stepson had an encounter with a flatbed trailer - rear drivers door

[335e92tx]

Trip to austin - Maxima in the right lane - driver of truck ('18wheeler') - but I think it was a truck/flatbed, came over into his lane.




Could have been a lot worse - if they had not got separated when they did I think it would have just started ripping pieces off and he would have probably lost control and headed into the ditch...

[Feyd]

Is that from the wheel? Holy crap... that could have been so much worse.

Question though: Was your step-son passing on the right when this happened? Illegal... but unfortuatnly sometimes a necessity here in the states where people have absolutly NO highway manners at all.



I've been in a car where we were litterally run off of the road by a truck driver who aparantly didn't see us there as he was getting into the passing lane (where we were).

Accidents do happen, but I see truckers on the phone/litterally reading the newspaper, etc. while driving. I'm sure it's a borring ass job, but with the amount of damage that can be done they need to be held to a MUCH higher standard when it comes to driving.

[335e92tx]

Originally Posted by Feyd

Is that from the wheel? Holy crap... that could have been so much worse.

Question though: Was your step-son passing on the right when this happened? Illegal... but unfortuatnly sometimes a necessity here in the states where people have absolutly NO highway manners at all.

Yep, I think he was going past him on the right and got caught in the blind spot. He's only been driving about 1 year - so hes got a little to learn yet. I bet his person in the back seat just about loaded their pants - can't have sounded too good.

[Freakazoid]

Originally Posted by Feyd

Is that from the wheel? Holy crap... that could have been so much worse.

Accidents do happen, but I see truckers on the phone/litterally reading the newspaper, etc. while driving. I'm sure it's a borring ass job, but with the amount of damage that can be done they need to be held to a MUCH higher standard when it comes to driving.

Actually they are held to a higher standard....at least in PA. You get a license to drive a big truck and fines are doubled, tolerance for a DUI is like halved, or thirded, etc etc. They actually are held to a higher standard believe it or not!

[Couch]

Number 1 thing to know about 18-wheelers....put the pedal to the floor when passing. ALWAYS!

I've done this around cops on numerous occassions. I drop back to speed after I pass. I see too many morons hanging around their blind spots.

[Feyd]

Originally Posted by Freakazoid

Actually they are held to a higher standard....at least in PA. You get a license to drive a big truck and fines are doubled, tolerance for a DUI is like halved, or thirded, etc etc. They actually are held to a higher standard believe it or not!

They are just about everywhere... just rarely policed.

[DevJ]

Originally Posted by Couch

Number 1 thing to know about 18-wheelers....put the pedal to the floor when passing. ALWAYS!

I've done this around cops on numerous occassions. I drop back to speed after I pass. I see too many morons hanging around their blind spots.

Agreed.

[Freakazoid]

Originally Posted by Feyd

They are just about everywhere... just rarely policed.

true as well, one could say the same thing about motorcycles, cars, etc too though. the car going 100 mph attracts a lot more attention than one guy from a group of semis reading the paper.
to iterate though, glad to hear your stepson is alright, just wish in general people knew how to freaking drive...no matter what they're driving/riding

[Kroy]

Glad to hear no one was hurt. I'm no stranger to trucks trying to run you off the road when merging onto the freeway. Sucks.

[BillLee]

ouch! at least he's alright, could have been a lot worse. i almost had an 18 wheeler rear end me in traffic on the freeway today. it was a couple inches away from hitting my bumper, luckily it switched into the other lane.