What is the dumbest thing you have seen while on the road?

I don't have a camera, I have mirrors 2 of them & I do 'take stock' of who is behind me when a passing lane comes up. I keep an eye on them hoping all or as many as possible will make the best of passing lane length to get around me.

I won't do cars any special favours. They have the HP. Trucks & other RVs will get special easement maybe by slowing down especially on a stretch where passing lanes are few.

noe-place wrote:

Veebyes wrote:

noe-place wrote:
The dumbest I've seen was just a couple of months ago on our return from Maryland. On an interstate in West Virginia, a woman in a van passed me on a steep hill while I was in the truck (slow,right) lane. My lane was running out and the arrows and merge left sign were obvious but the dummy in the van was determined to pass and forced her way around me which in turn forced me onto the right shoulder so far I almost hit the guard rail. It was either the shoulder or the fool would have hit my MH in the side. Glad the shoulders on interstates are wide.

JMO, but 2 faults here. The woman forcing her way & seeing that the lane was going to end why didn't you close the door on her before she got next to you?

I hate the dawdlers who waste time & space where there is a passing lane, but if I see that they are coming up on me slowly & my lane is ending their new view will be the back of me. I am not going on the shoulder because they are too lazy to turn off the cruise control & zip zround me.

By the time I saw the van in my door mirror she was already passing the rear of the MH. Since the road (as I said earlier) was extremely steep there was no question of "cutting her off" so I don't accept any fault for her stupidity. If you've ever driven a MH up a mountain then you should know that speeding up to "close the door" on someone is virtually impossible and at best a stupid idea. It would only invite a collision.

I don't know if you have a rear camera. But I have had issues with the tailgaters that decide to slingshot around you. They stick to your rear bumper and when you need to change lanes they inevitably shoot out and are right next to you as you are moving over rather than changing lanes and showing you they are there prior to proceeding forward around you.

noe-place X 2!!

Veebyes wrote:

noe-place wrote:
The dumbest I've seen was just a couple of months ago on our return from Maryland. On an interstate in West Virginia, a woman in a van passed me on a steep hill while I was in the truck (slow,right) lane. My lane was running out and the arrows and merge left sign were obvious but the dummy in the van was determined to pass and forced her way around me which in turn forced me onto the right shoulder so far I almost hit the guard rail. It was either the shoulder or the fool would have hit my MH in the side. Glad the shoulders on interstates are wide.

JMO, but 2 faults here. The woman forcing her way & seeing that the lane was going to end why didn't you close the door on her before she got next to you?

I hate the dawdlers who waste time & space where there is a passing lane, but if I see that they are coming up on me slowly & my lane is ending their new view will be the back of me. I am not going on the shoulder because they are too lazy to turn off the cruise control & zip zround me.

By the time I saw the van in my door mirror she was already passing the rear of the MH. Since the road (as I said earlier) was extremely steep there was no question of "cutting her off" so I don't accept any fault for her stupidity. If you've ever driven a MH up a mountain then you should know that speeding up to "close the door" on someone is virtually impossible and at best a stupid idea. It would only invite a collision.

Heading south on I-65, south of Indianapolis. A TV and TT stopped on the right shoulder.

A vehicle stopped and apparently talking to the owner of the TV. Stopped in the right lane. Just saw him in time to swerve to the left lane. I wonder if everyone else missed that idiot.

Veebyes wrote:

noe-place wrote:
The dumbest I've seen was just a couple of months ago on our return from Maryland. On an interstate in West Virginia, a woman in a van passed me on a steep hill while I was in the truck (slow,right) lane. My lane was running out and the arrows and merge left sign were obvious but the dummy in the van was determined to pass and forced her way around me which in turn forced me onto the right shoulder so far I almost hit the guard rail. It was either the shoulder or the fool would have hit my MH in the side. Glad the shoulders on interstates are wide.

JMO, but 2 faults here. The woman forcing her way & seeing that the lane was going to end why didn't you close the door on her before she got next to you?

I hate the dawdlers who waste time & space where there is a passing lane, but if I see that they are coming up on me slowly & my lane is ending their new view will be the back of me. I am not going on the shoulder because they are too lazy to turn off the cruise control & zip zround me.

Well, the person in the right lane could have slowed a couple of miles an hour to allow them to pass before running out of room as well -- maybe.

Without being there it's hard to say, but when pulling that trailer I don't depend on anyone doing what's logical and right. I know how frustrated I've been behind people pulling trailers on my favorite roads. Now I am one and do whatever I reasonably can to let them go on.

I looked in the sideview mirror and saw me.:B

I'm trying to be better.:o

Coming home through the construction zone on I-80 last evening.
Heavy holiday traffic and the speed drops from 70 to 45 in a short distance and narrows to one lane.
One impatient driver with an older truck, towing an older single axle travel trailer, decided not to wait it out like the rest of us and drove across the median ditch to take another longer route.
He plowed dirt with his hitch but made it.
I'm sure the inside of the trailer was well shaken.

noe-place wrote:
The dumbest I've seen was just a couple of months ago on our return from Maryland. On an interstate in West Virginia, a woman in a van passed me on a steep hill while I was in the truck (slow,right) lane. My lane was running out and the arrows and merge left sign were obvious but the dummy in the van was determined to pass and forced her way around me which in turn forced me onto the right shoulder so far I almost hit the guard rail. It was either the shoulder or the fool would have hit my MH in the side. Glad the shoulders on interstates are wide.

JMO, but 2 faults here. The woman forcing her way & seeing that the lane was going to end why didn't you close the door on her before she got next to you?

I hate the dawdlers who waste time & space where there is a passing lane, but if I see that they are coming up on me slowly & my lane is ending their new view will be the back of me. I am not going on the shoulder because they are too lazy to turn off the cruise control & zip zround me.

The dumbest I've seen was just a couple of months ago on our return from Maryland. On an interstate in West Virginia, a woman in a van passed me on a steep hill while I was in the truck (slow,right) lane. My lane was running out and the arrows and merge left sign were obvious but the dummy in the van was determined to pass and forced her way around me which in turn forced me onto the right shoulder so far I almost hit the guard rail. It was either the shoulder or the fool would have hit my MH in the side. Glad the shoulders on interstates are wide.