Thread: bad driving hotrodder in a 32 Tudor

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I will climb in on this too..What whip has said is accurate,,in fact I probably know that road even better than him,,but thats of no real consequences...While I dont know the trucker,I do know the truck in question has in excess of 640hp on tap,,and if you listen to the soundtrack,he only downshifts twice as he's passing the first truck..Yes,he could have waited behind the first truck,and held up even more traffic...Its a hard one..but I dont see too much wrong with what he did..And,yes,,I do know the 32 driver,,and quite honestly,I didnt think he would do that..Incidentally,,that was the weekend of our pre 49 nats,,He is a member of the hosting club..and there were 200 hotrods some miles back behind him..Unfortunately,we are a nation of impatient drivers,,and when people get stuck behind a truck,on our roads,,its very much a ''do or die''process,,more like ''do and die''actually..as they want to pass you where there is nowhere TOO pass,,often into oncoming traffic.. Most of the countries truckers are good,,courteous drivers,who average 2500-3000 km a week..(we have driving hour restrictions),and I have no probs sharing the road with them,,after all,I drove (small) trucks myself for a few years..But it is upsetting when they get blamed for something stupid,like this..
Incidentally,most truckers will signal car drivers,or whoever else is behind them,to pass when its safe,and usually only let a half dozen cars build up behind them,,but on our highways,there is quite often nowhere where a truck and trailer can pull over safely,,and this aggravates the impatience of a great many..