Never passing a 4 wheeler on a two lane highway again
Posted by acd2002@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 78 comments
This just happened a couple hours ago, 4 wheeler in front of me going 55 in a 65, I can go 68 so I figured I'd pass em in no time, I go to pass em, they speed up to 80 as cars are getting a little too close for comfort in the oncoming lane, so I slam on the brakes and get back behind em.
Homicidal maniacs like that Subaru driver need to be off the road and in fucking prison, oh and the icing on the cake is they slow back down to 55, imagine risking somebody else's life because you don't want a semi to pass you. Literally makes me shiver as to what could've happened..
phil_mycock_69@reddit
Got stuck behind some dickhead towing a boat once on a two lane; must have been behind him for about an hour. He was doing about 5 under, every time there was a passing lane he’d speed up so I couldn’t pass him and then slow back down once the passing lane had ended. If I could have got my hands on that guy I’d be doing life in prison currently lol
IEatCouch@reddit
The benefit of night driving is sending them some sunshine with the high beams.
M1sterRed@reddit
Afraid that'd just be another Tuesday for me. In a world dominated by SUVs, even an old cop car (not a cop, auction car) gets blinded by lows these days.
What's extra funny is I can't fight back. Something you never hear from the cops (or your grandpa still driving that old Town Car) is that the light pattern out of a Vic sucks big fat gorilla dick. It's almost like the car has oldschool sealed-beams with that bright spot in the middle and hardly anything anywhere else.
RadioTunnel@reddit
Fit a light bar on it
redditor012499@reddit
Yup. My LEDs are brighter than the sun. lol
JankyMark@reddit
Yeah they be weird as hell it’s almost like you gotta dangerously speed just to pass those dick heads
Kaethor@reddit
When I get stuck behind an asshole like that I usually just pull into the next truck stop and get a drink or a snack so they can go ahead and get on down the road a piece. At least then I don't have to see them anymore.
CaptianBrasiliano@reddit
I do it a lot on the country roads near my DC that are arrow straight, and I know very well. They'll be doing like 45 in a 55 and it's like Cmon' Man...
But I'm not gonna say I like it or it's a good idea, nessicarily. It's always my greatest fear that they'll do something like that. I don't know why anyone would but... I don't know why the carts do a lot of things they do.
Unfair_Fisherman_605@reddit
These reasons I have train horns and and LED light bar. Screw these kind of drivers!
Redsoxdragon@reddit
This is when you eject your piss jugs driver. We don't keep them just for decoration 😎
Independent-Fun8926@reddit
I got stuck behind some stupid Texan on US 301 in Colorado, heading back to I70. Guy had his four-ways on and wouldn’t get over to let me pass. Did 10-15 under for miles. Traffic was backed up behind me for as far as I could see. When we finally got to the last passing zone, I finally got around him. I hadn’t been that pissed in a long time
Justin33710@reddit
I see this all the time on the 2 lanes. It's so common it blows my mind and I'm driving a cargo van, it's easy enough to speed up and pass people but they really fight you on it just so they can slow back down.
random02991@reddit
Exactly why I hate 2 lane roads AND Subarus. I'd rather drive 50 miles out of the way to stay on the interstate than be stuck behind a self-important sightseer.
No-Distribution1672@reddit
Well said.
acd2002@reddit (OP)
Unfortunately 2 lanes are the ones I mainly travel on due to me delivering for dollar general, but I do 100% wish I could drive on the interstate most of the time. Usually these country folks out here in the middle of nowhere are courteous to truckers, I guess I came across the one bad apple
Theofus@reddit
DG! Well used to be anyway. Be safe bro
random02991@reddit
A-holes are everywhere these days, unfortunately. Sounds rough. Never heard anything really good about Dollar General accounts
Ninline2000@reddit
It's not just 18 wheelers they do it to. I got behind one today on a 2 lane road in north Alabama. I came down on an F150 poking along 45 in a 55. I was running about 60, so I hit my blinker and started around. He sped up, and I had to hit over 90 to get around him. Then the idiot tailgated me for the next 18 miles before he turned off on a side road. I don't understand these fools.
acd2002@reddit (OP)
Good Lord, 90?? The little tin foil f150 really didnt want a real truck passing him.
Ninline2000@reddit
No. I was in my Mustang. That's what really got me. I couldn't believe he thought he had enough to prevent me getting around. They don't just do it to trucks, they do it to everyone. It's a sickness.
random02991@reddit
Everyone has an ego problem these days. Can't stand being passed. He was probably driving slow intentionally too, just to be an asshole
MajorHymen@reddit
Get behind them and turn on your brights and then no matter what stay behind them even if they slow to 30. Eventually they’ll speed up to get away from you.
AndromedanPrince@reddit
Subaru driver? was it white? were you on hwy 59S or 20W, maybe i-10? cuz if so i seen that guy, hes an idiot.
also the only subaru owners with brains drive Legacys, BRZ, or WRX. all the outback amd other drivers are braindead.
acd2002@reddit (OP)
Oh no man I'm in Kansas rn lol, near St Joseph Missouri.
derekschroer@reddit
US 36?
AndromedanPrince@reddit
so it was just a typical outback driver, i hate them.
12InchPickle@reddit
Was it a wrx? I swear those mfs are always driving like fools.
acd2002@reddit (OP)
Nah it was one of those compact SUV's, no way a WRX driver would go 10 below the speed limit lol.
RackingUpTheMiles@reddit
I used to work an hour away and Foresters were the worst. Always doing way under the speed limit and they'd stop at green lights half the time.
12InchPickle@reddit
True. Unless they were glued to their phone and saw you trying to pass and decided to fuck with you. It’s happened to me lol. Fuck them drivers.
MastrChang@reddit
A group of us were running new trucks back from the KW factory and a lady in a Subaru. Let's call her the short hair kind, decided to merge into our convoy right in front of me, and then decided to slow down to 65mph. Mind you, I'm in a governed 66mph bobtail. So I finally get a chance to get out to pass her, and she then speeds up! Omg, there is nothing more infuriating than that. Long story short, I finally managed to get around her, only to have her repeat the process. I was so sad 😞
Cleveland_Grackle@reddit
I know exactly who you mean...
jdpunome@reddit
A cars worst nightmare.... Being behind a truck.
Cleveland_Grackle@reddit
They're cunts.
ObeyObeyObeyObey@reddit
That's why I always used to go into their lane and scare em they'd shit bricks when I put my signal on and started merging with them on my side. Don't drive next to a semi dumbass there's your warning.
OrganizationNo6167@reddit
Fr, swerve in their lane a lil bit they get so scared and back off 🤣
connorbu19@reddit
Depends on the people I’ve done that before and they have zero shots and just kept being a dumbass.
NPC1990@reddit
Put them in the ditch then fuck em
FilthyNasty626@reddit
I mean, play stupid games, win stupider prizes!
tyschooldropout@reddit
I mean if there's nobody around they're asking for it.
They'd never do it again.
Scary-Literature-985@reddit
Yup. Usually works. Oh you wanna play a fking dangerous game? Here’s something actually dangerous you can deal with. GET BEHIND ME BITCH.hahah
Fear causes action. Asking for permission with a fucking blinker causes you to play that line of “oh are you gonna let me in please”
Disclaimer: I would never deliberately hurt someone. And ultimately if they are as crazy as my ass, I’ll back off and find the next npc to force submission.
ObeyObeyObeyObey@reddit
Man worst part about trucking how sweaty my feet would get. I'd stick them out the window to get that wind to dry them. Fuck shit was stinky back then.
PowerUpTheLighthouse@reddit
Even in a car you better have enough acceleration to burn rubber and smoke em if need be, that’s my policy.
Beautiful-Slice166@reddit
I had this happen a few times, if I'm in the middle of fu k all nowhere I'll just lay on the airhorn for a while, they get tired of it later than I do. If I'm in a city I just start flashing my highbeams on and off so they can't get used to em
Mydogfartsconstantly@reddit
If you ever come across a mexican road train theyll do 55-60 and when you pass them theyll shoot up to 70-75 and get in front of you and drop back down again. I passed one 4 times last night until he gave up.
ResponsibilityTop732@reddit
What they did was illegal and can be reported. Just be sure to get the tag number next time. That person put everyone's life in danger and could've caused a hell of an accident
Luigi_Dagger@reddit
Hello, 911? Yeah, I got a possible drunk driver, driving in a Subaru, here is the plate number, yeah they cant seem to maintain their speed or their lane, Im afraid that they might hit someone...
D3V1L5_4DV0C4T3@reddit
I just get behind em and ride their ass, they get the point. Not always, but sometimes...
Those assholes in subarus are either a Karen, liberal, or feminist/lesbian or any combo of the sort!
rossco311@reddit
Easy way to get brake checked - I'd rather back off and just hit them with the brights as much as I could without disturbing oncoming traffic
rossco311@reddit
I'd see how they like my brights on them full for the remainder of the drive, assholes like that don't deserve to be on the road.
R34CTz@reddit
Same stupid shit happens with other truckers. Today, I was back and forth with this dumb ass in a day cab pulling doubles. I'm limited to 70 and I maintain that as much as possible. I pass this guy as he's going like 64. After I get over, he catches up and rides my ass. Then he gets over and slowwwwwwly gets ahead just enough that his first trailer is next to me. Then he slows down. Then he speeds up. Then he slows down. He does this like 10 times before finally passing. And guess what? Like 5 minutes later, he's doing 64-67 again. I pass, as my truck gets ahead, he matches my speed for like 3 miles before letting me pass. Only to ride my ass until he does the same damn thing as earlier.
Wtf are you even doing??
WillBilly_Thehic@reddit
That's the biggest thing I miss about being ungoverned, speeding up to 80mph to blow the doors of 4 wheelers when the try to play games
Alaskan_Tiger@reddit
Don't move to Alaska I had a car going 55 in a 65 then got to a passing zone for the truck up to 94 they sped up then they went back down to 55 they got the horn and moose lights They just like messing with us
Kickstand8604@reddit
Just give the car a love tap
Show_Quality_Trash@reddit
I’ll put em in the dirt, I am indeed what they refer to as “that guy”. Had melton truck ride the shoulder last week, I was passing him in a designated 3 lane wide passing zone and instead of letting off so I could complete my pass as we got to the point where it merges back into a 2 lane he tries to catch up and looks at me like I was in the wrong as he’s riding that shoulder😂 y’all gonna find out messing with the wrong driver.
acd2002@reddit (OP)
Man, Melton must have some shitty drivers, cause I remember I was on hwy 169 in Minnesota just outside Minneapolis, I passed a Melton driver 3 times on the highway, but every single time we went into a town where the speed limit lowers, hed fly by me and some other truck who was in front of me, then when the speed limit went back up we'd pass him again lol, the fucker kept his highbeams on shining directly into my mirror after the third time passing him.
CobraWasTaken@reddit
Melton drivers are treated like less than human from what I've heard, so it doesn't surprise me. Oh wait, isn't that every trucking company? Lol
Trucker_Chick2000@reddit
I wish I could be this brave. I'm too afraid of losing my job and CDL.
Show_Quality_Trash@reddit
Gotta know when to fold them, If I know I’m in the right ima hold my lane. I’d rather kill an idiot trying to play chicken with 80,000 pounds than someone innocent going about their day.
connorbu19@reddit
I had that happen once when I was driving I-90 in Montana. There was a merge coming up due to construction. There was a truck in the right lane which was the one that was ending that I was actively passing. I was almost to his cab when he turned his blinker on to move over. I obviously didn’t let him in because I was clearly faster than him, and he got so mad that he had to slow down when I wouldn’t let him over. He literally almost hit the contraction cones before he backed off. Never saw him again after that as I was outta there due to speed difference.
cargodog992000@reddit
Or just get back over and let them slam on their brakes. Fuck those Dbags.
acd2002@reddit (OP)
We were neck n neck right before I slammed on the brakes, I had almost completely passed em but like I said they sped up to 80 so they got up next to my hood.
connorbu19@reddit
That is actually illegal to do (Subaru) and if you move over, they technically, I believe, will be in the wrong because they purposely kept you from passing and endangered other people’s lives.
CobraWasTaken@reddit
I can 100% guarantee the driver's company would not agree even if the police did
connorbu19@reddit
Not saying is the RIGHT thing to do, but legally it’s not your fault if it did.
iH8patrick@reddit
Shitty thing to have to find out, plus not worth the risk of killing somekne and fucking your life up.
I hate douchebags that do that, and I have found that making them THINK you’re going to just merge over and forcing them to slam on their brakes usually works -
or, they just end up passing you the next chance they have, and then now going 20 under instead of 10.
Show_Quality_Trash@reddit
Should’ve hit them, better them than someone innocent
duhrun@reddit
Try backing off those slower vehicles, many people will react differently to a vehicle too close which can be variable to each person. I would have just been doing 53mph and taking it easy.
Mstrchf117@reddit
Last week I had someone pass me, then proceed to slow down just below what I was going 🙄 caught up, gave them a couple toots on the horn and they took off.
DivineMunchies@reddit
The thing I hate is when it’s an on ramp and my exit is coming up so I try to get over and the dickheads speed up right next to me, I have my signal on then 1.5 miles later they speed up again get over into the lane I’m in and I’m praying I’ll make my exit, like damn just let me in asshole
Trucker_Chick2000@reddit
I wish people like that would lose the privilege to drive FOR LIFE.
JankyMark@reddit
These 4 wheelers be weird they don’t know what they wanna do, they either going cut you off or drive 10 under in the right lane
TrashMonarch99@reddit
I had this happen once in Nevada, only instead of a 4 wheeler it was another trucker, and he played chicken with me by braking to match my speed when I braked to get back behind. I couldn't believe it. Things got far too close to deadly with an oncoming 4 wheeler; it was terrifying. I still get chills and cold sweats when the memory randomly pops into my head, even years later. Sorry you were on the receiving end of one of these lunatics.
pstbltit85@reddit
First time? /s
DennisReynoldsGG@reddit
At least there were no cars behind that closed your gap to get back over. I always worry about that scenario
Hanox13@reddit
I’d have called the MF in to the local troopers… especially if you have dash cam footage.
acd2002@reddit (OP)
Couldn't get the license plate cause it was dark and I kept my fucking distance too, figured they might try to brake check me next.
Hanox13@reddit
That’s fair, probably a good call.