Pet peeves that should be pet peeves

[SKR]

This fucking intersection today.



This is the #1 and #37, looking eastbound on the #1. I drive a semi for a living. I'm in the left turning lane, trying to turn north on the 37. Some fucking dickhead pulls off the westbound #1 to turn south, and just stops in the median and waves at me to go. I honked my horn, because I can't go unless he wants me to drag my back trailer across his hood. So he waves at me again. Motherfucker, I will dynamite the brakes and blow this horn until I run out of air. Get the fuck out of the way. Finally he goes, and just as I start to move, another fuckin asshole pulls into the median and waves at me to go. Holy fuck I hate people.

Please, if you see a semi trying to do anything, just get the fuck out of the way and stay there. If It looks like I should be doing something, and I'm not doing it, it's because you're in my way. So move.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Looks more like you were driving the Google car.
Liar.

[ExtraSlow]

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This fucking intersection today.



This is the #1 and #37, looking eastbound on the #1. I drive a semi for a living. I'm in the left turning lane, trying to turn north on the 37. Some fucking dickhead pulls off the westbound #1 to turn south, and just stops in the median and waves at me to go. I honked my horn, because I can't go unless he wants me to drag my back trailer across his hood. So he waves at me again. Motherfucker, I will dynamite the brakes and blow this horn until I run out of air. Get the fuck out of the way. Finally he goes, and just as I start to move, another fuckin asshole pulls into the median and waves at me to go. Holy fuck I hate people.

Please, if you see a semi trying to do anything, just get the fuck out of the way and stay there. If It looks like I should be doing something, and I'm not doing it, it's because you're in my way. So move.

[03ozwhip]

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No. No man. Shit, no man. I believe you get your ass kicked saying something like that man.

[ercchry]

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[Buster]

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Looks more like you were driving the Google car.
Liar.

That or people are taking dash cams to a whole new level

[Disoblige]

Looks like Mad Max and he's driving a monster truck in the desert.

[Tik-Tok]

Tesla set a new bar for roadcams. Hard to retrofit 8 cameras onto a peasant mobile though. Plus it comes free with a Pixel 6XL preorder.

[schurchill39]

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This fucking intersection today.

This is the #1 and #37, looking eastbound on the #1. I drive a semi for a living. I'm in the left turning lane, trying to turn north on the 37. Some fucking dickhead pulls off the westbound #1 to turn south, and just stops in the median and waves at me to go. I honked my horn, because I can't go unless he wants me to drag my back trailer across his hood. So he waves at me again. Motherfucker, I will dynamite the brakes and blow this horn until I run out of air. Get the fuck out of the way. Finally he goes, and just as I start to move, another fuckin asshole pulls into the median and waves at me to go. Holy fuck I hate people.

Please, if you see a semi trying to do anything, just get the fuck out of the way and stay there. If It looks like I should be doing something, and I'm not doing it, it's because you're in my way. So move.

Welcome to the wonderful world of being a truck driver. You're in for a treat and will get to witness a whole new side of drivers you never realized existed before. But it will make you more aware of those shitty habits when you're back in your passenger vehicle so just take that small win and move on.

[ExtraSlow]

Parking at the meadows mile buildings. Truly awful.

[AndyL]

Family court...

Seriously if mental health issues are clearly evident... Why do judges pussyfoot around the real issue and try to accomplish something in a 'normal' manner - rather than deal with the issue? Clearly this isn't going to proceed in a normal manner immediately after the argument with duty council over their name.

Anyone got a primer on these sovereign citizen arguments because - clearly my knowledge of 1600s era law is lacking and nobody knew wtf the rants were about.

[Tik-Tok]

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Parking at the meadows mile buildings. Truly awful.

Hahaha, yeah that's a shit design. The pretzel sandwich place is pretty good though.

[ExtraSlow]

Some guy in a white minivan came and yelled at me for parking at the wrong building. He claimed to be the manager of the other place. Whatever, told him I'd be gone before the tow truck could arrive. He didn't seem to like that response.

[suntan]

Fairly sure he was offering you candy.

[Disoblige]

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Some guy in a white minivan came and yelled at me for parking at the wrong building. He claimed to be the manager of the other place. Whatever, told him I'd be gone before the tow truck could arrive. He didn't seem to like that response.

I would have told him to go suck a large one and made an obscene gesture of said suckage.

[SKR]

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Welcome to the wonderful world of being a truck driver. You're in for a treat and will get to witness a whole new side of drivers you never realized existed before. But it will make you more aware of those shitty habits when you're back in your passenger vehicle so just take that small win and move on.

Yeah I understand it now when two trucks are side by side for miles at a time. I always wondered why the slower guy wouldn't just slow down a bit and let the faster one pass. Now I know there's no fucking way I'm slowing down for anyone. My truck will zing to 80km/hr, and anything after that is a fight. If I get it to 110 it's staying there, I don't give a shit how many cars are behind me.

[Disoblige]

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Yeah I understand it now when two trucks are side by side for miles at a time. I always wondered why the slower guy wouldn't just slow down a bit and let the faster one pass. Now I know there's no fucking way I'm slowing down for anyone. My truck will zing to 80km/hr, and anything after that is a fight. If I get it to 110 it's staying there, I don't give a shit how many cars are behind me.

And why is that? Governor or your truck actually can't get past 80 due to overloading? Sounds like a you problem and still a dick move being side by side like that.

P.S. I have my Q. Driven some smaller stuff before.

[SKR]

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And why is that? Governor or your truck actually can't get past 80 due to overloading? Sounds like a you problem and still a dick move being side by side like that.

P.S. I have my Q. Driven some smaller stuff before.

Just the physics of moving 62500kg I guess. There's 16 gears to go from 0 to 80, and 2 to go from 80 to however fast it goes. Even with 600hp, getting up to highway speed can take several miles if there's any kind of a wind or hills.

I pull out into the fast lane even if I have no intention of passing. If a guy ahead of me is going 110, and I'm going 110, and there's a hill coming up, I'll speed up to 115-120 to get a run at it so I can maintain 110 or as close to it as I can. Often times that means I'll get 3/4 of the way past the slower guy, but not enough to actually pull out and pass. Once we're over the hill I either finish the pass or get back in behind him. The alternative is to lose all my momentum and have to drop gears and start over. I like to think I'm a nice guy, but that's beyond what I'm willing to do. Tough luck for the car behind me but I've got problems of my own.

[Disoblige]

That is fair.

The problem is lot of the time on the main highways I see this happen, the road is pretty straight and flat with no hills. Fucking annoying.

In more rural highways, I find the trucks are more courteous and get out of the way more often than not. Pass, get back into lane pretty swiftly.