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Bill G · 08-06-2023, 10:53 PM

Drive defensively.

I am noticing that with shortages of truck drivers, I am seeing some pretty young kids driving some pretty big trucks these days, and they seem to drive like they are driving cars and not big trucks.

On another note, last year our club was coming back from a regional event and we had about 6 cars. Normally we try to keep a lot of distance between each car to allow others to pass. We encountered a section of a US highway that had a 60mph limit on a relatively steep and windy uphill grade that due to construction was down to only one lane of traffic. It was probably a 4-mile stretch. Some cars did not have OD or HC heads, and so we were probably doing 35 up the grade and trying our best to get up the windy hill. Due to construction, there was also no shoulder, and due to the curves, nobody was able to pass. Not a good situation.

The lead car got pulled over, and the cop motioned the rest of us to go on. The lead car did got quite a lecture from the state cop about holding up traffic. It seems that holding up traffic in our state for more than 5 cars (including your own) you are supposed to pull over. We explained that there was no place to pull over and that we were trying to do our best. Our lead car got the lecture, but came away with no ticket.

08-06-2023, 10:53 PM	#14
Bill G Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Walla Walla, WA Posts: 1,072	Re: Airing Out Grievances Driving In Modern Traffic Drive defensively. I am noticing that with shortages of truck drivers, I am seeing some pretty young kids driving some pretty big trucks these days, and they seem to drive like they are driving cars and not big trucks. On another note, last year our club was coming back from a regional event and we had about 6 cars. Normally we try to keep a lot of distance between each car to allow others to pass. We encountered a section of a US highway that had a 60mph limit on a relatively steep and windy uphill grade that due to construction was down to only one lane of traffic. It was probably a 4-mile stretch. Some cars did not have OD or HC heads, and so we were probably doing 35 up the grade and trying our best to get up the windy hill. Due to construction, there was also no shoulder, and due to the curves, nobody was able to pass. Not a good situation. The lead car got pulled over, and the cop motioned the rest of us to go on. The lead car did got quite a lecture from the state cop about holding up traffic. It seems that holding up traffic in our state for more than 5 cars (including your own) you are supposed to pull over. We explained that there was no place to pull over and that we were trying to do our best. Our lead car got the lecture, but came away with no ticket.