny how so many are complaining about being stuck behind a truck. Frustrating isnt it? Truckers feel the same way. Think how frustrating it must be to be stuck behind a vehicle that is crusing 3 mph slower than you and all you want to do is pass them. But your truck is limited by a governor or by all the small hills that cars dont even notice. When you finally get on a flat road or a slight decline and have a sizable gap in traffic to pass, but then as you start passing and are inching passed, the vehicle you're passing decides to give it a little more gas, or you hit a small hill that slows you down ever so slightly... can be kind of maddening sometimes. Not to mention, us truck drivers are on a timer and when times up, that truck cannot be on the road. If that truck isnt moving, we aren't getting paid. Paid by the mile. Safety is always first when driving a truck, but everybody on the road wants to go the speed they want, and usually that's as fast as possible. The difference is if a car gets slowed down they can easily pass a slower vehicle and continue on at the speed they want or do 90 for a few seconds to pass, if a truck gets slowed down, they are much more limited in acceleration and speed. I'm not sure if the truck in the video was slowing down by choice or not, but the next time you get a little held up by a truck, have a little empathy. Also, pretty sure the truck wasn't intentionally squeezing the bus. In a truck, the unevenness of the road is magnified compared to a car and it can throw you off a little especially on a curve when you are trying to hug the outside line without being thrown over the line. and they were on a curve.
I hear you, I'm not an otr driver but I've drove enough trucks delivering equipment and hauling rock to know exactly what you mean. A truck you are behind may not have as much power as you but has a higher top end speed, or vice versa. It can get downright frustrating, 4 wheelers dont understand. When I'm in my pickup, I try to be as forgiving as I can with trucks, 30 seconds of patience won't kill anyone
What do truckers do when the drive time is say an hour away but rest area or truck stop is say 2 hours away? Curious is all. By the way that there pick up was like so f'ing stupid. Why risk your life? Never could figure out waay.
Seems to me that as soon as they get their license, their brains shut down and they feel the need to believe they own the road and everyone should get out of their way. And It gets worse with each passing year, how it came to this in such a short time completely baffles me. Yes, people are morons and actions speak louder than words. When i drive, i trust no one on the road besides myself
Trucker did not: A) Try overtaking a vehicle B) Traveled greater than traffic flow in right lane C) Did not move over to allow traffic to merge (i.e was already in left lane before on-ramp) D) (Not applicable) By definition, Trucker was in the wrong. He's perfectly fine in left lane as long as he sped up to pass slower traffic, or had to get over for merging traffic. He was literally just hanging in the left lane matching his speed with right lane traffic, which is obstruction of traffic and against the law. Washington traffic law: (2) Upon all roadways having two or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction, all vehicles shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic, except (a) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, (b) when traveling at a speed greater than the traffic flow, (c) when moving left to allow traffic to merge, or (d) when preparing for a left turn at an intersection, exit, or into a private road or driveway when such left turn is legally permitted. On any such roadway, a vehicle or combination over ten thousand pounds shall be driven only in the right-hand lane except under the conditions enumerated in (a) through (d) of this subsection. codes.findlaw.com/wa/title-46-motor-vehicles/wa-rev-code-46-61-100.html
I frickin' HATE people that ride the passing lane and don't pick up speed, especially if they aren't doing the speed limit! I understand the ones that like to drive slow and there is a left turn exit coming up, but 20 miles of straightaway with an idiot in that fast lane seriously grinds my gears.
A few years ago we bought a Class A motorhome, not huge, just 31 foot. After driving on interstates I've began to research secondary roads and travel them whenever possible even if it means more miles and travel time. I was driving I-81 northbound in Virginia a few months ago and twice got ran onto the shoulder by passing trucks. Kudos to you for handling this like a champ.
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Day in the Life of a Tour Bus Driver DASHCAM CRAZY love ur attitude. U don't let yourself get caught in the drama
Don't tell me what to do!
@@jimnoonan7124 Don't tell me what to do by telling me not to tell you what to do!
lmfao!!!! These comments remind me why i hate people in this country. Bunch of braindead fucks need to not be on the road with the rest of us.
@@Retrojunkie215 oh ya, these days everybody thinks they own the road and they must absolutely be in front of everybody all the time at all costs. Always hurry hurry hurry. Are their pathetic lives so important?
I drive heavy trucks and i will gladly tell you both the transport and pick up were dead wrong. You did everything possible to help the heavy truck. Cheers mate enjoy lots of idiots out there.
plentyoff them allsizes and shapes
True. Agree!
Been driving a semi 26 years now. Everyday my focus is not to die. I can't drive 60 mph without constant drama from the motoring public. These little road ragers never let up. My asshole detector is constantly going off. Males driving pickups like in this video are by far the worse drivers. The people in 4 wheelers can't do the most simplest driving maneuvers. Like merging. I slow down to let them onto the highway they won't signal won't speed up won't look in there mirror's then once they are satisfied they've screwed me around enough long enough they almost always signal to go into the left lane and there is NOBODY around. Then they swerve back over after they pass the next truck. They disrespect and harass truckers all day and night. The constant bullshit of these morons swerving in front of me at every exit is non-stop. And of course the swerving right before the construction barrels when a lane is closed. I've had so many close calls. They refuse to use a mile long exit ramp. For some reason swerving 1, 2, sometimes 3 lanes to exit is the way to go. I have a dash cam. It's a must!!! I can't wait for the robots ro take over. There will be alot of crashes til the 4 wheelers learn that computers are not going to give in like we do. I would tell anybody who is looking at a trucking career. NO. From the president on down this society gives your life and your contributions no value.
Agreed. As a motorcycleist I find that cops and truckers are the only ones with a portion that is trained to drive well.
Most bikers and all 4-6 wheelers scare me.
Hey trucker,
Thank you for my clothes and my Mac n cheese & my...
Dealing with your speed governors suck.
Sorry YOU get harassed for getting OUR stuff there.
Peace
Been driving a truck for 20 years. I used to be nervous of idiots in cars. Now I'm scared of idiot truck drivers. Gets worse every year. Quality, professional truck drivers are a dying breed.
I want to be a truck driver so bad.im took my air brake test and past it.now some time this week ill go take my general knowledge and combination permit test so I can get my permit damn I get my g o t physical but see I'm having a hard time finding a companies that will take me because I just got my license back I'm doing everything I can not to get tickets or not to get my license taken away from me so I don't know why they wouldn't want to take me because I would be such a good driver I just got to find someone to train me it'll all work out
@@1234michele I'm not a truck driver, but in the process of studying for CDL exam. I would see if there any safe driving courses you can take either through your state or car insurance company, that can improve your automobile license, so far as points. For tickets, I think once you've paid them, there might not be much you can about that, but I would still ask about it. Also I had a friend who wasn't the best driver, so he took a safe driving course, and found too late , it wouldn't help him with his points, because so much time had passed since he got the tickets & he had paid some of them. But having the safe driver course helped him get a part time rental car driver job, where he would bring cars to the car wash & back to customer pickup lot .then he parlayed that into a food delivery gig, and then next job was package / route delivery job,finally after 2 years he was accepted into a training program for medium to large straight trucks with a local company . The whole time, he always took the safe driver course at the whatever driver job was working at the time, or he paid to take it on his own. He also studied for cdl & passed the CDL first time. I know this route would take longer than you might want to take, but maybe it can work for you too. Good Luck!
I think its more the person. As in how they were raised.
I have over 40 years as a trucker then with Greyhound bus lines until I retired in 2010. and you were doing just what I would have done. you did back off and gave the trucker enough room to pull back over in the slow lane. But as you sew he was a left lane driver with a right lane truck. He wanted to be a big trucker. but his truck was not big enough.
so he should have moved back over into the right lane and tailgated the car in front of the bus driver? 40 years should've told you better than that....
Agree
@@jimburdin But why slown after passing the bus? He could have gone past the right lane traffic enough for other drivers to get, around him and not have to tail gate anyone. right?
M8, u were surrounded by morons!
My motto when driving is, "Trust no one--drive like everyone on the road is an idiot."
I think what's happening is: there are more bad drivers on the road than there are decent drivers.
I am always driving almost paranoid even around truckers, had so many times come up on a steady trucker just to have him dip out into my lane on a straight 2 lane road going 75.
Great Motto, and it's true!
I agree with your motto, with just a little modification. They're not necessarily an idiot by the truest definition of the word. They are however poorly trained and now reckless due to endless distraction with their cell phones. I would like to see four digit fines for those who just cannot turn it off!!! I see so many people everyday texting and driving, it has to stop.
I was taught by my 3rd grade educated, Sharecropper's Son...Dad.
He grew up with a notable...possibly the 'King,' as they say.
My Dad bought his first ride from the guy's dad, LEE.
My Dad also taught me, As a Driver/Operator, you are responsible for all you see in front, in back and around you at all times....and it doesn't just pertain to the Big Road.
I've taught my Kids, Grand Kids the same.
The only thing between you and a Dumbass is your Brain and quickness.
Y'all be safe out there. And Tap er Light!
Maybe the trucker had an altercation with the pickup back down the road and was using you as a roadblock to prevent him/her from getting past?
Didn't think about this at all, but it would make sense.
But if this was the case the pickup should have passed the 18 wheeler and took it out on him. just saying!! Have a great day.
Possible. I have used this method before and it works.
The big truck driver is the problem here. The idiot in the pickup just isn't smart enough to understand this. I get why he was aggravated but he clearly took it out on a victim rather than the perpetrator.
Legend has it that the trucker is still tryna change lanes 😂
What does "tryna" mean? Did schools alter the English language THAT much?
I drive an 18 wheeler, and I will put on my hazards and pull over to the side of the road if I'm around to many idiots. You definitely got to put some distance between the idiots, and yourself.
Non-emergency parking on the shoulder is illegal.
@@brandonhebert5485 would think safety would trump non emergency
@@danmilosevich if everybody did that there would be lots of 18 wheelers parked on the side of the road. If you need to get away from someone slow down and let them pull ahead. Don't just randomly pull over on the side of the interstate.
Yes, the small truck is the imbecile...
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The big truck driver isn't too far behind him though...
Can't believe anyone supports the trucker or the pick up guy. Here in the UK responsibility is with the one making the maneuver - including overtaking- to do it safely and without obstructing the road or causing other traffic to brake or steer to accommodate the maneuver. Our driver slowed down plenty. The pick up guy is beyond understanding.
As a professional driver myself, I see this kind of stupidity everyday.
I was riding in another guys truck last week to deliver a rig to the repair shop and he was driving like an idiot, playing on his phone, even texting!
He was a menace on the road.. weaving into the other lanes and onto the shoulder and tailgating.
I managed to get video of him on my phone without him noticing and called 911 to report him while in the truck it was so bad!
I got out of my seat and went into the sleeper area to make the call so he would not hear me but he took an exit and did not get caught.
I took the video to show the cop and sent it to the company so they could see what a bad driver he is!
I quit that day.
Bought my own truck.
I won't work for idiots!
Please use common sense and courtesy on the road!
Put down the phone and PAY ATTENTION !!!
Smart move !
I'm an ex-truck driver, and I've seen situations like this over and over. We humans tend to be too emotional and let feelings get in the way of our daily routine. It's sad to think that situations like this are why automated driving vehicles will become our next phase for transportation. An algorithm and set of rules programmed into a computer will always choose to make the right decision in interchanges, lane merging and stops down the highways.
The only driver keeping it cool on this video is the one with the tour bus, the other two were to weak minded and let their personal problems and emotions affect a simple task as driving....only one good driver out of three is too much of a hazard.
Btw, I am not a retired driver because any problems or my age, I work on a different business now but I gotta say it; I love driving....just wanted to greet all those professional drivers out there, STAY SAFE....!
Rafael Ramirez I don't think I could drive semi truck. Too big for me.
We Humans??
Rafael Ramirez I'm a very smart and defensive driver but know to mostly accelerate to avoid an accident not slow down but there is something about slow drivers that really gets on my bad side!! Can somebody explain this feeling
It is true man... people tend to lose their sense of logic and common sense when driving. I am baffled at the video, but have seen it so many times. Some idiot makes a mistake in traffic and then they let emotion take over.
@@TheBishop12 it means you're too impatient or in a hurry like 99.9% of all drivers out there. Just a few more minutes on the road upsets you too much ? Are you late for an audition with a Hollywood producer or something?? Pass them and move on !!!
First rule of safe driving assume everyone around you is a complete idiot and drive accordingly
Most of the time they are...
Being a professional driver myself for over 50 years, it's always the professional drivers responsibility to defuse these situations...its just a part of the job, and occasionally we get blamed even though we didn't cause the problem. Idiot's as seen in the video are everywhere, when one takes the exit, 2 more fill their space, it's just part of the job that happens all too often. You did the right thing in slowing, even though the semi didn't get it. As for the pickup...he's just one of the other two. Thanks for the video...maybe those who are driving responsibly will understand more what we do many times every day and appreciate the way we contribute to making our roadways safer for us all...including the idiot's.
I've driven millions of miles and notice bad driving habits from each state. One that confounds me the most, is when, like your video, some idiot passes then either loses their nerve, just likes to be ahead or is setting out to piss someone off. Or, is just plain stupid...., too stupid to drive 80,000 pounds of freight down the highway!
I'm going to go out on a limb here but anyone who has a problem with how you handled that situation, probably has issues similar to the pick up driver. Too stupid to be on the road! Left lane for passing. Right lane for driving. Pretty simple really.....
Thanks for sharing!
MrJMB404 You’ve driven millions of miles? Best joke I’ve heard in while.
@@joen6099 I actually worked it out for myself the other day, and I've driven roughly 1M miles in 30 years (300K of that in the last 5 years) just doing average Joe commuting. So millions of miles for a really heavy commuter or professional driver is not at all surprising. And, man, I could write a book about the astounding and willful stupidity I've seen!
@@joen6099 There are plenty of us who have driven millions of miles ; if you do 100K a year , which I have done in some of my jobs then you will do a million miles in 10 years . I certainly have had annual mileages north of 60 and 70K , so in my 45 years of professional and emergency response driving I reckon I have covered a couple of million miles
Let me clear any confusion that some may have.. The video was recorded by a professional tour bus driver, the 18 wheeler was being operated by a steering wheel holder, and the white pick-up was driven by an ass hole.. nuff said
You are so right. Brake checking is stupid and dangerous. I loved it when you gave him a big smile and indicated the dashcam.
Im a trucker, which is almost embarrassing to admit to nowadays, can’t believe the people they’re allowing to get the CDL’s nowadays.. half of them cant back up, and some cant go forward either, coupled with the morons who drive the 4 wheelers.. makes for a good time.
Thank NAFTA, to begin with.
Stupidity is rampant on the roadways. I'm a truck driver and we get no respect from most drivers. Some but not many.
i respect a Truck driver until they do something stupid. left lane is a passing lane yes even for big rigs. i always give them room when i see a signal i will slow down to let them change lanes and all that.
Had a VERY similar experience last week, though the roles were somewhat different. The truck in this case was in the right lane doing nothing wrong, and I was in the left lane behind a car going the same speed as the truck. People began tailgating me and I couldn't even change lanes because of the truck. I hate being tailgated, it flusters me, but I was stuck so I began to do the same to the guy in front of me. Instead of just getting ahead of the truck and changing lanes, he brake checks me and sticks his middle finger out the sunroof. Thankfully the trucker took notice and slowed down to give me (and several others) room to go around.
I hate people like that. They make the road more dangerous than it already is.
Dude you're a good driver. You know how dangerous other drivers are. You showed a great awareness for the situation. Your concern was to get there safe, nothing else matters.
Traffic is the best everyday example for me that proves people are no where near as smart as we think. We drive everyday and can't even merge.
Pick up trucks are the most aggressive drivers out there
True. They tailgate. I get nervous when they get behind me. I pull over to let them go on.. Not all are bad though.
the most true and profound statement made in any driving video that i've heard so far..."be careful on the roads because stupidity is everywhere". It SURE is!!!
Drivers getting angry at slow drivers in the right lane are idiots. Be angry at the slow drivers in the left lane. Drivers ed needs to teach and emphasize that the left lane is for passing. And, as much as tailgating should be avoided, it is extra bad when it's done on drivers who are passing in the left lane (but simply aren't going 90 mph).
Says a lot about your composure and common sense. You handled the situation well.
Excellent driving skills. As a passenger on his bus I’d feel very safe. Very professional.
Thanks for the great compliment.
Just a guess, but I'm thinking the white pickup had previously drove like an ass around the trucker already and the trucker was trying to annoy the pickup in turn by using you to block him.
You did everything right. The amount of patience some people have is crazy. That pickup truck driver tried causing an accident because they were upset about being behind another vehicle for 2 whole minutes.
For some reason people in the slow lane are constantly blamed for things like this, you should be able to go whatever speed you want In the slow lane, it’s the person in the fast lanes responsibility to speed up or slow down.
definitely not. i agree most of these problems are caused by people in the fast lane, much like the situation in this video, but you should not be allowed to go "whatever speed you want in the slow lane".
going significantly under the speed limit can cause just as much danger, chaos, and traffic on the road as going significantly over. especially on a two lane highway. the speed limit is there to keep the traffic flowing the way the engineers planned.
it's still the "slow" lane, but just don't take that too much to heart lol. i'm not trying to be a dick or anything, and i'm not gonna flip you off on the road for going slow in the slow lane, i just wanted to say that we should always consider the people around us on the road. drive safe :)
On most controlled access highways in the South, and I assume nationwide, the minimum speed is set at 40. In the right lane, one should always be prepared for approaching cars at that speed.
Some older vehicles won't do 70 long haul, some older drivers won't begin to approach that speed either. They're well within the law to do so.
*whatever speed you want, within reason* going 30-45 on a 65, 2 lane free is pretty dangerous.
What really sucks is getting behind TWO slower moving semi's with them side by side. I swear they do that stupid shit on purpose.
they like to race, but no one wins...
They don’t do it on purpose, trust me. A lot of our trucks are governed at 65 mph. Taking into account weight of the load and the incline/decline of the road that truck could go a little above 65 or way below. That said, a driver with an empty trailer will easily pass a driver will a full load on a medium sized hill. Going down would be opposite, and on a flat surface they both go 65. Smarter drivers are able to pass faster/easier. But let’s be honest, the trucking industry isn’t filled with Elon Musk types.
They only do it on purpose if they see you coming.
@Buick Regal Two wrongs dont make a right
it's funny how certain people in the comments are talking about how truckers are idiots. I wish every truck driver would go on a strike for a week and let's see if they would still be idiots...Thank you truck drivers for keeping this country moving and enabling me to enjoy my food and anything else I buy on a regular basis.
actually, most truck drivers are professional drivers because they rarely cause accidents, they rarely get into road rage incidents and they don't drink or text and drive. most of the accidents are caused by sedans, SUVs, vans etc. because they are not good at driving, they text like young drivers do and people on bikes and motorcycles piss off other drivers. (not trying to be rude)
I drive for a trucking company. The only advice I can give is to slow down and let the traffic move away from you. It's not a race when you are operating heavy equipment, the main focus should be arriving at your destination safely.
Every time I drive I expect stuff like this to happen. All we can do is drive defensively and hope the idiots eventually get what is coming to them.
If you just let it slide, your day is happier. It's not worth getting yourself worked up over what strangers do.
When he brake checks, that is the time u call the cops and let them know. They will immediately send a cruiser and pull over the idiot, and ticket him/her a heavy fine.
My wife is a nurse in surgery trauma. I mean she's doing a real work fixing one's hardware when something went wrong.
Each time she sees idiots on a road she says "And they ALL are sooo quiet, nice and bunny-looking people when we meet them in our hospital surgery".
Amen.
I am a driver, and everyday this happens to me. Other drivers get mad at someone tailgating them and try to pit me against them. I slow down if possible. Everyone should have dashcams nowadays.
the majority of American drivers are ignorant of the fact that it's against the law to sit in the fast lane.
The "fast" lane used to be called the "passing" lane. If you ain't passing get the hell over!
Douglas Shaffer it's still called the passing lane. People are just idiots
I love that one comment you had "I pointed at my dash cam and just smiled". Perfect!
My driving instructor gave me a piece of advice that resonated with me, "treat everyone like they are an idiot, and you wont be disappointed".....too true.
I drive a semi. You definitely did the safest thing the entire time. The law says slower traffic keep right or keep right except to pass. The guy in the pick up was the bigger idiot of the 2. I myself am a cruise control junkie. I set it to anywhere from exactly whatever the speed limit is to 3-5mph over but never more than that. And I keep right except to pass then I get back over. If traffic is getting thick and I can't even do the speed limit, I obviously turn off the cruise and just try to keep a safe following distance. On a final note of my comment PSA... To all people driving regular cars and pick ups and SUV's and mini vans or whatever... our turn signal does not mean hurry up and go around on that side. It means we need to move over. So stop flooring it when we put our signal on and give us some god damn space!
On the premise that I would rather have stupidity behind me as much as possible, I set the cruise control to 7 over and stick to the slowest lane that is empty. The number of people who do not grasp the concept of driving at a consistent speed is astounding. When I become an evil genius and build my own secret space laser facility, I will devote all my time to watching the world's highways and zapping idiots who are in the fast lane and shouldn't be.
Even besides the pickup truck blaming you for the truckers mistake, I don’t understand why he’d get that mad at someone going slow in the right lane in general. Like that’s what it’s there for, to go slower in.
Truckers used to be the safest drivers on the road. Not so much anymore.
Legend has it that to this day, you can still see the trucker riding the left lane with no intentions of ever moving over.
not really . If he moved over he would then be tailgating . Just as bad .
That's why after you move over, you slow down so you aren't tailgating. Problem solved.
why pass if you slow down to move over . If I'm in the hammer lane going 65-70 then I'll stay there until I can move over safely and if it takes 7 miles to make my move so be it . If you do not have flashing lights on top of your vehicle and look like you are in a hurry then I'll get over as soon as I can do it with running some one off the road .
Legend says he's still in the fast lane
Brake checking a bus? Lucky he didn't jam on the brakes. He wouldn't have a truck anymore if he did that.
he wouldnt have a life anymore if he did that
You handled it nicely and it amazes me how many crappy drivers are on the road they do get you angry but it pays to remain calm.
As an OTR driver myself, I deal with almost on a daily basis...Too many unprofessional and discourteous drivers anymore. You really have to drive for everyone else to be safe! God Bless You!
If you are doing the speed limit and in the right hand lane it is never “your fault”, the pickup knows nothing about the rules of the road.
I have a class one licence and have driven bus for 43 years. I see all of this stuff on a daily basis. I am with you brother. There is a lot of ignorance out there.
I will tell you why there are so many bad truckers these day. The reason is simple. In North America they are desperately short of drivers, so they have dumbed down the trucking industry. In the old days when I started they had non-synchro manual transmissions, so only skilled drivers got to drive big rigs. Today they put auto- shift transmissions in most trucks. You can come from the old country where you did not drive a car, go to driving school, and be a truck driver. Some of these guys are scary. I am so ashamed that the industry has deteriorated this bad.
I've heard stories about people being paid off to just hand out licences to others who can barely drive. It's pretty sad.
This is why I support prison sentences for left lane drivers who drive super slow. I think 5 years in the pen for blocking the fast lane is reasonable.
Hear, hear!!!!
What's troubling about this is that the driver in the left lane obviously isn't driving governed. I'm a company driver. I can only move as fast as I'm allowed to. I have to deal with other trucks and cars that are moving slower in front of me in the right lane, which is where I stay untill I attempt to pass. I do my best to calculate when I should try to pass though. If I see traffic in the left lane advancing faster than I'll be able to pass, I stay and deal with it untill I can be as far out of the way as possible and still move as I intend to.
@@JackmG87 that's very smart, I wish everyone was as intelligent and considerate
10 years for break checking
Here's your sign. 🤪
If I had a dollar for every time I gave the finger and high beams to idiot drivers, I'd be rich.
Video was posted 4 years ago and the original poster is still liking and responding to comments. Now that's dedication!
I drive tractor trailers and I would never do that to anybody - even a bus driver.
We both have different missions, but we are still put in danger by the same idiots.
It’s funny when you’re driving and a car cuts you off and you switch lanes and he stays behind because they driver in front of him from the first place was the slow driver lol
That's when I shout out, sucker!
I've been in your shoes. There's a lot of stupidity out there. I'm retired Trucker, keep it up right and between the lines. Stay safe and healthy 🇺🇸
I personally appreciate any trucker that's on the road and try not to get in THEIR way as they are bringing me every single thing my family uses and eats. Thank you for working all those late nights.
Thanks for sharing the road in a safe manner despite the stupidity that's surrounding you.
I often use the cruise control when I'm on the freeway and I'm amazed at how many drivers tend to speed up when they are being passed. I usually override the speed control when they do that, but it's still very annoying.
I see the same all the time on the fwys. They are not paying attention slowing everyone down then when they see the truck or bus passing them they think we are racing or something and speed up. As if we don't know that car are as as fast as trucks are heavy. Stupid drivers.
What is most obnoxious is when a car that has been behind you for miles suddenly speeds up and passes, only to drop their speed down again and you end up passing them. Often this occurs within the span of a single mile of road. I will never understand this.
I think you handled that pretty good. Far better than the average person would.
I'm not sure what the heck the trucker was trying to prove, but the pick-up truck. What an idiot. What did he possibly think that you did wrong? He's the guy that actually should have been ticketed by the police
I drove professionally for more than a decade. Drivers are definitely getting worse at driving. The thing that always bothered me was 4 way stops, and how so few know what to do. That and those who pull out in front of vehicles weighing tens of thousands of pounds and don't realize that vehicle can't stop on a dime.
I'm amazed at how many people clearly never read the drivers manual but still pass the test. The ones I read said what to do at a four way stop. It's not that hard.
Also, the flashing yellow and how that confuses people so badly.
I'm a retired truck driver and saw that same thing daily. Most trucks I drove were governed at around 65. The driver is the one to know if his truck can maintain speed on a grade or not. Sadly some drive like my first two wives that thought the left lane was for only them at whatever speed they wanted to drive. The worst drivers are the ones that remind me of a dog chasing a car. They give it hell til they catch it then don't know what to do. I don't know what it's like now( probably the same), but Connecticut used to be a great place for truckers to learn what lane they were suppose to be in and what speed to drive that truck. Not that I agreed with it, but you would learn quick.
@A day in the life of a truck driver, as someone who used to transport sports teams in a school bus, I never cease to be amazed at what people will do in front of large vehicles that can't stop quickly.
Thank you for your video. What a punk the guy in the white puck-up truck was.
Finally, just one small correction: There is no such thing as a "fast lane," since speeding is illegal. The law states that the left lane is a "passing lane."
Just thought I'd throw that reminder out there, since people think you're not allowed to pass someone in the left lane unless you're going extremely fast. Nope, one is actually driving correctly if they pass someone in the left lane GOING the speed limit.
Have a good one.
easy solution to the above situation I've had to deal with as a truck driver. Call the cops, report the pickup driver as a "possible drunk driver" and give them his license number. Guarantee they will spend the rest of the day looking for his butt. You can also report the truck for traveling in the passing lane, which is illegal, but guarantee cops won't care about that. If it comes up why you called them. the simple answer "anyone that brake checks a larger vehicle like a semi truck, I assume has to be drunk or high" Cops will likely find the guy, and ask him to perform a sobriety check, which will crap all over his day.
Playing games in the interstate is pure stupidity .
100% correct
Thank you for sharing this video. You did everything you could. Gave that Semi plenty of room to get back over. I hate when cars and truck in particular just camp in the fast lane. In CA they really don’t enforce the law of slow traffic in the left lane. I’ve heard in other states they are stricter about issuing tickets if you are driving in the left lane and not passing anyone.
That truck driver is the true meaning of being a prick.
lol no one asked bud
You wouldn't make a pimple on a truck drivers ase!
A few decades back, when I was running the east coast a lot, I was coming out of PA, there was a station wagon, parents in front 3 kids in back. idiot behind the wheel. He was behind me. My "shiny 290" was likely to slow down ant look at the scenery. The station wagon driver passed me. he was waiting for me at the top of the hill and went down the hill slowly causing my truck to do the same. this went on for a few more hills. I saw he had a CB antenna, and described the vehicle, asking if his radio was on. He replied it was. I said I had a question for him ( you can imagine what he was expecting, but I had a surprise for him) . I asked if he had been to college, he said yes. I asked of he took any science courses, again, yes. I asked if he had taken physics, his curiosity is up now, he asked why physics. I asked him if he studied aspect ratios in physics, again, yes. Then I nailed him. I told him the aspect ration between my 80K tractor trailer rig and his station wagon was identical to the aspect ratio between his station wagon and a pedestrian, and asked him how a pedestrian would fare against his car. His wife hit him so hard he went to the shoulder, sped up, and her finger was in his face until he was clear out of sight.
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
You're forgetting the other one called Ego
People saying the truck was having trouble going up hills didn't watch the whole video. After you moved into the passing lane, the truck had no problem accelerating up the hill and passing other cars. If the truck wanted to move over, and he didn't think there was enough room, he would have put his blinker on and waited. That's a way of saying "hey, I'm trying to move over but I need more room".
you were totally respectful and aware......you saw the truck sliding over the line and adjusted your speed and distance accordingly.....the moron in the pickup is another story....so many that can't see ahead and drive with good attitude/safety skills.....so happy I moved to the country...they're still here but less of em ;-)
as an ex truck driver, the bus was right all along, the trucker, moron all the way and so was the guy in the pickup, i am so glad i am not driving any more, stupidity, stupidity evrywhere, common sense went out the window long ago with a lot of drivers out there.
Yep mostly braindead school taught truck drivvvvvers
I am 73 yo widow who travels by herself. Drive. 35’ class A rv. Really some stupid people on the road. My rv is 8 tons plus. You don’t stop on a dime. So I have a dash cam. Just remember... it is not nice to piss off an old woman.... we have more insurance!!! Tawanda!!!
and to all of us older folks (I"m right there with you joy dove) - a lifetime sentence has less meaning everyday
@@soonerjane8966 That's funny. Brilliant!
I like my tomatoes fried and green.
Love the people calling you an idiot with no explanations to be found. It's amazing, really.
The most frustrating thing for me when it comes to road rage is not being able to explain the deal to the driver that's mad at me.
Clarence Aaron Jones I hear you. I wonder if it would be better or worse if there was a communication system installed in cars so drivers could converse with each other in traffic. Something like voice to text.
I’ve been a truck driver for 40 years. Can’t believe all the idiotic things I see every day. Todays society is suicidal on the roads. It’s really bad. Can’t wait to retire.
Do it bro. There is life after trucking. be forewarned , as you well know. You will go through withdrawls but this new generation of "drivers" is the schits! You can never go back. Its sad but true. Ive dont 39 years and I miss it. Untill i remember the jackasses out there now days. im sure there are some "old school" new drivers starting out.. God bless you guys. We Gone!
Local AG hauling is pretty good. Climb out at the end of the day
That pickup driver must have had California plates. I love to share the road, but just like you I try to share it safely. I also use a dashboard camera. They are a godsend.
That’s a governed 18 wheeler. He couldn’t speed up. He should have moved into the right lane when you gave him space, but he shouldn’t have been cruising in the left lane to begin with. You did the best you could. No good deed goes unpunished.
Yeah, I dont understand drivers of rigs that stay in left lane like this. I've had cars slowing down left lane, vehicles to my right, unable to do much but hang tough until i can get a space on right. Right about time i do, the slow car gets over and everyone speeds up, making it look like I was the slow one. ;)
Ah, geez. I hate it when semis “ride” in the fast lane. It’s one thing if they don’t have enough room to move over, but that clearly wasn’t the case here. Good job bus driver, very cool.
ya he had room to move over and tailgate the car ahead of him... not too safe i would say...
Agree
Truckers are the smartest drivers on the road (sometimes) they anticipate things you wouldn't think to.
I see this almost every hour of everyday I'm on the road. Morons with nothing else to do but get out on the road & cause trouble. I turn in my daily dash cam results to NSP.
Retired trucker of 40 yrs. Please dont put us all in one class. There are alot of foreigners driving trucks now cause it dont pay anything anymore and experienced american drivers wont put up with the b.s. and low pay. I was always courteous to four wheelers, trucks,etc. There are nuts in every profession.
You'll be surprise on how some slightly uphill can slow a heavy loaded truck down.
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dash cams the ONLY thing Russia taught us that was worth a damn
I drove professionally for 38 years, and I also learned that pointing at them and giving a big toothy smile irritates morons much better than giving them the finger.
Nah, you just get on the CB radio and tell them what a shit eating asswipe they are.
You did the right thing and acted very professionally as someone who fixes busses for a living it never ceases to amaze me how people think its easy to stop vehicle that weighs in excess of 20 plus tons
Thanks for watching. Have a great day!
Did you as the tour bus driver flash your high beams signaling trucker clearance? This is old school stuff...even as a teenager I knew about this and still always signal passing truckers when clear to change lanes in front of me. I am not a truck driver. my father was though. I signal them even from a car. usually they will flash their flashers once in thanks. I don't see that you did anything wrong there though.
Looks to me like you did everything right. The others were the idiots.
Agree
The left lane is not really the "fast" lane. It is the overtaking lane.
The pickup trucks, the cars, vans and big rigs should not be in the left lane unless they are passing another vehicle. KEEP RIGHT, PASS LEFT.
This is actually the law in most states, but it is seldom enforced.
I know it's just terminology, but I think the name "fast lane" is still appropriate because you need to go faster than the people in the right to overtake them
Keep right, pass left must be enforced as much as speeding, seatbelts, and driving under the influence. It keeps us safe and provides better traffic flow
Funny how so many are complaining about being stuck behind a truck. Frustrating isnt it? Truckers feel the same way. Think how frustrating it must be to be stuck behind a vehicle that is crusing 3 mph slower than you and all you want to do is pass them. But your truck is limited by a governor or by all the small hills that cars dont even notice. When you finally get on a flat road or a slight decline and have a sizable gap in traffic to pass, but then as you start passing and are inching passed, the vehicle you're passing decides to give it a little more gas, or you hit a small hill that slows you down ever so slightly... can be kind of maddening sometimes. Not to mention, us truck drivers are on a timer and when times up, that truck cannot be on the road. If that truck isnt moving, we aren't getting paid. Paid by the mile.
Safety is always first when driving a truck, but everybody on the road wants to go the speed they want, and usually that's as fast as possible. The difference is if a car gets slowed down they can easily pass a slower vehicle and continue on at the speed they want or do 90 for a few seconds to pass, if a truck gets slowed down, they are much more limited in acceleration and speed.
I'm not sure if the truck in the video was slowing down by choice or not, but the next time you get a little held up by a truck, have a little empathy.
Also, pretty sure the truck wasn't intentionally squeezing the bus. In a truck, the unevenness of the road is magnified compared to a car and it can throw you off a little especially on a curve when you are trying to hug the outside line without being thrown over the line. and they were on a curve.
Brandon L tl;dr
I hear you, I'm not an otr driver but I've drove enough trucks delivering equipment and hauling rock to know exactly what you mean. A truck you are behind may not have as much power as you but has a higher top end speed, or vice versa. It can get downright frustrating, 4 wheelers dont understand.
When I'm in my pickup, I try to be as forgiving as I can with trucks, 30 seconds of patience won't kill anyone
What do truckers do when the drive time is say an hour away but rest area or truck stop is say 2 hours away? Curious is all. By the way that there pick up was like so f'ing stupid. Why risk your life? Never could figure out waay.
I see stupid on the road everyday..don't know how some ppl get their drivers license 😣
Seems to me that as soon as they get their license, their brains shut down and they feel the need to believe they own the road and everyone should get out of their way. And It gets worse with each passing year, how it came to this in such a short time completely baffles me. Yes, people are morons and actions speak louder than words. When i drive, i trust no one on the road besides myself
7 years later and you're still reacting to comments, respect!
Thank you!
Trucker did not:
A) Try overtaking a vehicle
B) Traveled greater than traffic flow in right lane
C) Did not move over to allow traffic to merge (i.e was already in left lane before on-ramp)
D) (Not applicable)
By definition, Trucker was in the wrong. He's perfectly fine in left lane as long as he sped up to pass slower traffic, or had to get over for merging traffic. He was literally just hanging in the left lane matching his speed with right lane traffic, which is obstruction of traffic and against the law.
Washington traffic law: (2) Upon all roadways having two or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction, all vehicles shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic, except (a) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, (b) when traveling at a speed greater than the traffic flow, (c) when moving left to allow traffic to merge, or (d) when preparing for a left turn at an intersection, exit, or into a private road or driveway when such left turn is legally permitted. On any such roadway, a vehicle or combination over ten thousand pounds shall be driven only in the right-hand lane except under the conditions enumerated in (a) through (d) of this subsection.
codes.findlaw.com/wa/title-46-motor-vehicles/wa-rev-code-46-61-100.html
I frickin' HATE people that ride the passing lane and don't pick up speed, especially if they aren't doing the speed limit! I understand the ones that like to drive slow and there is a left turn exit coming up, but 20 miles of straightaway with an idiot in that fast lane seriously grinds my gears.
Dude that was amazing driving on your part and way to go on keeping your cool
A few years ago we bought a Class A motorhome, not huge, just 31 foot. After driving on interstates I've began to research secondary roads and travel them whenever possible even if it means more miles and travel time. I was driving I-81 northbound in Virginia a few months ago and twice got ran onto the shoulder by passing trucks. Kudos to you for handling this like a champ.