We stay primarily in the right lane when traveling. There have been times when tractor trailers cut in front of me so close I have to slow down. I have also been pushed over into another lane at no real gain to the trucks. They get lane crazy to gain just a few feet of open road. I do my best to stay out of their way. I don't park in truck stops or rest areas so as to avoid them. My neighbor told me about a car pulling a trailer behind it that got caught between two tractor trailers. They went around on both sides and closed the gap as they passed, causing a vacuum that sent the car into a fishtail, knocking them over onto it's side.

Can't say it has ... but I avoid the interstates as much as possible when towing. I'm a slow driver and there's no advantage for me on a high speed interstate.

GordonThree wrote:Can't say it has ... but I avoid the interstates as much as possible when towing. I'm a slow driver and there's no advantage for me on a high speed interstate.But for a car it isn't fun to be caught behind a big slow driver on a two lane highway. On a freeway I can always pass without worrying about on coming traffic.It also depends on the road - passing on a flat midwestern road is different from passing on a curvy mountainous road. There we often have to wait for the passing lane on climbs.

Truth is. The trucks passing me don't affect me hardly at all. I have way more trouble out of the full size vans.

Truly I have rarely seen an issue with big rigs anywhere in this country. Of all my traveling full time around it, they seem to be the victims of dopes in cars that don't realize it's hard to stop a truck or RV short or quickly change course. Only once have I seen a trucker really out of line. There was an exit ahead and cars were going down a bit of the breakdown lane to get off the exit. That may not be ideal, but it does bleed off quite a few cars that would otherwise be making even more traffic. It's a good thing. This guy tried ramming each car that came down the breakdown lane. I reported it.

In Washington state the only problems are with Canadian truckers. They speed with impunity and drive dangerously. One time I saw one coming up from quite a distance behind me. I was in the middle lane because the right lane was ending. This guy came roaring up in the right lane, pulled his trailer up beside me and just moved over on me. Had the left lane not been empty (where he should have passed me) we would have all ended up in a bad collision. Called state patrol, they couldn't care less.

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ScottG
Nomad
Feb 09, 2019
In Washington state the only problems are with Canadian truckers. They speed with impunity and drive dangerously.
One time I saw one coming up from quite a distance behind me. I was in the middle lane because the right lane was ending. This guy came roaring up in the right lane, pulled his trailer up beside me and just moved over on me. Had the left lane not been empty (where he should have passed me) we would have all ended up in a bad collision.
Called state patrol, they couldn't care less.
HadEnough
Explorer
Feb 09, 2019
Truly I have rarely seen an issue with big rigs anywhere in this country.

Of all my traveling full time around it, they seem to be the victims of dopes in cars that don't realize it's hard to stop a truck or RV short or quickly change course.

Only once have I seen a trucker really out of line.

There was an exit ahead and cars were going down a bit of the breakdown lane to get off the exit. That may not be ideal, but it does bleed off quite a few cars that would otherwise be making even more traffic. It's a good thing. This guy tried ramming each car that came down the breakdown lane. I reported it.
Terryallan
Explorer II
Feb 09, 2019
Truth is. The trucks passing me don't affect me hardly at all. I have way more trouble out of the full size vans.
paulj
Explorer II
Feb 09, 2019
GordonThree wrote:
Can't say it has ... but I avoid the interstates as much as possible when towing. I'm a slow driver and there's no advantage for me on a high speed interstate.

But for a car it isn't fun to be caught behind a big slow driver on a two lane highway. On a freeway I can always pass without worrying about on coming traffic.

It also depends on the road - passing on a flat midwestern road is different from passing on a curvy mountainous road. There we often have to wait for the passing lane on climbs.
GordonThree
Explorer
Feb 09, 2019
Can't say it has ... but I avoid the interstates as much as possible when towing. I'm a slow driver and there's no advantage for me on a high speed interstate.

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