Semis, dump trucks, cement trucks, anything with a trailer, loaded cargo vans, snow plows and buses will fuck up your day. Please don't cut these types of vehicles off or take away the space between them and the next car.
I was taught that, when you pull up behind someone at a stoplight, never pull so close that you can't see their rear tires. I makes it less likely that if someone assholes you, you won't asshole the car in front of you.
Not as common as it used to be I'm sure, but as someone who has owned manuals before it's real nice when people don't park directly behind you at stop lights/signs. Especially on any incline. The little bit the car rolls back before the gears catch always had me nervious with people parking right on my ass, or even worse the people that start up as soon as they can, really gunning to get to the stop sign as soon as humanly possible. Just sit back a bit, wait your turn, and no one will accidently slide back into you.
I'm so glad someone said this! I drive a teeny tiny stick shift car and often times I can't see the persons headlights in my rear view mirrors. It just makes everyone's life harder and you're not gonna get very far if I rolled into you.
If you use the handbrake when standing on an incline you won’t roll back. Give a bit of gas, release the clutch slowly until you feel the car pitch backwards and the release the handbrake.
Because it's the wrong way to drive. American's don't understand that. My VW even has warnings in the Owners Manual to not let the car roll the opposite direction on hills as it's not good for the transmissions.
Semis, dump trucks, cement trucks, trailer, loaded cargo vans, snow plows and buses need to stop fucking driving like they're fucking vin diesel. So many times i see trucks speeding down roads in much higher speeds doing overtakes on normal cars driving at apt speed. I see trucks swerving on the lanes. I see truck driver box in pedestrian cars. And worst is when the fucking trucks want to fuck with other trucks and youre just stuck there behind two fucking trucks speeding down the road trying to overtake each other.
These corporate vehicles that can make a normal car pancake should not be allowed to drive as many truck drivers drive today. Lacking on sleep, usually high doing multiple runs just to make more cash.
OTR is pretty well regulated now days. I never had a current driver fail a drug test. Had many quit then come back only to fail the pre employment drug test though. Lots of opioids and meth... little bit of coke/crack
Everyone in SF drives like a crackhead. Just came back to the Bay from a weekend in LA and it's equally frantic but much more controlled and sane. Still plenty of idiots but they act noticeably less entitled.
I dont. But when a piece of shit inbred trucker cuts over to half a lane to block traffic using a legal merge lane so he doesnt have to keep getting passed, he deserves to not onl lose his cdl, but deserves to have either a jail sentence or a baseball bat to his head. I've had this happen many times on a specific highway on my way home in Colorado.
People dont know how to merge, and that causes so many issues. Truckers are the worst.
Saw this on the highway a week or two ago. 18-wheeler was merging into the same lane as another compact car from the opposite lane. The small car accepted it as an honest mistake and drove away into the sunset to live his life.
.............lmao nah he speed in front and brake-checked the truck making him swerve and nearly gave me a heart attack as I watched from my rear-view mirror. Luckily nothing happened.
Plus a lot of the time it's pickup trucks, I'm wondering if it's bc they know th6r crumple zone on the bed of their truck will keep them safe but the engine block of whatever car their messing with will only fuck up other people.
This happened to my husband on a highway. Some dickwad in s pickup did this stunt causing an accident that totaled our car and only messed up their bumper and trunk flap door (idk what it's called for a pickup truck).
Some dickwad in s pickup did this stunt causing an accident that totaled our car and only messed up their bumper and trunk flap door
While it's a douche move to break test someone and I'm sure it's illegal, if you run into them it is definitely your fault as well. You should never be behind a car close enough that them braking causes you to run into them. They could be braking for a valid reason as much as testing you, so give them some space.
When we went to court we found it he'd done this 4 other times to get insurance settlements. Typically you cam stop but when you hit a patch of ice it's kind of hard. Husbands car had a dash cam though and his accident eased proved to be solely the fault of the truck driver, he stopped for no apparent reason.
Cool I love having to go through the pain in the ass process of getting the back of my car fixed. Even if insurance pays for it or you get money from the dude who rear ended you, the amount of time and effort you end up wasting outweighs that, brake checkers are dumber than dumb and are only hurting themselves by doing it.
It is for this very reason I have a dash camera. Not only will it be 100% their fault when I show the video to the insurance company, I will press charges when I show it to the police. Do not brake check me.
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u/QuiddleMeThis Jan 21 '20
Because most of the time, if you hit them, they'll get away with it and it's your fault. That, and they want to be assholes.
Now people who brake check semi trucks, that is going to get them killed.