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    That's awesome! And yes, you should start a blog.

    I too am a devotee of the open road, but I can't drive anything bigger than my teeny little hatchback. I had a CB radio on one trip and it was fun to listen to the truckers talking about me as I passed. I flashed one of them for shits and giggles once and I heard about it for miles and miles - one of the truckers down the road even honked at me, hoping I'd flash him too. Heh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    I flashed one of them for shits and giggles once and I heard about it for miles and miles - one of the truckers down the road even honked at me, hoping I'd flash him too. Heh.
    On the CB, that's called a 'Beaver.' hehe.

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    Yes. I was also referred to as a "tailpipe bullet." So sue me for tailgating and speeding, I'm from Memphis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by big_daddy View Post
    I hate driving in STL I'm sure there are places by far worse than that.

    Yup. Atlanta, for one. It's growing easier for me to drive in Atlanta because I'm starting to 'get' the unspoken rules, but it's nerve wracking to be eighty foot long and have my top speed maxed out at 65 MPH when everyone on the road needs to get "there" five minutes from now and they want to do twice as fast as me to get there. ESPECIALLY when I'm getting on/off one highway or another.

    Here are a few things to remember about Eighteen-Wheelers if you are driving a four-wheeler with them.

    1) You scare the fuck out of us sometimes. This might seem backwards, but WE are the ones that have to live with it if we roll over you. Some of the stuff you do around us borders on suicidal! It takes me a football field to stop at Highway speed. Barring divine intervention or a concrete wall, i cannot stop any sooner. Don't cut too close in front of me. If something happens that either of us doesn't expect, you might die with 80,000 pounds on top of you. If i'm empty it takes me LONGER to stop (and then you only die with 35,000 pounds on top of you, rejoice!). Just remember i can't stop.

    2) Don't bitch at me around ramps, i have to go slow. If an entrance or exit ramp is marked, say, 30 M.P.H. i have to do 25 to be safe. You drive something that is, tops, six feet off the ground. I drive something that is damn near fourteen feet off the ground. I'm top heavy, i go too fast around a corner and i turn over. You'd be surprised at how many people moan about how slow Rigs go 'round exits/entrances, to the point of shouting. Those speed advisory signs are for cars, not Rigs. For us to be safe we have to take them slow.

    3) Don't ride next to us. We can't always see you. Plus, if our tires blow out it can take your head off, depending on where the blowout is on the tire.

    4) Don't tailgate us. We can't EVER see you. (The CB term for a tailgater, aside from Yek's) is 'bumper sticker' because that's what sometimes happens to a tailgater. If you can't see my mirrors, trust me, i don't know you're there.

    5) On a curve, ride the low side or stay away. This is tricky. The "High" side is the outside of the curve. The low side is the inside of the curve. If the curve is to the left, the high side is the right lane, so you want to be in the left lane IF you take it with a Rig. If a rig is stupid enough to be on the low side, he's not thinking about other people on the road, so stay away from him. The reason for this is simple... If he's on the low side (the interior of a curve) and you are on the high side (the exterior of a curve) and he flips his trailer going too fast, you get flattened. BEST bet is too stay away from Rigs on curves. They flip sometimes if a driver goes too fast.

    6) Don't hitch a ride with a Trucker. After so short a time i can tell you some of these guys are just nuts. Before i done this, i heard some lousy stuff. Some from girls i known. So don't do that, i don't think i have too much to right worry about with this crowd but it bears being said.

    7) We suck at right turns. Watch driving around us while we make right turns. We have to steal lane. Making room for 53' of trailer without tearing our tires up on the curb is hard (and real weird for me, took weeks to learn). We have to pull out 'till our trailer tires are in position then finish. It's the nature of the beast. If some driver cuts his right too wide, don't zip into his right because he'll cut back in and knock you off the road (He might not even be able to see you). I seen it happen, to a COP no less. Down in Davenport Florida.

    8 ) I'm governed. I can't go any faster. There's a shitpiece in my engine that makes it so i can do about 65 with my foot and 62-63 with cruise control. Trust me, it's frustrating for me as well. Not all Rigs are like this, but most company Rigs are (If it's got a logo).

    9) Not all Rigs are governed. And some of those are driven by assholes. You never right felt your heart till you had some asshole come up on you at 75-80 miles an hour and all you see is his grill. Outside Perryville MO, when i was dropping off a load of aluminum ingots i saw this happen. This red kenworth just freaking about ran over this old man, Old dude was moving fast as me, 60-65, somewhere therabouts. Kenworth come up like old man was sitting still. Kenworth slams breaks, has nerve to blow his air horn, old man gets the hell out of the way and Kenworth speeds back up to who knows how fast. I was on the CB teaching Reverand Steve some new words. Got offered a fight at the next rest stop, but as i passed (with no intention of stopping, though the thought of tapping that jerkoff was a pleasent one at the time) red wasn't there, guess he had some place to be. Ass.

    If i think of anything else, i'll post it...
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    Um, double post? (What happened to delete?)

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    Well, good luck, I'm glad you're happier. Thanks for the hints


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