Stupid things you have seen while driving

[007sevens]

I have to ask one thing. When HID's or any bright light is coming at you WHERE are you looking. Some people can't help themselves and stare at the lights the back at the road then the lights, then the road and go fklhala jhahdho lhldha bright lights.

If you focus into the yonder like a mile ahead or so, lights have less of an effect you can even direct you attention slightly to the right if they are really bright. Works for me Just sayin.

 

[teeroy]

I have to ask one thing. When HID's or any bright light is coming at you WHERE are you looking. Some people can't help themselves and stare at the lights the back at the road then the lights, then the road and go fklhala jhahdho lhldha bright lights.

imagine how many do exactly that and compromise their own vision...perhaps their position on the road as well.

 

[Stompin Tom]

So what you're saying is, I'm the bad driver?

No, I guess that came out wrong

I was commenting to the post your quoted, sorry.

 

[plumcrazycuda5]

I just want to say I have been driving truck for 10 years in the oilfield with no incidents at all, but if I wasnt a cautious and aware driver i would have had a few incidents with idiots behind the wheel of a semi. Ive seen it all and just because someone is supposed to be a professional driver behind the wheel of a semi doesnt mean a thing! Believe me there is more idiots driving semis then you would think! Sometimes i think if I was a DOT i would pull alot of 1A licences.

 

[007sevens]

I just want to say I have been driving truck for 10 years in the oilfield with no incidents at all, but if I wasnt a cautious and aware driver i would have had a few incidents with idiots behind the wheel of a semi. Ive seen it all and just because someone is supposed to be a professional driver behind the wheel of a semi doesnt mean a thing! Believe me there is more idiots driving semis then you would think! Sometimes i think if I was a DOT i would pull alot of 1A licences.

You couldn't be more right, the oil industries need drivers all the time. Even some of the major trucking companies in the south hire anybody with arms and two legs.

 

[plumcrazycuda5]

But there is alot of idiots in small vehicles as well that do not understand how much weight we are moving down the road and think they can pull out in front of us. A good example is yesterday i was coming into town on the double lane, there was a vehicle beside me and some moron pulls out from a side road about 200 feet in front of me and goes sideways because it was icy! Well if i wasnt aware and didnt start slowing down when i seen him start to move i would have either taken him out or the vehicle beside me. Im taking a wild guess here but I think that 100% of collisions are avoidable if people knew how to drive for the conditions. The only unavoidable collisions are with wildlife i think unless you want to drive 40 km/hr everywhere. Just my opinion.

 

[plumcrazycuda5]

Lol, i know a guy that drives truck with only one arm! He is a good driver but i dont know how the heck he does it. But yes they will hire any idiot out there. I had a guy hit my truck a month ago when i was unloading and he was beside me backing up! Hooked his roo bumper on the wheel studs of my steer tire. He wasnt from this country thats all ill say. Lol

 

[007sevens]

But there is alot of idiots in small vehicles as well that do not understand how much weight we are moving down the road and think they can pull out in front of us. A good example is yesterday i was coming into town on the double lane, there was a vehicle beside me and some moron pulls out from a side road about 200 feet in front of me and goes sideways because it was icy! Well if i wasnt aware and didnt start slowing down when i seen him start to move i would have either taken him out or the vehicle beside me. Im taking a wild guess here but I think that 100% of collisions are avoidable if people knew how to drive for the conditions. The only unavoidable collisions are with wildlife i think unless you want to drive 40 km/hr everywhere. Just my opinion.

Its a belief of mine that driving a Semi as part of your class five Drivers should be implicated. Most of the four wheelers have no basic understanding of a Big Truck other than it takes up a lot of space. If they sat behind the wheel in a controlled area they would understand way more fundamentals. I also believe some people get a class five and they can't operate the shopping cart at Walmart.

 

[drew562]

you can't be serious about us pulling over to let every vehicle by?? that has to be one of the most ridiculous statements I have ever read. everybody's time is precious but ours? give your head a shake man.

Haha. No Not every hill. Not at all. I am actually talking mostly about edm to revy. Like west bound to golden. Heading up to the top of 10 mile hill. Two lanes into one a the top then the slow decent to golden. Almost every trip some big rig pulls out early and blocks myself or who ever I'm driving with. Or they drag race up that hill side by side to the top and then follow each other at 20 km down to golden. And I don't think they should be In the shoulder. Just move over a little where it makes sense so smaller vehicles can move around them. Maybe flash your rear light so I know I can pass now. Ect. It used to be common on Rogers pass. I've drivin it for 20 years every winter and now it's not that common but still appreciated when someone does it.

 

[plumcrazycuda5]

And about the brights! People if you are meeting someone dim your lights please. Especially if you are meeting a semi or big truck because they shine right in our eyes and we cant see a thing. Ive had to come to a complete stop on backroads because i coudnt see a thing other then headlights and it blinds you. Again most guys would keep rolling and take the chance of hitting the vehicle or the ditch. Thanks

 

[plumcrazycuda5]

Totally agree 007sevens! The same day a little car just about hit me head on when i was pulling out of the husky cardlock! Lol he cranked her in instead of waiting for one vehicle to go by then pulling in, i guess he thought whatever he needed to get at husky was more important then hitting me head on or getting tboned by the other vehicle.

 

[gotboost]

Where is a pic of your plum crazy cuda ?????

 

[Carrots]

Ya when people don't dim their lights it really pisses me off, almost got in a head on cause of some fawktard that wouldn't turn their high beams off last spring.


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[plumcrazycuda5]

I dont have a cuda but its my dream car. Is that your car in your pic?

 

[Stompin Tom]

Ya when people don't dim their lights it really pisses me off, almost got in a head on cause of some fawktard that wouldn't turn their high beams off last spring.


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why didnt you just stare into the ditch?

 

[underdog]

why didnt you just stare into the ditch?

Bazinga.

 

[Carrots]

why didnt you just stare into the ditch?

Lol I guess I should tell the other half of the story. It was about 1 am and I just spent hours trying to tow a guys jeep out of a swamp and my truck got covered in the process, and it started raining. So I could only see out where my wiper blades cleaned and when his high beams hit my windshield I couldn't tell where the ditch was due to the dirty windshield and rain


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[polarisdragon800]

Lol I guess I should tell the other half of the story. It was about 1 am and I just spent hours trying to tow a guys jeep out of a swamp and my truck got covered in the process, and it started raining. So I could only see out where my wiper blades cleaned and when his high beams hit my windshield I couldn't tell where the ditch was due to the dirty windshield and rain


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Happens to the best of us :\


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[eclipse1966]

you not kidding that they hire just about anyone. Last Feb I was heading to Golden and about 45 km out of Revi I was following a CN Intermodal truck. Suddenly the guy bounces off the curb not one but 3 times ending up landing the truck on its side. I got out to see if all was well so I needed to climb up to open the passenger door. All I seen was a terrified Asian guy (I think he was from Bangladash) scared out of his whits. Anyway, I helped him out but I have no idea how he got his licence because his English was so bad we had a hard time communicating with each other.

100% agree. there are poor drivers in every type of vehicle, the ones in the big rigs can end lives a lot easier than the ones in a 4 wheeler. the demand for drivers has become such a problem in our industry that they will hire just about anyone with certification. the pay scale reflects this.

I like how it has escalated from marbles to firearms....lol

 

[Bnorth]

you not kidding that they hire just about anyone. Last Feb I was heading to Golden and about 45 km out of Revi I was following a CN Intermodal truck. Suddenly the guy bounces off the curb not one but 3 times ending up landing the truck on its side. I got out to see if all was well so I needed to climb up to open the passenger door. All I seen was a terrified Asian guy (I think he was from Bangladash) scared out of his whits. Anyway, I helped him out but I have no idea how he got his licence because his English was so bad we had a hard time communicating with each other.

You just described every CN intermodal and B-train lumber hauler I've met. Not a lick of english except "Buddy", "How much", and "no", poor driving skills especially with lack of winter experience. Seen too many of them packed into one truck with one valid license amongst them.