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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
It does get on one's nerves when semi's are overtaking another by barely being faster than the other.

I would have just stayed where I am and the truck ahead of me would get the hint from the truck behind me. Unless the truck behind me was driving erratic, chances are he wasn't going to hit you.

Not only was the truck in the left lane unable to complete the pass, the lead truck in the right lane was actually inching ahead of the passing semi. I agree, “chances are” he wouldn’t have hit us, but a long row of 10.00 x 22s to our right and nothing but grill behind, tends to make one a little jumpy. I wish you well in staying put in a similar situation.

I've been noticing more and more that big rigs are hanging out in the left lane on highways for miles and going slower than the flow of traffic. I was raised that ANYONE going slower in the left lane than the flow of traffic MUST move to the right lane when possible. I know you aren't supposed to pass on the right but a lot of times I'm forced to because of them.

It's almost like truckers aren't taught this anymore or just don't give a shit anymore.

Flatland truckers.

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Originally posted by recoatlift:
Flatland truckers.

I have no idea what that is. We’re talking about OTR truckers. Just for your education though, the state of Nebraska is not flat; the Platte River Valley is. That’s why the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Union Pacific RR, US 30, and ultimately I-80 all followed the River—availability of water and easier travel. The Platte Valley is all that most people have seen of Nebraska. I said that the incident occurred in “panhandle Nebraska,” which is out of the valley and anything but flat, in fact the state, except for
I-80 along the River, is anything but flat.

Trucking, a one time profession, now it's just a job...

Jeepers TMats, I didn’t mean to rile you, Please let me try to explain, I’m from WV and that stretch of interstate is flat to my thinking but thanks for the geography lesson.

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Originally posted by recoatlift:
Jeepers TMats, I didn’t mean to rile you, Please let me try to explain, I’m from WV and that stretch of interstate is flat to my thinking but thanks for the geography lesson.

Point taken. I guess I did come on too strong. My apology

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Originally posted by Blackmore:
Some of the scariest $#!t like that I've run into has been in those deep valleys on I-81 around Roanoke. Happened more than a couple times. Combination of the up and down grades and two lanes.

I've been on that road many times. There is a simple solution the the problem of trucks trying to pass on a grade and holding up traffic for miles. All it takes is for some moron at DOT to pull his head out of his backside and start a policy banning trucks from the left lane on grades exceeding 1.5%.

Don’t worry TMats, you are a good poster! Just in that short clip, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen land so flat.
I can only imagine what Custer thought when a nation of warriors descended on him from the hills.
Thanks for understanding TMats!