Almost head on

azdryheat wrote:
I just wish that car/motorhome drivers had to go through the same training as commercial drivers. I work driving motorhomes for a dealer and had to get my commercial license. The training would be an eyeopener for the average driver. Slam the truckers all you want but I spent 30 years as a cop and saw car drivers doing dumber stuff than the truckers. Pull my toy hauler across the country and you'll see what I mean.

In my opinion, big trucks are dangerous. I am sure that the majority of trucks are driven by well-trained professional drivers, but many are driven by "Smokey and the Bandit" yahoo wannabees. Put a yahoo and a dangerous truck together and bad things happen. All those tons running down the highway looking for trouble.

Sorry for the rant. I was in the way of one of the yahoos several years ago and feel lucky to have survived. Was driving a car in the outside lane of I-95 near Springfield VA. A truck (large well known company) driver pulled into my lane, knocked my car off the road. Driver said he didn't even see my car..... Tore up the car, but I was ok. Shocked by how hard/far a truck can knock a car!

The fewer trucks we have on the road, the better we all will be, in my opinion.

Regards.

Chuck