Why do you do this?
Posted by MobiusTech@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 230 comments
Posted by MobiusTech@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 230 comments
seem92@reddit
It's always someone gunning to be in the front. That crap is so annoying
UniqueLevel7925@reddit
Too many do….
12InchPickle@reddit
Idk why but this shit cracks me up and pisses me off at the same time.
ChoneFigginsStan@reddit
On one hand, it’s fun to see the rest of the public get pissed off, and not have it be aimed towards you. On the other, we’ve all been a trucker behind this wall desperately trying to find a way through.
yak_danielz@reddit
It's very rare but if i get stuck in a pack like this, it sure looks like time for a 5min load check break.
all i wanna get thru and some holder is fighting it out with another holder because neither one of them won enough fights in grade school.
so I'll just take a break and/or run some country roads for a while.
AllHailThePig@reddit
Is that honestly what a lot of these people are doing? Like competing? What is the goal? For the life of me I can’t see why if I was one of these trucks I wouldn’t just slow a tad and then pull up behind them and just follow along. Unless they are driving too slow then overtaking is the next option.
Sorry if this question has an obvious answer. I’m no trucker so to me it’s baffling why they would do this.
ChoneFigginsStan@reddit
There’s typically one of two trains of thought here. The first is “why should I slow down, I’m in the right lane. If he wants to pass he should speed up”. The second is “this guy wants to pass me?! I’ll show him!”
AllHailThePig@reddit
Right. That’s what I was guessing. Which then becomes “why in earth would you just not let someone pass you?”
Titanium_81@reddit
Its best described by this George Carlin standup bit… https://youtu.be/y4C5iBRIBq0?si=LTF2CyyJX0xE2pQ3
AllHailThePig@reddit
Haha it’s so pathetic though. Like I’d be embarrassed to have other drivers look into the cab and see my face after doing that. The lack of embarrassment is just wild with some blokes.
ChoneFigginsStan@reddit
Unfortunately too many people take getting passed personally and think their manhood is being questioned in the process. It’s basically just an ego thing.
KingGT2@reddit
It pisses me off. I drive a Cascadia, so I can see how fast the vehicle in front of me is traveling. It irks me when I'm in the middle lane of the PA turnpike doing 70, and I approach a truck that whatever reason is doing 10 to 15 under the limit in the middle lane. So I turned my signal on and go to pass him, lo and behold, magically this guy is doing the same speed I'm doing. Now I can't get back over because traffic is stacking up and it's Pennsylvania and the four wheelers have five collective brain cells amongst them.
No-Distribution1672@reddit
As someone who has already admitted on this post that I’ve been in the truck in the left lane, I will never speed up if another trucker or anyone else is trying to pass me. I’ve even slowed down to let someone pass because we were going uphill and his load was heavier than mine.
IsaIbnSalam25@reddit
But both have governators and can’t go any faster😂😡
Embarrassed-Change40@reddit
Governators, is that what they call them in the Quran lol?
budtokinbarber@reddit
It’s like you’re a fish in the ocean and realize you’re swimming with a massive school. Time to get the hell out of
deadbydaylightbill@reddit
I am one in a krillion bob
Significant-Grass844@reddit
ONE IN A KRILLION
Old-Scallion-4945@reddit
The other day I was driving on a two lane highway and going over a bridge. Two dump trucks lined themselves up like this so I had to pump my brakes a bit. I saw the guy behind me get really pissed off (probably because I started pumping my brakes) so he skirted in the right lane to pass me (illegal, but whatever) and then he threw up his hands in a rage when he saw the two large dump trucks cruising with no indication they would let up and open the road. Idk why I shared that but fuck that guy.
Gromieee@reddit
You’re title makes this comment even better🤣
LegitimateImpress336@reddit
Yesssss
bassnote1@reddit
I've seen this done (participated in it, actually) and the guy in the middle was empty and it was windy as hell. He was in danger of blowing over, so I put my tanker next to him and kept him upright until we could get to a safe exit. During all of this a bull rack came roarin up and got beside the empty van. I helped keep both of them upright until the exit. During this whole show a trooper came up behind us and, via CB, told us to keep rolling. He lit up traffic and kept us all moving, slowly, for 5 or so miles until the exit. I-25 in Wyoming. Better to be inconvenienced for a few minutes than a few hours, that's my motto.
Saskatchemoose@reddit
There is nothing like the wind in Wyoming.
TransportationSea714@reddit
This is a good reason. But in real life the professional driver on the left is a dick. It's called a third lane violation for a reason and highway patrol used to ticket you for it. Maybe the two on the right are playing grab ass. But odds are lane 3 just can't wait for one to pass. Gotta go go go.
Overall-Mine4375@reddit
Why is he a dick? It’s a passing lane he’s in. I don’t see a no truck left lanes. He could’ve been going 5mph faster or the other ones sped up. Happens to me all the time with a governed truck. I try to pass because some trucker has his 4 screens in his face because they can’t drive without them. Or understand how cruise control works. It’s 58-72mph every other mile. So I get stuck out there.
blublood93@reddit
You got alot of info from a picture.
RustyNutzRepair@reddit
My last truck (99 Peterbilt with highly tuned Caterpillar) would run 107 mph at 2120 rpm. If there was another lane open, I didn’t have to stay stuck behind a wall of trucks very long! 🤣
NekoboyBanks@reddit
One of my biggest pet peeves is getting stuck behind a driver that clearly refuses to use CC. 51 one minute, then 65, then 58, then 70, and finally back down to 58.
RepresentativeMeet46@reddit
Kenworth, im in juggles 3 under/over what I set it, absolutely pisses me off
mwonch@reddit
Okay for that rare occasion (thank you btw), but that’s not usually what’s happening in this situation.
CoWood0331@reddit
Depending on where they are. I know there are some crazy storms in the Midwest right now and specifically KS
NoManufacturer2634@reddit
This is in Ontario Canada and I can confirm it is not currently windy enough to necessitate such a maneuver. These guys are just idiots and don’t care about anyone but themselves. We got a Brampton rocket in the left lane
PristineAlgae1921@reddit
Can confirm. Avoid the fuck out of Lincoln.
mwonch@reddit
I understand, since I’m shut down right now due to that very issue. Still, this happens every day on bright, sunny days with stagnant atmospheric conditions. And…you probably know it.
CoWood0331@reddit
Agreed haha
gmnitsua@reddit
Actually a good answer
Jay-MMXXII@reddit
Wyoming I-25 is crazy, non truck drivers don’t know but that wind is really deadly. Got stuck at Cheyenne Loves heading north to Gillette and had to sit for 3 days cause of high wind gusts and I was still half loaded (dry van) when I was able to continue my rout all through wheat land and Douglas and what not it looked like a semi/trailer graveyard with all them blow overs.
spyder7723@reddit
I 25 was shut down the other day due to wind... and that was south of Albuquerque. The entire rockies are dangerous. Doesn't matter where you are in them.
Mahadragon@reddit
Clogging up 3 lanes doesn't bother me. When I'm in the fast lane and these guys are tail gating me at 80mph and 12" inches behind my bumper THAT bothers me.
Pinnacle_Nucflash@reddit
What’s a bull rack?
bassnote1@reddit
truck/trailer that hauls livestock
lonelytrucker86@reddit
And then everyone clapped and Mia Khalifa blew you.
bassnote1@reddit
Who?
Outrageous_Doubt3229@reddit
Google her
bassnote1@reddit
She what all the cool kids are chasing these days? Kinda disappointing.
LonleyWolf420@reddit
When was this? Cops got CBs nowadays?
bassnote1@reddit
All the Wyoming troopers run CB. Montana, too, as I recall. Used to be really common.
pianodude01@reddit
A bunch of states still require it. they're required for their superload escorts.
It makes a load of a difference when the cops can communicate with the driver, I hate when they don't have em
alphieboo@reddit
you’re a true hero 😌
1morepl8@reddit
You just reminded me of my old Newfoundland days lol. Newfoundland shore is wild.
Two_Routine@reddit
Elephant race!
uniformhotelhotel@reddit
Because fuck em, that's why
Quynn_Stormcloud@reddit
“Good morning everyone. God has let me live another day, and I’m about to make it everyone’s problem.” —guy on the left, probably.
denonemc@reddit
Hahaha that's great. Projecting ones own depression onto others.
Rrjtcougar@reddit
I’m gonna start using this as my daily motivation quote
1moredaythatsit@reddit
now this is funny stuff. kudos sir, kudos
blublood93@reddit
Look at the name on the trailer. Says it all
NoManufacturer2634@reddit
The 905 number. Brampton special
Big-Choice7198@reddit
How long lasted
Silent_Wrongdoer_609@reddit
That is to funny especially since people don’t show any respect to truckers or motorcycles drivers anyway. Then get emotional when someone laughs at them for talking crap in these types of moments. Just live people lol life to short one love everyone. Stay safe.
mikeglen1975@reddit
Because they're fucking idiots.
WanderingCheesehead@reddit
Well, you see, the truck on the right just entered from an onramp. Second truck changes lanes in front of another truck that was going to pass and that truck didn’t want to slow down and figures they would just pass the second truck but their speeds just all sort of hit an equilibrium and none of them think they should slow down at all. All of them are governed at the same speed.
kfb85@reddit
The trucks are governed. The drivers are fighting a government mandated time clock called an ELD. If their trucks only half a mph faster they try to overtake another truck, then hit a hill and slow down trying to pass etc. It then becomes a pissing contest and they hold up traffic for miles. Abolish ELD and Speed Governors on Trucks. Mandate drivers read and write English and stop letting brokers rob the independent drivers. Force the shipping and receiving companies to work around the drivers schedule not their own and you’d fix most of the trucking industries bs and these drag races.
BatmanKane64@reddit
they were asking each other for “Gray Poupon”
FishermansPlatter@reddit
Because we can
Conkweeftad0r@reddit
Middle lane is probably going 50 right lane is trynna pass him going 55 left lane is fed up and trying to pass them going 65
a_real_vampire@reddit
🎶Convoy 🎶
thoughts123369@reddit
Sometimes the trucks are governed at specific speeds one to 2 mph from each other so it takes a sec to one
thoughts123369@reddit
Pass but you want to maximize that speed so someone’s going to get stuck behind the wall lol
Lordfrawg@reddit
Battle of the governed 65ers
Klavaxx@reddit
Governed at the same speed
drpuck2@reddit
Why doesn't anyone ever post a pic of 3 cars side by side? I'm sure it happens more than 3 trucks. Exercise some patience for crying out loud. It'll take a few seconds or maybe even minutes to sort out. Everyone acts like it's an affront if there is a truck in front of them. "How dare they!" Calm your tits people, they're at work. Unless you've driven a truck, you have NO idea what it takes. NONE.
socialrage@reddit
That's my commute to and from work every day. 3 cars that can't make up their mind on what speed they want to go for miles.
angrydeuce@reddit
My daily commute is literally 20 miles, 12 of it interstate, and generally takes me 45 minutes to go that distance...not because of traffic being overly heavy or accidents/poor conditions, but because every mile or so, there are groups of people driving in a fucking Flying V formation like the Blue Angels at 5 under. When you're on the right stretch you can see a fair chunk of road in front of you and you can see the three specific assholes responsible for the like hundreds of vehicles behind them piling up, and the quarter mile length of totally empty road before the rear of the next clump of a hundred cars behind their Blue Angel Morons at the front of that pack driving three abreast. And the next one. And the next one.
It makes me wonder if it's some sort of performative protest action or something, seriously. Like there's just no reason not to press just a little fucking bit harder, or ease off just a tiny fucking bit, to let people get past and get over so traffic fucking moves again, but for whatever fuckin reason they just won't which makes me think that at least some of the time it's fuckin deliberate.
beavismorpheus@reddit
Lol. Yeah whenever I see that I call it a rolling road block. Funny to troll them over the radio, ""What are you guys protesting?".
ferventhag@reddit
I call it a blood clot lol
socialrage@reddit
The fucking beltline in Madison WI is absolutely ridiculous with that.
kyson1@reddit
Just gotta hit that new flex lane, weather it's open or not🤣
angrydeuce@reddit
Oh, believe me, I know it.
Source: I live in Sun Prairie lmao
truckmonkey12@reddit
Let me guess, you live in the seattle area?
GumbysDonkey@reddit
Then the one in the far left lane waits till 100yds before their exit to finally floor it and cut everyone off to make the ramp.
pakman82@reddit
I've tried as a 4 wheeler, to pace other drivers, and wave.. or otherwise communicate, and they get freaked out or are oblivious.. it's next to impossible to get on the same wavelength. Probably better not to. I only try it when traveling alone..
NearFantasica@reddit
Yup 4 wheelers do this shit all time, clogging up passing lanes and no one's bats and eye.
Appropriate_Set8166@reddit
No one bats an eye? Usually people lose their shit regardless of who’s doing it
mondaymoderate@reddit
Seriously everyone hates left lane campers
Nautilee@reddit
How about pics of cars in the only lane a truck is allowed to be in, with a long line of spaced out cars in the other lane. Makes me mad when car are in the truck lane, but then I tell myself that they have no clue how heavy I am, and probably no clue how easily they could ruin my life and end theirs. So I back off of course, wouldn’t want to kill anyone.
AdventurousLawyer646@reddit
👆🏿
zhelfrich@reddit
So it starts with the guy in the middle just driving not paying attention doing like the speed limit the guy on the right tries to pass then can because of Incline and slows down because he’s heavy. Then the guy in the middle can’t move over
And the guy in the left tailgated the guy in the middle and went to pass just before the incline and also slowed down
Also because of governed trucks preventing us from speeding up to make an actual pass. Not making excuses but this is why it happens
Shovelhead002@reddit
Un governor the trucks
Anxious_Ad909@reddit
The same why you and everyone feels a way about this: because you have somewhere to be. Every single one of us are trying to make it to their destination. You're in the left lane too and there's probably somebody trying to pass you. The bigger issue is the clowns who like to stand up on the pedal when they're governed at 66, but they were just doing 55 until somebody tried to pass.
HnytrshBdgrpndA@reddit
Because, because you class D drivers make driving difficult. While working for budweiser myself and 3 other Bud trucks drove side by side during a group call on grand in AZ for 8 miles at the posited limit. Even the police behind us couldn't do anything cuz , you know speeding... it was the best call I had in a long time.
Echotango075@reddit
Me anytime I was in Illinois or Nebraska
Ok_Internet_5058@reddit
Fun fact: cars definitely do this just as often if not more than trucks, just nobody notices because of everything else cars do, too.
th3madmatch3w@reddit
Nobody wants to slow down enough to let someone pass and free up a lane because me first me first. God forbid they arrive a few seconds later.
CompletelyPaperless@reddit
I mean, I'm governed at 68 but a lot of trucks will drive 64. Then I go to pass and they start pushing 67. I'm still passing but barely. If I go back behind hell go 64 again for sure. But you won't survive trucking if you don't learn to say fuck em. Then the super trucker shows up and he can't wait the 1-2 minutes for me to smoke the dude on the right and passes on the very left. He's looking angry like I'm supposed to slow down. I won't lose my momentum. Now there are three people blocking a highway. Only one illegal is likely the super trucker. The very right one is likely a prick too as he could lay off 2 mph of the gas.
CompletelyPaperless@reddit
Trucking is littered with shitty humans. That's why a lot of them are truckers. There are a small amount that are great guys, but God do the shitty ones outweigh the good. Luckily it's a one man job and that's why I love it. I ignore all others and refuse to get a cb. They're not disturbing my peace.
Intelligent_Card_310@reddit
Sucks when the table turns...
intoxicatedhamster@reddit
In the event that there are 3 lanes, like most interstates, the left lane is for passing, right lane is for slow moving, and the middle is everyone else. Those "slow moving vehicles keep right" actually mean something
RustyNutzRepair@reddit
There’s a multitude of reasons they do this. A. Insurance companies offer huge discounts if trucking companies have speed limits on their trucks, usually somewhere between 62 and 65 mph. B. Electronic LogBooks, every second counts and nobody is willing to give a little to allow the other person pass by quicker. C. Me First Era, everyone feels they are the only person that matters. There’s little to no respect on the highways anymore. D. Most don’t even know another truck has been trying to pass them for 7 miles because they are watching a YouTube video on their phone or tablet.
This is why in February of 2021 I sold my truck and retired from the trucking industry, these idiots can have it all! My life is so much less stressful now! lol.
Severe_Ad_6627@reddit
I will never understand as a trucker, not being in the right lane if you are not going to pass the person in the lane to your right by a difference of atleast 5mph.
So many fucking truckers travel in the middle lane and I don’t understand it.
Some truckers will enter a 3 lane freeway with nobody around and no lanes ending for 10+ miles and just immediately sit in the middle lane.
intoxicatedhamster@reddit
Middle lane is safest. It has no problems with merging on ramps, the most space and therefore reaction time for deer or other obstacles coming from the sides, you potentially have space to move to the right or left in an emergency instead of a guard rail, and you are less likely to get stuck behind someone going under the speed limit.
Severe_Ad_6627@reddit
If you need to travel in the middle lane, you need to be off the road you are ruining the safe and constant flow of traffic by only passing in lanes outside of the right lane
intoxicatedhamster@reddit
Right lane is for slow moving traffic, if I'm cruising at 70 in a 65, I'm not supposed to be in the slow lane
Severe_Ad_6627@reddit
There is no “slow lane” posted on any signs or in any us laws.
Every state and interstate has signs saying “slower traffic keep right” or “travel on the right” “left for passing only” I can’t believe I have to explain this to you but if you are not actively passing you are supposed to be on the right you are interrupting the flow of traffic by not traveling on the right. You should feel like an ass every time a vehicle passes you on the right because you are and I’m willing to bed hundreds of vehicles do so per day or more, even other trucks.
Severe_Ad_6627@reddit
The middle lane might be safer for you and even that is speculative but it increases the risk several times fold for all other drivers on the road when traveling in the middle instead of the right
meizhong@reddit
This should be illegal and ticketed at least as aggressively as speeding. They cost us all time and money, they create traffic, make the roads more dangerous, and by creating traffic they contribute to pollution.
Severe_Ad_6627@reddit
This might be a hot take, but I believe that cruising the same speed as another driver, both car and or truck by even one to 2 mile an hour differences should be federally illegal. I also believe that it impacts traffic much more negatively than any amount of speeding ever does
meizhong@reddit
Exactly!
drpuck2@reddit
Riiiiight. And cars are all fabulous drivers that do no wrong.....EYEROLL
meizhong@reddit
You misunderstood my comment. I don't care what they're driving, nothing to do with trucks. Any vehicle that does this should get pulled over.
Severe_Ad_6627@reddit
The absolute worst of it is when you’re trying to pass a guy on the right after flashing them for a mile you begin to pass them on the right then as you get next to them, they match your speed flip you off and then takeoff. It’s hilarious.
Saaaaaaaammmmmmmm@reddit
Cruising lane buddy. Safer than trying to get over for vehicles that don’t know how to properly merge every exit
Unique_Arm435@reddit
Not a cruising lane. Keep right except to pass means all the way right. In a left lane truck restriction, "cruising" in the lane trucks need to pass in is some bullshit.
Saaaaaaaammmmmmmm@reddit
You have fun with that
Severe_Ad_6627@reddit
I handle it just fine, flash them to speed up. Merge over if necessary and if you can do safely. I’m 100% willing to bet every hour you spend on the road you ruin the flow of traffic atleast 5 times.
Saaaaaaaammmmmmmm@reddit
And i didn’t give a shit at least 5 times
Mattfoomoomoo@reddit
I cruise in the middle of 3+ lanes because a bunch of people don’t know how to merge, but if I see a truck coming up I’ll get over so we’re not all changing lanes
angrydeuce@reddit
This right here. Do it so merging traffic isn't trying to figure out how to adjust to the through traffic and causing calamities.
It ain't the middle lane drivers that are the problem, it's the left laners not executing their pass quick enough. There are a lot of factors involved of course but at the end of the day, if it takes someone more than a minute or so to pass, or more than a couple miles, they shouldn't have been attempting to pass in the first place and thus should (imho) back off and merge back in.
Also, fuck people that can't just loose off the gas for a couple fucking seconds to let a truck get over. Such a minor fucking thing that people just don't want to do.
DescriptionGreen4344@reddit
Looks like time for cruise control an a window down an a smoke until they make their damn mind up who’s passing who
tidyshark12@reddit
Ask the guy in the right lane 🤷♂️
StanTheCaddy2020@reddit
That's why I keep bottles of piss in vehicle. FAFO
endthefed2022@reddit
This is criminal incompetence
AleTheMemeDaddy@reddit
My guess is that theyre going uphill.
Right lane truck is going up slow because of weight. Middle lane truck tries to pass, and in the process of passing, left lane truck catches up to middle lane truck.
When going uphill and heavy, if you slow down, youre not picking that speed up, which forces trucks to have to drive around each other often. I know it looks inconvenient, but truckers arent blessed with the ability to speed up and slow down as they please.
Naturist02@reddit
It’s payback for all the idiot breakchecking by cars. When I see this all I can think of is “adult swim” 😆
AdOnly5273@reddit
Assert dominance
LineValuable9848@reddit
This a clustertruck
Early-Zebra6540@reddit
It's crazy to me too. I've always felt like it's more of an ego thing, like a driver saying "if you get out there in the left lane then it's up to you to pass me" but at some point i believe we have to say "well, I am sharing the road with hundreds of other people and it's not just about me out here, I'll back off and let him pass me"
Often times I'll get to a drivers trailer wheels or half way up his trailer and the. He goes "omg another truck is about to pass me, I must be driving slow, let me speed up" and then we are fighting the lane battle all of a sudden when if we would have continued at his original speed I could have went around him, and then him around me later"
My truck is governed at 73 mph so this happens more so with cars, but everyday this happens with a truck Driver and I believe if we just remember that driving isn't about us only and we share the public roadways with others, we can put our pride aside. It's only a truck passing you, we get passed all the time. Someone out there is always going to drive faster than you, it doesn't matter how fast your truck is.
I try to drive like this
"How annoying would it be to be the guy in front of me or behind me if I did (fill in the blank)
So I'm not just thinking about myself when I drive.
There's also times where you have to fend for yourself because people don't care.
There's a balance yall!
What yall think
beardedcanadianguy@reddit
Because I gotta take a shit
Akemi_Tachibana@reddit
When I see that shit, I give them 15 seconds to move then I take a shot at their rear tires and watch as they pull over in my mirror.
holynightstand@reddit
Lack of selflessness 🤣
LockportTrans@reddit
To see who's truck is the fastest. Or lightest. Or just to piss you off. Why? Who's asking?
AThousandBloodhounds@reddit
It's called a slug race.
Stick_em_up-1980@reddit
They do it because they are gae
Feral_Newspaper@reddit
Depends on the road.
Inside a city? Bet dudes riding that middle lane.
Going up a mountain? Middle dude is inconvenienced by the guy on the right side. Far left is inconvenienced by both lol.
Unfortunately I've been each of those guys. Except when I'm the middle guy I. Going 65 (capped) trying to pass the guy in the slow lane Going 63 or 64.
Ive also passed guys that were riding middle from the far left or slow lane.
Nothing is worse then passing someone then they decide to go the speed your capped at or slightly faster.
Lord_Shockwave007@reddit
Because you pissed them off! 😤
But it's hilarious to see at the same time!
Thegdog_@reddit
meh, trucker here. i do use the far left lane only when the two to the right are not passing each other but i wait for a decent window and my truck is governed to 80, so i can just go and be back over within 10 secs.
Gonzotrucker1@reddit
We talked about in the meetings. We do this just to piss you off.
AroundGoesThe18@reddit
Sssshhhh. First rule, bud. We've been over this.
No-Distribution1672@reddit
I’ve been the trucker in the left lane so let me tell you what causes this. The two dumbasses in the in righter lanes will be going side by side slower than what I can go. So I will wait a few miles and see if one passes the other and leaves a gap for me to pass. After so many miles of them being side by side with no way for me to pass, I’ll go to the left lane in an attempt to go around. Those in the righter lanes will then speed up trapping me in the left lane.
DeDrick_C@reddit
From experience sometimes this means it's something up ahead that they are wanting other people behind to slow down for to prevent a crash! And each time I'm always right! Sometimes, there may be a high speed chase and some drivers actually can speak with law enforcement over their radios!
Ecstatic_Kick_6479@reddit
That’s Crazy
Live4vrRdieTryin@reddit
Why does it hurt you to see three buddies having a nice day? You problem dude.
Environmental-Pear40@reddit
I mean, we're going to be on the road for at least a few hours at a time might as well try and race each other.
Jaded_Customer_8058@reddit
It’s called a trucker cock block
Some_Victory_5499@reddit
Why? Ask your government why we need speed limiters. That's your awnser
whatever187ish@reddit
Probably cause the guy in the far Left laneGot tired of sitting behind the guy in the middle.Who's not passing the guy on the right
KolossalKorn@reddit
I do this sometimes to keep 4 wheelers from cutting me off while cruising down hill. I'm at a governed 65 it allows me to go a little faster and save some mpg. If I don't, I'll get cut off more often than I like by someone going slower than me.
enriquecheng@reddit
Fleetex are a bunch of idiots
Same-Debate1828@reddit
We're just chatting and catching up
PalePersonality6331@reddit
In a hurry to get nowhere fast
Leto_ll@reddit
My truck runs smoother when the fourwheeler tear tank is topped up
Unique_Arm435@reddit
Bawhahahah
hitness157@reddit
Very simple. My dash cam records till the cops I call arrive. Get fucked.
LimpingAsFastAsICan@reddit
This reminds me of the time I saw a circle jerk video.
Some-Bag-1028@reddit
If ya have to ask? Ya ain’t been In trucking long enough to realize most are just steering wheel holders who act like 4 wheelers
Unique_Arm435@reddit
This
Psychedelic_Shampoo@reddit
"Hark, travelers, you may overtake us and pass free; but only if you answer our riddles three"
errie_tholluxe@reddit
Is this like the easiest way to get internet points or are people just not understanding that this happens? Ffs get on with your driving and quit repeating something other people having been saying for fucking years. It's boring.
truckmonkey12@reddit
Based on the shape of the license plates, and axle configuration of the middle truck, my guess is that this is in Ontario on one if the 400 series expressways.
The problem with Ontario is that they have a no-trucks-in-left-lane law combined with a driving culture where “slower traffic keep right” is a completely alien concept.
As a result, many trucks will ride the middle lane, often driving under the speed limit. Ontario has had speed limiters mandatory for commercial vehicles, but it is often unenforced. Many commercial vehicles will often ride the middle lanes driving under the speed limit as well, even late at night during quiet hours.
Now what happens is, someone who is able and willing to do the max speed on their truck (105KPH, which is only 5K over the speed limit in most parts of the highways) will encounter the middle lane campers elephant racing, or worse, matching speeds with the guy in the right, all while both of them are driving below the speed limit.
So they end up passing on the left lane when it is safe to do so. That is when egos start getting hurt and people find the accelerator, and thus, the 3 elephant race begins.
1luckysobz@reddit
The simple answer is the most obvious one, Most truckers will simply not want to slow down for nobody, everybody else be damned.
AdventurousLawyer646@reddit
I call it 4wheeler brain, Cause nobody... NOBODY likes to touch their brake pedal or come off the throttle. Even if it's in their best interest. Whole time this is happening in the picture one of them could blow a steer, then the whole Rd might get shut down. Guarantee neither of them thought about this. I've heard drivers say that in their 20-30-40 years driving they may have had 2 steers blow. Sounds like it's not that common right? How many million trucks on the road in the US? x2 steer tires. Plus people buying cheap tires in general. They always fuss at the middle or left lane driver, but the driver being passed has the control to open up the Rd. But sheep gone sheep as they've always sheeped.
spyder7723@reddit
Blowing a tire doesn't cause accidents. Idiots panicking and slamming on their brakes when they blew a tire or over correcting with adhesive steering is what causes accidents.
Kortobowden@reddit
Had this briefly happen to me. Went over one lane to the left so the truck could merge, merging truck sped up alongside me. And another truck came around to the left. I dropped my speed a couple mph, and merged to the right as soon as I could. I always hate this.
HollowMonty@reddit
If this is anywhere but California, then the guy in the slow lane is going 60-65.
Then the guy next to him is likely only going a little fast and just wants to pass the slow lane before merging back into it.
The real asshole is the fast lane guy. He KNOWS he should be waiting following middle lane guy.
mariamad89@reddit
Doing that is illegal just in case anyone didn’t know.
spyder7723@reddit
Downs on the location. Plenty of areas this is legal.
Over_Working2255@reddit
bet the car in the middle lane was driving slow and wouldn't move over and the person that took the picture immediately started driving faster after seeing the truck use the left lane.
First-Olive-1181@reddit
Drag race! 😂
bob696988@reddit
They just got done watching NASCAR and they heard they are going three wide !! Lightbulb went off we can do that too.
Great_Bambi@reddit
Every time this shit gets posted, I feel the urge to check that it's not me. I'm governed at 65 and the truck can barely move out of its own way some days.
SeeLeavesOnTheTrees@reddit
Guy who is going 39 mph is trying to pass guy who is going 38 mph and who is also trying to pass guy going 37 mph.
This happened daily at a certain hill during my old commute in California.
CardinalsRising91@reddit
Always the damn sidewalk sissies
Chill_Dude8813@reddit
Truck on the right is partially in the wrong but also not It's a 3 lane HW, he's in the slow lane Truck in the middle is mostly in the wrong. Knowing he's struggling to past the Truck on the right, and is currently attempting to get passed on the left He should back off for 10sec, let the truck pass, then go back to trying to pass the truck on the right
flopjul@reddit
This is a weird take since here in the Netherlands the most left one is wrong because he has started overtaking someone who was already overtaking. Unless the person on the right just merged in there is no reason for this. If the middle one is overtaking to slow for your líking go behind him wait till he is past and take him over when he is back in the right lane
Severe_Ad_6627@reddit
Chill either miss typed, or is an idiot. In America, the right lane is the travel/cruise lane. Every other lane is a passing lane.
Every single interstate in America, unless otherwise posted for construction zones or other areas are always travel on the right pass on the left or slower traffic keep right so in this specific scenario, the truck on the right is completely OK. It’s the middle truck and the left truck that need to either speed up or slow down and get behind the right truck.
flopjul@reddit
I know but blocking the highway for prolonged periods of time(in this case 3 wide) could be solved by the one that started overtaking last going after the one overtaking. So that they dont block the whole road, if its a 2 lane than you dont have another choice but this is just impatience in its truest form
Severe_Ad_6627@reddit
I upvoted, I cannot believe someone downvoted your comment. Humanity is fucked.
GumbysDonkey@reddit
Truck in middle ain't struggling to pass nobody. Unless they the 1st livestock hauler to not drive 100mph. They got a car hauler in front of them, they are just trapped.
Abubble13@reddit
The one on the right is not wrong at all. They are not the ones impeding traffic
treesmith1@reddit
Cause u can! Elephunk racin' is a popular sport in many cultures. How else could you take a solid bet over the radio with such good odds. I am thinkin' about writing a book. The sandbagger, the heavy O/O, and light choked truck. Lol.
Rothar13@reddit
Guaranteed that the trucker in the right lane was doing 10mph under the limit, but as soon as the first truck tried to pass he maxed out.
MoistDevelopment@reddit
Looks like an uphill. Bro is probably heavy.
BusinessStrict6375@reddit
We are sharing recipes! And talking about current events through our windows.
pattop@reddit
Gives you time to practice your patience and contemplate stuff.
TruckersAreBored@reddit
So the NASCAR commentator can scream THREE WIDE
ibonek_naw_ibo@reddit
What if the truck on the left is passing with governor pegged 1-2 mph faster than the truck in the middle? Its not only cars that play the "Oh a big truck is passing me...better speed up and then slow down repeatedly" game
GreatWhiteM00se@reddit
Just another day on Highway 401...🤬
Initial_Reading_6828@reddit
Truck in right lane governed at 65 mph. Truck in middle lane governed at 67 mph. I'm in left lane. I've been driving 11 hours each day for the past 3 days, in a Truck that does 73-78 mph. At this point between me wanting to be to my damn destination and being irritated by the idiot in the prius that's been hanging out at my driver's door in the left lane for the past 10 miles I eventually say F the world and you now have this. At this point I don't care about the no trucks in left lane sign either.
MPV8614@reddit
https://youtu.be/WcyNWbx8kAo?si=w2tSa-4TMl2zZ-k6n
CR8Y_ol_Maurice@reddit
They’re doing drugs with each other other
Troubador222@reddit
I don’t know about them, but I do it just to piss you off OP.
Sure-Debate-464@reddit
Why do cars do this?
GumbysDonkey@reddit
Gonna comment the same thing I do each time this stuff gets posted.
I see 4 wheelers doing this shit way more often but nobody bats an eye. It's annoying no matter who does it.
WardogSquadeon@reddit
Truck in middle lane is going 60-63mph on 70mph hwy. Most truckers aren’t going to apply the brakes when they have momentum and the space to go around.
Tiparuski@reddit
Tandem cruise
Senior-Command-9409@reddit
Ontario in the left lane🙄
deadpat03@reddit
Why the fuck do you complain about your life problems so much?
Dr_Phil_its_me@reddit
In my experience is cause truckers used to be the knights of the road, and I'm sure some still are, but a large %age are fucking roadraging assholes. The thing is, the truckers who act like that are generally cowards. If you give it back, they back down.
To give an example, one thought my wife was alone and was harassing her on the road. I was asleep in the back. When I woke up, I popped out the window with a pistol and that little pussy got off the road. Cowards, don't let them fucking bully you
Grimm_Kreed@reddit
I dont think being scared of an insane person is cowardly.
Dr_Phil_its_me@reddit
It is when you were trying to be tough to s woman for no reason.
deemac34@reddit
Three New Canadian's making the 401/Canada a better place for everyone
ConsequenceSweaty241@reddit
Because you tried to pass and then the one you try passing speed's up because he a asshole
mrockracing@reddit
Idiot 1 on the right, didn't want to let the guy (potentially also an idiot) in the middle pass. Idiot 2 (or 3) came up on the situation and decided not to wait and find out what was happening, and instead decided to try and pass everyone. Idiot 2's truck isn't any faster than the guy in the middle's truck. Boom. Wall of trucks.
To everyone who is idiot 1... just slow up. A single mph will get a guy past. If you don't want him in front, then pass him afterwards and get tf out of the way. This is annoying, but far safer and keeps traffic moving.
Leaf-Stars@reddit
You’re the idiot here. Guy on the right is doing his thing. Guy in the middle is an idiot. If you don’t have the juice to pass someone up a hill, get the fuck over. It’s not the guy on the rights job to slow down even more so some asshole can get by.
Q7017@reddit
Doorswingers doing doorswingery things.
Todd2ReTodded@reddit
On ramp probably was close by. Guy in the far left was passing and had to get over because the guy in the middle was moving over. Middle guy is probably the slowest and is actually being double team passed as we speak. I've had this happen to me a number of times.
onisyndicate@reddit
It's payback for 4 wheelers driving slow, then riding my tandems for miles and finally speeding up to pass me only to slow back down when I get behind them again.
nastyzoot@reddit
Durka durka, Mohammed jihad. Durka.
AspNSpanner@reddit
Did that across the city bound lower level of the GWB.
There was a one lane merge aged that ppl were going bat spit crazy over. After capturing the lanes it flowed much better.
TransportationSea714@reddit
Do you know what a third lane violation is? This is the problem. Read your trucker Bible. It's illegal in most places.
Hence Dick. I can't slow down to drive safely. I'm the most important truck on the road.
drpuck2@reddit
Not illegal everywhere though. Really shouldn't be illegal ANYWHERE.
OilOk3463@reddit
The ‘ol’ Mormon blockade
angrydeuce@reddit
They call em elephant races by my way lol
duhrun@reddit
Inexperienced, entitlement, no care for the motoring public, never been trained.
HGowdy@reddit
Entitled brats with an instant gratification addiction.
Which_Initiative_882@reddit
Considering I saw a guy smoking his brakes badly going down Walker Pass on i15 wayyy down at the bottom where its not steep (nearly in visible range of Fontana) and bypass the truck route while not keeping his lane because he was texting, yeah this checks out, and the two on the right were probably just as annoyed.
shadowmib@reddit
The problem with the photo is it doesn't tell the story. The driver on the right might have been going 20 mph. The one in the middle might have been going 50 and the one in the left going 100 and they just happened to be lined up at the same time that the picture was taken for all we know. On the other hand, it might have been a turtle race between the right and middle and the other one got tired of it and went and was going around. People that post these always want to have some kind of narrative that they're pushing when they don't know what they're talking about half the time
goated95@reddit
Because “fuck you”, that’s why
mcgunner1966@reddit
Hey, that's three-wide racing!
FatSinceDay1@reddit
they’re racing for the piston cup leave em alone brotha
yooomama03@reddit
have to maintain eye contact until they finish
Think_Bear_3791@reddit
Because of ego and being miserable I would assume. But also, either the middle lane is going to slow and needs to get to the right or the left lane guys a psycho who thinks he owns the road. It’s a mixed bag and that little bit of uncertainty makes this job suck lol
silva579@reddit
👳🏾♂️
DependentPlace5534@reddit
Slip-stream ,,,MPG it goes up to around 28 MPG .
yeroldpappy@reddit
Shits and giggles
JankyMark@reddit
lol I see this every day
Delicious_Peace_2526@reddit
Paid by the mile. Always late, penalized for missing appointments.
Saaaaaaaammmmmmmm@reddit
I’m not listening to my distance alert, if I can go 2mph faster than the guy in front of me I’m going to use it
Icy-Willingness9487@reddit
Why do you keep whining. We do it to piss everybody off. Let’s not forget that there is maybe 1 year of experience between the three of them and not one of them speaks English
OrganizationNo6167@reddit
Places to be money to make