Dutch truck drivers
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PJ Arends wrote:
and I slow down to stay behind him.
As a guess, you were too close. The field of view behind a truck is limited. So perhaps the other truckers were less than pleased about that.
Best Lounge answer in ... nine turns of the watery star. Noting a trucker's demeanor is difficult to do from down under the running board of a semi but it shouldn't be that difficult to note the shipping company's name, get a fix on it's street address and a working phone number, and phone in a complaint.
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I was driving eastward across the Afsluitdijk today, in the slow lane, going just slightly under the speed limit, enjoying the views of the waters and boats. I catch up to a slow truck and I slow down to stay behind him. In my mirror I see another truck slowly gaining on us. He does not pull over into the passing lane, just gets closer and closer. He just creeps to within a couple feet of my bumper, at least that is what it feels like when all I see is grill in my rear view mirror. So I decide maybe it is time to get out of there. Not comfortable between two trucks with one of them tailgating me. So I put on my signal, change lanes and boot it past the truck in front of me. I notice that the truck behind me does the same and also passes the truck. I pull back into the slow lane and slow down again to just under the speed limit. The truck, instead of just passing me, pulls in behind me again and once again pulls right up to my bumper, but this time he lays on his horn. So I let up on the throttle to slow down even more, before he finally pulls over and passes me, blaring his horn the whole time. A little later this evening, I am driving down the A37 towards Coevorden, I am going the speed limit, passing a bunch of slower trucks when my GPS tells me my exit is coming up soon. So I pull into the slow lane and nestle in behind a truck so I will not miss my exit. Again, the truck I just past decides he does not like that, so he pulls right up behind me, just like the last guy earlier. But this time my exit is coming soon, so I just stay where I am. Bozo pulls up beside me, then comes into my lane, trying to run me off the road. I have been driving for over 40 years, all over Canada and the US, and I have never seen behaviour like this before, then on my first day driving in Europe I have two incidents like this. Are all European truck drivers this crazy, or is it just the dutch ones? I am almost not looking forward to tomorrow driving in Germany.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
Consider yourself fortunate this follow was not behind you. https://www.the-express.com/lifestyle/cars/140959/utah-truck-hits-tesla-road-rage-law[^] Steven Spielberg's 1st film may have been about you. Duel (1971 film) - Wikipedia[^]
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Consider yourself fortunate this follow was not behind you. https://www.the-express.com/lifestyle/cars/140959/utah-truck-hits-tesla-road-rage-law[^] Steven Spielberg's 1st film may have been about you. Duel (1971 film) - Wikipedia[^]
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I was driving eastward across the Afsluitdijk today, in the slow lane, going just slightly under the speed limit, enjoying the views of the waters and boats. I catch up to a slow truck and I slow down to stay behind him. In my mirror I see another truck slowly gaining on us. He does not pull over into the passing lane, just gets closer and closer. He just creeps to within a couple feet of my bumper, at least that is what it feels like when all I see is grill in my rear view mirror. So I decide maybe it is time to get out of there. Not comfortable between two trucks with one of them tailgating me. So I put on my signal, change lanes and boot it past the truck in front of me. I notice that the truck behind me does the same and also passes the truck. I pull back into the slow lane and slow down again to just under the speed limit. The truck, instead of just passing me, pulls in behind me again and once again pulls right up to my bumper, but this time he lays on his horn. So I let up on the throttle to slow down even more, before he finally pulls over and passes me, blaring his horn the whole time. A little later this evening, I am driving down the A37 towards Coevorden, I am going the speed limit, passing a bunch of slower trucks when my GPS tells me my exit is coming up soon. So I pull into the slow lane and nestle in behind a truck so I will not miss my exit. Again, the truck I just past decides he does not like that, so he pulls right up behind me, just like the last guy earlier. But this time my exit is coming soon, so I just stay where I am. Bozo pulls up beside me, then comes into my lane, trying to run me off the road. I have been driving for over 40 years, all over Canada and the US, and I have never seen behaviour like this before, then on my first day driving in Europe I have two incidents like this. Are all European truck drivers this crazy, or is it just the dutch ones? I am almost not looking forward to tomorrow driving in Germany.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
Dual II :thumbsup:
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Dennis Weaver (Chester in the old Gunsmoke TV show) does an excellent job in "Duel" movie. Similar themes in "The Car" and "Maximum Overdrive".
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
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PJ Arends wrote:
and I slow down to stay behind him.
As a guess, you were too close. The field of view behind a truck is limited. So perhaps the other truckers were less than pleased about that.
I was definitely not too close. My rental car has adaptive speed control, so if anything maybe they felt I was not close enough to the truck in front. I dislike tailgaters so I always like to keep my distance when following, and I know enough truckers and hear their stories about constantly being cut off by cars that do not leave them enough stopping room in front of them, that I never slip directly in front of a truck after I have passed it. Either way, they should not be eh wholes on the roads, no matter how bad they think my driving is. Trying to run me off the road is not the way to do it.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Consider yourself fortunate this follow was not behind you. https://www.the-express.com/lifestyle/cars/140959/utah-truck-hits-tesla-road-rage-law[^] Steven Spielberg's 1st film may have been about you. Duel (1971 film) - Wikipedia[^]
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I was driving eastward across the Afsluitdijk today, in the slow lane, going just slightly under the speed limit, enjoying the views of the waters and boats. I catch up to a slow truck and I slow down to stay behind him. In my mirror I see another truck slowly gaining on us. He does not pull over into the passing lane, just gets closer and closer. He just creeps to within a couple feet of my bumper, at least that is what it feels like when all I see is grill in my rear view mirror. So I decide maybe it is time to get out of there. Not comfortable between two trucks with one of them tailgating me. So I put on my signal, change lanes and boot it past the truck in front of me. I notice that the truck behind me does the same and also passes the truck. I pull back into the slow lane and slow down again to just under the speed limit. The truck, instead of just passing me, pulls in behind me again and once again pulls right up to my bumper, but this time he lays on his horn. So I let up on the throttle to slow down even more, before he finally pulls over and passes me, blaring his horn the whole time. A little later this evening, I am driving down the A37 towards Coevorden, I am going the speed limit, passing a bunch of slower trucks when my GPS tells me my exit is coming up soon. So I pull into the slow lane and nestle in behind a truck so I will not miss my exit. Again, the truck I just past decides he does not like that, so he pulls right up behind me, just like the last guy earlier. But this time my exit is coming soon, so I just stay where I am. Bozo pulls up beside me, then comes into my lane, trying to run me off the road. I have been driving for over 40 years, all over Canada and the US, and I have never seen behaviour like this before, then on my first day driving in Europe I have two incidents like this. Are all European truck drivers this crazy, or is it just the dutch ones? I am almost not looking forward to tomorrow driving in Germany.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
I stick to the speed limit at all times, and it's noticable that I almost always build a queue of vehicles behind me, which makes it clear that they would all willfully break the speed limit if I wasn't in the way. It's a shocking indictment of motorists in my country, if you think about it. The attitude appears to be that it's ok to break the law (unless they're the victim, of course, that's different); the crime is getting caught.
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I stick to the speed limit at all times, and it's noticable that I almost always build a queue of vehicles behind me, which makes it clear that they would all willfully break the speed limit if I wasn't in the way. It's a shocking indictment of motorists in my country, if you think about it. The attitude appears to be that it's ok to break the law (unless they're the victim, of course, that's different); the crime is getting caught.
haughtonomous wrote:
The attitude appears to be that it's ok to break the law (unless they're the victim, of course, that's different); the crime is getting caught.
I think that driving code violations are not seen as "real" crimes. After all, who is hurt? What they don't realize is that the driving code was written in the blood of dead motorists.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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I was driving eastward across the Afsluitdijk today, in the slow lane, going just slightly under the speed limit, enjoying the views of the waters and boats. I catch up to a slow truck and I slow down to stay behind him. In my mirror I see another truck slowly gaining on us. He does not pull over into the passing lane, just gets closer and closer. He just creeps to within a couple feet of my bumper, at least that is what it feels like when all I see is grill in my rear view mirror. So I decide maybe it is time to get out of there. Not comfortable between two trucks with one of them tailgating me. So I put on my signal, change lanes and boot it past the truck in front of me. I notice that the truck behind me does the same and also passes the truck. I pull back into the slow lane and slow down again to just under the speed limit. The truck, instead of just passing me, pulls in behind me again and once again pulls right up to my bumper, but this time he lays on his horn. So I let up on the throttle to slow down even more, before he finally pulls over and passes me, blaring his horn the whole time. A little later this evening, I am driving down the A37 towards Coevorden, I am going the speed limit, passing a bunch of slower trucks when my GPS tells me my exit is coming up soon. So I pull into the slow lane and nestle in behind a truck so I will not miss my exit. Again, the truck I just past decides he does not like that, so he pulls right up behind me, just like the last guy earlier. But this time my exit is coming soon, so I just stay where I am. Bozo pulls up beside me, then comes into my lane, trying to run me off the road. I have been driving for over 40 years, all over Canada and the US, and I have never seen behaviour like this before, then on my first day driving in Europe I have two incidents like this. Are all European truck drivers this crazy, or is it just the dutch ones? I am almost not looking forward to tomorrow driving in Germany.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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jmaida wrote:
Dennis Weaver (Chester in the old Gunsmoke TV show)
"Gunsmoke"? I thought they only had 1 HP vehicles in that TV show :-)
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
