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Quote: Originally Posted by Scarecrow03 bgirl, a CB is a must out here on the road. Aside from the points already made about a CB, many places we load and unload at require us to check in on it. Believe me, your son's mouth can't be half as bad as mine is and I've yet to have any problems because of it. There are plenty of CB Rambo's out there who run their mouth and talk about how they're gonna fight another guy, but...

Hope you get where you need to Squeaky safely Were you an Arrow Driver?

I sold my trucks and started flight training in 02, worked parttime driving til I was qualified to be a commercial pilot, now I'm an unemployed pilot. If you think trucking is tough, you should see that mess!

Thats a crock of $h!t..... Just cuz I can only go 62 and some drivers are governed lower than I am or choose to drive slower than me, I dont have the right to pass? Hmmmmm..... Like I said, I could understand that if you're on a two-lane coutry highway but that makes about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine to make it a law that you can only pass someone if they are going a certain amount of speed below the speedlimit.

jeepskate's gonna get someone killed and has no business in a truck at all. goofball

Quote: Originally Posted by Dreaman Jeepskate and lil devil will end up being a thinning of the herd. Wow where does that thought process come from? They are no better than the truck driver in question. Let's hope they're just frustrated and venting and don't really harbor those thoughts while driving. If they are serious, your last sentence sums it all up.

Quote: Originally Posted by AfterShock Since when do two wrongs make a right? If you announced your intent to slam on your binders, and do so, resulting in a crash, if any witnesses come forward attesting to your threat over the CB, you're likely to be charged with causing an accident, which, in fact, you would have been guilty of. I remember such a case about 20 years ago. A female truck driver was informed over the CB that a 4-wheeler...

Quote: Originally Posted by ivanhoe hi to all, i've lived along a highway for quite some time now and been noticing a greater amount of noise increasing yearly. people have told me the j-brakes is a safety item added onto the trucks. my beef is, why do they use it around residential areas? i know in some cities, there are bylaws against of usage of j-brakes. good for them! i live in the boonies along the highway among other neighbours...

Quote: Originally Posted by Roadmedic What law is that and a link. It in the California Commercial Drivers Handbook, I do not know the link off hand I would suppose CA.DMV.GOV would be close.

I should also mention that I am for the most part a very careful, courteous driver, but I have no patience for stupid dangerous drivers, or drivers who think they own the road, or people who tailgate and flash their highbeams at me because they think I have no right to pass, I will tap the brakes to tell him to back off, I had a 4 wheeler once who was purposly screwing around and wouldn't let me out to get around a slow truck, I started...