Monday, November 21, 2011

You know what really grinds my gears?

You know what really grinds my gears?





Semi-truck drivers. I hate them. I understand that it's an important job, to transport our goods from place to place and everything, but they don't know how to drive worth a shit! And maybe there are those select few who do know how to drive, but every.since.one that I have had an encounter with on the highway has no idea what they are doing. My main problems with them are as follows:

1. You are not in a small prius like car. You are in a giant metal trap o' death that is like ten times the size of my car. That means that you can and should not swerve in and out of traffic when
things are getting kind of heavy. I don't know what you drive in your life outside of work, but
I assure you that your semi truck is not equivalent.

2. Why is it that every single damn semi truck driver waits until I am almost even with them
in the passing lane to try to get over? I know that your fields of vision isn't all that good in
that big ass thing, but my freaking heart jumps into my throat every time I see your blinker
come on.

3. And finally. Your semi truck gives you no sense of entitlement. Please don't feel like you are
some sort of badass or famous person that we should all bow down to (not that we should do
that for a famous person). You can't just do whatever you want when you are driving, the
rules still apply to you my friend. This includes the following:
- Moving your big ass over when others are trying to get onto the highway from the ramp.
- Obeying the traffic laws just like the rest of us.
- When you park on the side of the highway to sleep or jack off or whatever else you are
doing in the back of the truck with your hooker, move far enough over so that we don't
feel like we are going to clip your ass.

Thanks!

1 comment:

  1. I know what you mean about intimidation on the highway! A couple things I keep in mind when driving among "big trucks":
    1. keep their mirrors in view. If you can't see their mirrors, they can't see you.
    2. pass as quickly as possible. Don't hang out alongside of them if you can avoid it.

    Good to see you have a blog. Thanks for your comment on my blog. I know I need more pictures...

    Hope you keep the fresh writing coming.

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