Comments on: Perfect Time to Drive http://adventuresintrucking.com/perfect-time-to-drive/ Adventures of a Husband and Wife Trucking Team Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:23:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Laurie http://adventuresintrucking.com/perfect-time-to-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Laurie Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:56:13 +0000 http://adventuresintrucking.com/?p=578#comment-727 This is sooo true!. Everything is more congested, even at night. Let them merge around me. I try to be courteous, but still .... sometimes other people just don't think it through. Keep up the good blogging. Happy Trucking God Bless! Laurie This is sooo true!. Everything is more congested, even at night. Let them merge around me.
I try to be courteous, but still …. sometimes other people just don’t think it through.

Keep up the good blogging.
Happy Trucking
God Bless!
Laurie

]]> By: Hedon http://adventuresintrucking.com/perfect-time-to-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-673 Hedon Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:23:27 +0000 http://adventuresintrucking.com/?p=578#comment-673 Man thank you for that! How hard is it to understand the concept of M-E-R-G-I-N-G onto a highway?! When I first started trucking a million years ago, I would pull over every time a vehicle headed down the on-ramp to make it easier for them. And like you said, about half the time I would get trapped out there in the hammer lane slowing down the big dogs. It seems like other truckers are particularly guilty of leaving you hanging out there. I don't do it much anymore -- pull over to let them merge, that is. Over time my attitude has generally become "figure it out, Cooter" as I watch to see what they will do. This doesn't include the split speed-limit states. There my attitude is pretty much set in stone. If it's a four-wheeler on the ramp and we are the only two vehicles in a 20 mile radius I will not pull over for them. I figure they can go 70mph while I can only go 55. They can figure it out. Or not. I don't much care either way. Hedon Our world. Seen through a bug splattered windshield. www.highwayhags.com Man thank you for that! How hard is it to understand the concept of M-E-R-G-I-N-G onto a highway?! When I first started trucking a million years ago, I would pull over every time a vehicle headed down the on-ramp to make it easier for them. And like you said, about half the time I would get trapped out there in the hammer lane slowing down the big dogs. It seems like other truckers are particularly guilty of leaving you hanging out there.

I don’t do it much anymore — pull over to let them merge, that is. Over time my attitude has generally become “figure it out, Cooter” as I watch to see what they will do. This doesn’t include the split speed-limit states. There my attitude is pretty much set in stone. If it’s a four-wheeler on the ramp and we are the only two vehicles in a 20 mile radius I will not pull over for them. I figure they can go 70mph while I can only go 55. They can figure it out. Or not. I don’t much care either way.

Hedon
Our world. Seen through a bug splattered windshield.
http://www.highwayhags.com

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