Big truck passing

MickUpi wrote:
I done several searches on the following topic but could not find anything on it. I am usually driving in the right lane on the interstate or a four lane road. When a big truck passes an the left as it gets about even with me our rig is pushed to the right. It's usually just slight but sometimes it be a fairly hard push. It's only scared me once on a US highway. It happened right as I and the truck driver crossed a bridge. After a rather strong push I am estimating the side of our MH was less than a foot from the bridge and it was a bit scary. Some big trucks don't blow our MH at all. I'm not sure what's up with that. Our MH is 28 feet long and 11 feet 7 inches high. I have noticed bridges on US highways can be much more narrow than on interstates.

Part of the issue is the fact the average RV driver does not know where the side of their vehicles are.
Pulling a 14 foot wide load, on US highways the only time the permit will say take the center of a bridge is when the load is also heavy. If you started with your 102 inch wide rig in the center of your lane you would need to be pushed near 4 ft to get that close to the side of bridge.

One reason some trucks push more is the streamlining of the truck. But even my old Classic Pete, the suck at the back of van trailer was more then push from front. Worse was my truck/full trailer combo. I would not pass a TT, as long as the lights on it worked right. Now, the ones that passed me sometimes put on a dance show.