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In reply to the discussion: Holding the steering wheel at 10 and 2 o'clock is no longer recommended [View all]A HERETIC I AM
(24,367 posts)I'm really sorry that sort of thing happened to you, or for that matter, that it happens at all.
The amount of drug use and abuse, be they "whites" (speed) or anything else has really gone down considerably from the days when I started OTR. Pre employment and random drug screening were voluntary on a company's part back then and it wasn't till 89 or 1990 with the full implementation of the CDL nationwide that the majority of drivers began being tested.
The fact is though, some truckers, perhaps way too many, are quite simply assholes.
On behalf of the thousands of professional, competent and courteous car haulers out there, please accept my apology for the behavior of that dickhead.
I am so very glad you werent injured.
I am on the road and posting from my phone ( I have a new hire/trainee doing the driving, so I'm not texting while behind the wheel, I promise) but when I get home on my PC tomorrow, I'll put up a link to this one dumbass car haulers YouTube page. He is a perfect example of a dickhead driver, actually putting up videos of him having an accident in heavy traffic just because he wouldn't fucking lift and let someone into his lane. He has several videos that CLEARLY show him breaking the law, including one where he is pulled over in Virginia because the troopers radar detector detector went off. He had one and was guilty as hell ( radar detectors have been illegal to use in commercial vehicles since the early 1990's) but got away with it because the cops couldn't find the unit in his truck.
It's god damned idiots like that who screw the reputation of an entire industry.
Once again, I'm so very sorry you had that happen to you and I'm really glad you are OK