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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: Re: How to deal with tailgating Truckers
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Date: Mon, 20-May-85 08:38:16 EDT
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On the real subject of trucks tailgating, I have had little trouble
since I installed a CB.  If I see one coming up, I first look for
somewhere else to be by the time he gets too close.  If I can't
get out of the way, I call them and let them kno
 call them and let them know that I will get out of the way as
soon as possible.  This seems to work quite well, at least for
me.  I also tell them when they have made it past me and that it is 
clear to move over or whatever.  99 percent of the drivers are
reasonable and appreciate the information.  I have never had a
problem so for.

Manys the time I have run in front of big rigs on ice covered roads
to pass ice patch information back to a line of trucks.  I was
driving a VW bug back and forth some 300 miles twice a week and I
got to know a lot of truckers.  The only thing a trucker wants
from someone in a small car with a CB is a little respect.  I
tend to give them that and have found that they respond in kind.
There are, of course, that 1% that are complete jerks.  They are not too
hard to spot as they seem to tear down the highway oblivious to
anyone else (come to think of it, we have car drivers of the same
mentakcd bin
mentality).  A good rule of thumb is to get out of the way of any
truck that is going down a hill.  He is probably trying to get
up enough speed to make the next hill without having to slow
down to 5mph and shift to granny low.  
T. C. Wheeler