OTR trucks drifting into your lane
During the long drive home on I95 back from Fla I noticed something. Seems a lot of OTR trucks that passed me drifted into my lane. A few times almost causing an accident. Had I not been paying attent...
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Yes, before I retired I was an OTR driving a set of doubles (either a 35' trailer with a 28' in the rear or a set of 32' trailers) being high profile vehicles on extremely windy days sometimes it was difficult to stay in my own lane especially on long bridges. When any motorhome, box truck, bus or truck and trailer or trailers would go to pass me when I was driving they all pushed wind as they were passing me that effected the steering on my vehicle truck and both trailers (especially when I was empty). I would slow down and move as far right as possible, until the pass was completed then resume my original road position. I drove OTR 44 years, logged 4 million miles and never had a charged accident on my CDL Driving record. And, I agree with other posters about Fed Ex, Semi Truck & Trailer Drivers, when I was driving they were always out in the Show Off lane passing and speeding.
