Stupid is as stupid does, pretty self evident Forrest. Just a typical day moving oversize yellow iron. no courtesy and that's all I have to say about that.
Where I live I just have to assume that Everyones wife is in labor, the house is on fire, while NASCAR and WWE wrestling is on. And they’re missing it!
Which goes as much for truck drivers too. The number who overtake doing 1mph faster than the truck Infront to save that few seconds in there journey... It's all drivers including truckers who are impatient
Agreed ....population was less= less stupid people. But it was the good ol days when stupid killed themselves everyone said they should've known better. Nowadays we have to save the stupid people.
@@oldschool6345 Nowadays you can get liquored and drive your car into a bridge abutment and end up with a ton of money because the bridge was there. Seen it!! Edit: Typo.
Too bad, because of universal suffrage, the losers are the biggest political power. They are controlling the gov't. Look where we at today, ppl rather sit on the thumb in their ass at home collecting the stimi checks than go out and work. A lot of restaurants are out of workers. Shortages everywhere... Uncle Joe's solution is "print more money"! Well, eventually, the stupid will eat themselves out, just look at the results of communism in the past. So many ppl died from famine in China, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela, East Germany, Soviet Union... now, USA isn't too far from it... just prepare
Maybe because I do service work and drive alot and come around a blind corner expecting a tractor in the road. And also because I don't wanna kill anyone ,the side of a road is a filthy nasty place to die. Look out for em all, farmers ,tree workers , road crews. Easy for me to say slow down , I'm getting paid for it 😂
The one thing I learned in drivers ed that the teachers didn't exactly say but that I follow is that if I pull in front of someone and they have to slow down, I fucked up. Cut in front and floor it if you really cant wait...
That is exactly what I learned as well. On my daily commute to work I have a one mile stretch of highway and I often have a small gap in traffic. Let's just say that I make that hemi rev a little.
50 years ago. my grandfather put a bumper sticker on the back of his car when he got honked at alot. It said "hurry up, hell ain't quite full yet". Years after he died I saw a better one "drive like hell, and you will get there". Good Luck, Rick
A lot of people are just inconsiderate of others. Couple years ago I stopped in the middle of the road so three heavily loaded log trucks could safely pull out and make a sharp turn to get on the road. Everyone of them smiled and waved. Seen nothing but a bunch of irritated people behind me lol
Giving up your right of way is one of the most dangerous things you can do behind the wheel. Someone like you did this for a pickup and trailer but I was coming the other way and didn't plan on stopping (no one behind me for miles anyway). Pickup pulled out in front of me and I hit his trailer so hard that the load went flying all over the highway. Not sure how I walked away because everything in the engine bay and both front wheels were crushed. All because someone gave up their right of way instead of just moving like they're supposed to. And there wasn't even anyone behind them either. In most situations though, you're just causing traffic to pile up so people further down the road have to wait for a massive line of angry cars to pass.
as a former truck driver i can say that your intentions were good but you really should not stop in the middle of the road while driving to let someone out. it is unsafe
Yeah it’s crazy anymore people just can’t wait. I have them pull out in front of me all the time while there is no one behind me only to turn 3 blocks down the road
It’s true , had an idiot pass me and turn right under the loader of the tractor I was in onto their street, rather than wait 5 seconds for me and the roundbaler I was pulling to get a little further down the road. SMV placards , flashing lights , none of it matters anymore lol.
As my dad used to tell me way back when I first got my drivers license " It aint you i worry about its all the other IDIOTS on the road" . He taught me to drive well and safely so knew i could handle cars in slides etc but as he said you never know what anyone else is capable of and best to always expect them to do the dumbest thing possible always. I always plan to be where i need to be 10 to 20 minutes before i have to be there and then allow atleast 20 minutes extra time than i know it will take me to drive there in the slowest traffic so I always have a 40 minute buffer for any timed arrival but i never rush it even if i do end up being late as Dad always said better to be late than DEAD on time!
Very good father. I taught my son the same. Plan ahead so you have time for idiots or unexpected issues. Early is on time. If you’re late, just get there safely.
Daughter is just starting to drive teaching her the same. Just as my father taught me. Plus when it comes to tractor trailers give them room to maneuver as pops always said " he ain't driving a wheelbarrow"
I get concerned about this every time we move machinery down the road. Most people just don’t understand that we often have limited opportunities to move off the road due to poles, mailboxes and other obstacles and they just can’t seem to wait a half mile till we can move over.
Idaho! Far as I know as long as the farmer has a slow moving vehicle sign and they weren't intentionally trying to cause an accident they really have no liability. The worst stretch of highway I've ever driven in a truck was during harvest between American Falls and Aberdeen. The people in the cars don't have a clue and the farm hands driving the equipment are just as clueless! They'd have 30 cars behind them and instead of pulling over in those nice paved pull-outs they made for them they'd just keep on a going plugging up traffic. Idaho law states if there's 3 or more vehicles behind you that you have to pull over and let them pass.
I am learning how to drive one of them there trucks, and a person cut me off, slammed on their brakes, and then turned right, this was on my 4th time driving, my instructor was pissed off, luckily i expected it and started to slow down, he asked me why and i said "wait 5 more seconds... yup, predicted it"
That was some good Defensive Driving there. Well done! You've got your Dickhead Driver Radar tuned in just about right. Stay safe. Mark from Melbourne Australia
@@markfryer9880 my DHDR has been honed over many years of my daily commute to work. One time I was driving to work, keeping up with the flow of traffic, doing 120km an hour, and still getting passed and fingered by people... The limit is 70km an hour by the way.
I drive in westchester county ny and nyc people are so damn impatient it's infuriating. The driving public is straight up ignorant on pulling out and stopping in front of big rigs.
When my uncle was giving me driving lessons,when I was a teen if I went a little to fast he would say “we are all getting there at the same time “ Still words to live by today..
This is something that drives me up and down the wall! I can't standing it when people pass me, then cut across me to take an exit, or they pass me just to get to their turnoff a while 3 seconds sooner. God forbid they have to wait 5 minutes.
It’s unbelievably aggravating. I’ll be riding with my wife in her car and she will get upset about another driver and I’m like babe, I get it but you really have no idea how good you’ve got it in this car. There’s not much worse of a feeling than almost plowing through an idiot when they pull out in front of you and you’re loaded. We bale hay every summer and even though we pull off every chance we get to let everyone around we still get assholes that flip us off and scream because we slowed them down by a few minutes. People don’t understand simple math. If you’re behind a tractor doing 25 in a 50 for a couple miles you’re only out a couple minutes at most but people act like you’ve just made them 30 minutes late.
Drives me crazy when people pass you and then slow down to turn immediately after. Especially on the interstate, zoology around you and then exit right. Makes me want to run into them.
I had a D65 dozer on the lowboy once on a two lane road in Pa and a school bus pulled out in front of me about the same distance as the suv did on you and then stopped 12 times before it turned left, That was 10 or 12 years ago,but I;m feeling much better now!! Well maybe not yer!!
I had one time in my life where I accidently pulled out in front of a trucker, I gunned it damn fast as soon as I realized it but felt fucking horrible for it. Huge respect for transport vehicles, absolute lifeblood of America. I deserved his extended air horn and chasing up on my rear. Stupid mistake, if I had a CB I would have hopped on right away and apologized with a beer and lunch for the day.
At least most farmers aren't driving their tractors around in the dark. Amish on the other hand get caught away from home when the sun goes down in the winter and seeing them at night is near impossible. Black buggies, black horses and people that have dark clothing on. The ones around here only have lanterns to show up at night. Lanterns can't be seen from far away.
When I get behind a farmer pulling equipment down the country roads around me I put my hazards on and just enjoy the pace......... Its not going to make or break anyone to just SLOW DOWN for a few minutes in your Life..............
Honestly, people just need to slow down sometimes and not just with their driving. It seems like everyone is in a rush to go somewhere or do something. People just need to take some time to chill out.
I recently discovered an old, slow diesel pickup superpower. I won't do it to cars because they don't understand, but if I'm being tailgated by a modified "pavement princess" pickup and they won't go away, I'll slow down a fair bit, move as far left as safely possible to get my tailpipe as centered in my lane as I can and then smoke 'em. They back off the second they hit that cloud.
Back when I was in drivers ed we had to watch a hours worth of deadly accidents. I think they need to start making some of these people watch it again.
Jeff, I've done a lot of driving in my life and I can't tell you how many knuckleheads I've seen do stupid stuff and then I've seen them 10-30 minutes up the road in a ditch or into a pole. It only bothers me when innocent people get hurt, if they have a death wish I say Good Luck
I was involved in a wreck on our landscaping tractor; a few years ago. I had my hand out to turn left and put it back on steering wheel to turn. Car passed on left side. It hit the rear tire and our roll over box.
Getting motion sick easily has taught me patience in city driving. To *not* be on the gas and brake so hard to maintain that minimum safety distance *at all times* like everyone else likes to do. To actually look beyond the car in front of me to know whether I should be on the gas, the brake, or if I'm good just coasting. Then I come to know the frustration of truckers when someone cuts you off because they feel the space they see in front of you is big enough for them to fit in. Still love that line from Disney/Pixar's "Cars". "Cars didn't drive to make great time, they drove to *have* a great time."
They dont have a minute to stay behind or wait for a larger truck or farm equpiment. But I swear every single one of them will sit in the tim hortons (big in Canada) line up for 15 min for a coffee
I totally agree with you about people being in a big hurry for no reason at all. And they think a loaded big truck can stop like a car. Some folks are plain stupid
You'd be surprised. If he was loaded at the time (no mirror shot on that clip, so no way to know), then it takes a lot longer to decelerate than you realize. Especially since he's a step deck heavy hauler - he can be up over 60 tons at times. You don't understand 60 tons...unless you've pulled it. Seemed like a lot of room, really wasn't. You really can't just break at full intensity all the time, which is often needed when someone cuts off a truck. Eventually the brakes will overheat and fail. ;)
When I drove seemed like everyone that pulled out like that right in front of you they always had to turn immediately after I feel ya I personally think everyone should have to drive around in a semi and farm machinery before they are allowed to have a drivers license just so they understand
I'm an OTR driver myself. 53' reefer. And I after 13+ years I can still be amazed at the utter stupidity of four-wheelers on the road. A trend I have been seeing is people on the interstate slowing down a mile before they exit. Sometimes I think about rear-ending them to see if maybe it will jump-start their brain.
As a farmer I work alone most of the time so a pilot vehicle is difficult to come by plus it adds difficulty to people being able to pass me which I would like them to do. People should be aware that not only is traffic an obstacle for moving farm equipment but so are mail boxes. Driver should be aware of where mailboxes are so they don't get caught in the middle of the operator trying to avoid a mailbox. My equipment is older and not equipped with flashing lights so I purchased magnetic light that I attached to the equipment. I usually don't worry about cars but when transporting equipment I try to get out of the way of trucks. It's to difficult for them to pass and I know they are on a schedule.
Damn Jeff I didn't think they breed stupid people anywhere but in Kentucky. Lol. I could have posted a video of a woman that passed me the other day, she was putting on makeup, eating and texting. Was a four lane, in the fast lane, tailgating the guy in front of her that was going about two miles a hour faster than me so I had a good look.
As a farmer, our injury and accident insurance is in the neighborhood of $2 million per incident. Carry enough to replace our equipment no matter what it is we are driving, the other person's equipment and enough for hospital and collateral damages. That being said we try to have a tail vehicle when we can, and we can see behind our equipment. We will pull over or run the ditch when its safe to do so. If we are not making a clear effort to let people pass there is probably a reason, either we are about to turn, it isn't safe, or we have obstacles on the ditch side that require us to take up the road to not rip the signs or bridges. So just remember that tractor tire is 6-7 foot tall and doesnt give a shit about your 5 foot tall car, that tractor is atleast 18000 lbs by itself and if it's an articulated you can bet on 30000 lbs plus implement weight added to it. Our equipment is designed to cut through several inches of rock and dirt, it wont care about your 1/16 inch steel or aluminum car body. When the dust settles the tractor will be the one on top literally with the exception of a semi. It's not worth your life being crushed and torn to bits to save a couple minutes. We got a job to do just like everyone else and we are trying to do it as safe and effectively as we can for everyone around. Just give us a minute and we'll get everyone around and on their way.
Here in Indiana farmers arre courteous... That being said: THEY HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY! They have limited maneuverability... Cars must yield.. FARMERS WILL SLOW DOWN AND STOP SO YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE WAY... But they are not leaving the road and nor can they give up your side of the road, because their vehicles are often very very wide.
As a truck driver, and someone who’s worked on the farm , and someone who is in a hurry sometimes... I see both sides of this! You don’t know how much longer that tractor pulling an implement is going to be in front of you ! The 4 wheeler that pulled out in front of you... no excuse for that !
This exemplifies just ONE reason I finally said ‘to hell with trucking’ and retired In 2015 after 38 years as a veteran truck driver/owner operator. People in automobiles take too much crap for granted with the attitude of “that truck driver won’t run over me bc he’ll lose his job”. SMH.
Was a ranch mechanic /all around hand /cattlepot driver and stupid people never cease to amaze me. Some people have common sense but most dont. You CAN fix stupid , but its gonna hurt !
The one thing my trainers hammered into our heads in CDL training is that you're the professional and the vast majority of drivers are amateurs so you need to anticipate and just deal with the idiots. Even if they break the law and it's legally their fault that doesn't mean you won't get in trouble (or fired) for not predicting the idiocy and avoiding the fallout.
I hope more people and farmers catch onto the words of wisdom in this video. Spending half my life in rural Wyoming I have come across tractors far more than I can count. It is a safety issue not having anything to let approaching cars know. Worst part about it is the amount of people that speed like crazy on the two laners. Volatile combination
As a truck driver i can attest to people being stupid around trucks. Last winter i drove school bus for something to keep me busy in the off-season and it was surprising the amount of respect school busses get. But in a semi (or now im driving bulk fuel truck) people continuously cut you off or try to beat you. Common courteous is a thing of the past. The thing that picks my ass the most is when someone passes me then goes 5km slower than what i have my cruise set at!
I agree about the idiots that pull out or pass then left turn. But actually be the last guy and you didn't know the farmer was turning till after the guy was passing. Guy passing got out far enough to see no one was coming. Last guy was fine. I know it's hard to relax when your not in control.
The stakes couldn't be any higher: human life. My husband was a truck driver. Unfortunately he was involved in an accident through NO FAULT OF HIS OWN. Young man was impaled on his steering wheel and his car was on fire. My husband tried to open any of his car doors to help the man but couldn't open any doors on the vehicle-- firefighters ended up later cutting him out of his carwith the jaws of life. All my husband could do is grab the fire extinguisher and put out the fire and call 911. Turns out this young man was his parents' only child. PLEASE, PLEASE BE CAREFUL, PEOPLE!!!
Only thing I get irritated at are when tractors are on main roads going straight for a long time. You got 15 cars behind you. Pull over and get back on when they pass you
I'm an owner operator pulling a belly dump in Phoenix area and deal with this crap all day long. Gets old for sure! Love your channel, keep up the good work
heh just got back from hauling a no till drill down the road at 3am. jd 1590. would like to do some trucking in a couple years get my AZ and go across the country maybe go down to the states. one thing for sure is that truckers are a lot more trust worthy when it comes to me driving down the road with duallies and equipment. pretty sketchy with peoples impatience when you take up from the shoulder of the road to 3’ over the other side of the line. tip for rural areas, if your driving something big and slow and need to turn into somewhere pull into the middle of the road if there’s traffic (especially if you don’t have good visibility behind you). people seem to not understand that it’s dangerous to pass you when you are trying to get in somewhere tight and are slowing down. you should try to be the one factor that will 100% guarantee safety instead of blind insurance from not being able to see the people behind you. people can stop and slow down for you.
It doesn’t matter if you have a 60 to 80,000lb dozer on your trailer. You better come to stop when IM READY TO PULL ON THE ROAD! I see it everywhere in New England! Then again I have watched my wife on route 6 in Maine do 80+ mph trying to pull away from empty logging trucks that just keep pushing her down the road. Respect and responsibility is not a one way road ! Great video ! 👍👍
Along time ago in a far away place the officer told me would you rather lose a second of time or your life in a second that kinda stuck with me fifty years ago
I was once riding on a coach bus in a sow storm. They were closing he highway behind us, and you could only really see about 20 feet out the windshield. All of a sudden, I see tail lights come up the right side of the bus. My thought was "Oh, he's not gonna..." but yep. Tried to cut the bus off by turning left in front of it, lost traction, and skidded sideways. There was nowhere for the bus to go but right into the driver's side of that pickup. Poor bus driver thought she killed him. That bastard in the pickup was lucky to be alive!
I love it when they try to pass when you are turning, I ran someone right off the road because they came out of nowhere to pass as I was entering the farm lane on the opposite side of the road, I have mirrors and flashers on the tractor but you can’t see what bullshit is about to happen despite all that, I try to drift over ahead of time but In this instance there was a car coming the other way so I had to slow down and let them pass and to the prick behind me that meant pass as fast as possible
I experienced a stupid driver this past winter that totaled a (to me) new vehicle. I was behind a snowplow, on a 45mph s-curve that was iced over, guy in the incoming lane tried to pass, saw the snowplow, overcorrected and spunout into me. I got a 1980s truck with steel bumpers and a 1-ton frame with the insurance payout. Not going thru that again.
You Said it Man !!! You Can't pound it out of em with a Hammer !!! NO Consideration and a Total Disregaurd for Safty , I drive a 42 Tired Flow Boy in Southeastern Michigan A.K.A. The Detroit Area and this is my 35 year in the Bussiness !!! Used to be they got worst every year NOW It's everyday ,we were essencial during carona and it was Fun Last Spring but now we are opened back up its EVEN WORSE !! I Feel your pain Here in Michigan Keep on Truckin SledgeHammer
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As a retired tow truck operator I can honestly say I met people by accident
Good one.
I see what you did there.😁
Knee-slapper! Love puns
Dad joke level 8/10
So original 🙄
About 95% of those people who think they're in a hurry really aren't. It all comes down to selfishness and lack of patience. No courtesy either.
I call it "Mefirst'itis", a cronic condition.
'It's all about me' syndrome.
Where I live I just have to assume that Everyones wife is in labor, the house is on fire, while NASCAR and WWE wrestling is on. And they’re missing it!
Which goes as much for truck drivers too. The number who overtake doing 1mph faster than the truck Infront to save that few seconds in there journey... It's all drivers including truckers who are impatient
Driving fast in the city will literally get you to your destination 2 or 3 minutes earlier...it ain't worth it.
This is going to make me sound old (and I probably am) but I swear people used to be smarter
Wanna bet?
It used to be dumb people didn't survive their first car crash like they do today. It filtered the pool a bit.
Naw!
There’s just more of us!
Agreed ....population was less= less stupid people. But it was the good ol days when stupid killed themselves everyone said they should've known better. Nowadays we have to save the stupid people.
@@oldschool6345 Nowadays you can get liquored and drive your car into a bridge abutment and end up with a ton of money because the bridge was there. Seen it!!
Edit: Typo.
“Make some kind of good faith effort to protect stupid people”
I want them out of the gene pool
This trucker is stupid to
Exactly ! The stupid ones need to be in more danger not less !!
You can't protect stupid people.
Too bad, because of universal suffrage, the losers are the biggest political power. They are controlling the gov't. Look where we at today, ppl rather sit on the thumb in their ass at home collecting the stimi checks than go out and work. A lot of restaurants are out of workers. Shortages everywhere... Uncle Joe's solution is "print more money"!
Well, eventually, the stupid will eat themselves out, just look at the results of communism in the past. So many ppl died from famine in China, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela, East Germany, Soviet Union... now, USA isn't too far from it... just prepare
If we just remove all the warning labels for things that should be obvious. The problem will sort itself out.
I have the upmost patience for farmers and oversized load trucks. Maybe because I do both!
No you don’t your just clout chasing go back to your mommy’s basement RUclips clown LOL
Better wait there than waiting in a coffin .
Maybe because I do service work and drive alot and come around a blind corner expecting a tractor in the road.
And also because I don't wanna kill anyone ,the side of a road is a filthy nasty place to die.
Look out for em all, farmers ,tree workers , road crews.
Easy for me to say slow down , I'm getting paid for it 😂
I do also, and I do neither.
Amen! Them farmers is raising our groceries and them truckers are taking it to the store shelf for you
The one thing I learned in drivers ed that the teachers didn't exactly say but that I follow is that if I pull in front of someone and they have to slow down, I fucked up. Cut in front and floor it if you really cant wait...
yes, this. If someone who has the right of way has to slow down for you, that means you didn't have enough time or space to do whatever you did.
Happens way too often in Maine, like damn couldn't wait the extra three seconds? I was going faster than you intended to do anyway
Yeah, if you really are in a hurry, you'd do exactly like you said.
That is exactly what I learned as well. On my daily commute to work I have a one mile stretch of highway and I often have a small gap in traffic. Let's just say that I make that hemi rev a little.
Apparently 80% can't figure out such a hard task
The other scary thing about these "people" is they have the power to vote.
@@georgevinson612 Thats the pathetic truth
50 years ago. my grandfather put a bumper sticker on the back of his car when he got honked at alot. It said "hurry up, hell ain't quite full yet". Years after he died I saw a better one "drive like hell, and you will get there". Good Luck, Rick
reminds me of a line from Shawshank Redemption.... "The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry"
A lot of people are just inconsiderate of others. Couple years ago I stopped in the middle of the road so three heavily loaded log trucks could safely pull out and make a sharp turn to get on the road. Everyone of them smiled and waved. Seen nothing but a bunch of irritated people behind me lol
Probably irritated that you were disregarding right of way
Yeah, but, you did the right thing.
Giving up your right of way is one of the most dangerous things you can do behind the wheel. Someone like you did this for a pickup and trailer but I was coming the other way and didn't plan on stopping (no one behind me for miles anyway).
Pickup pulled out in front of me and I hit his trailer so hard that the load went flying all over the highway. Not sure how I walked away because everything in the engine bay and both front wheels were crushed.
All because someone gave up their right of way instead of just moving like they're supposed to. And there wasn't even anyone behind them either.
In most situations though, you're just causing traffic to pile up so people further down the road have to wait for a massive line of angry cars to pass.
as a former truck driver i can say that your intentions were good but you really should not stop in the middle of the road while driving to let someone out. it is unsafe
Fuck it guess everyone should stop yielding for farm vehicles, heavy equipment, or trucks. SMH
Trust me Jeff. This firefighter sees too often the results of everybody being in a hurry. People are in a rush to get know where fast.
they wanna get somewhere fast like dead squished under a loaded truck
In a hurry to go nowhere...
So they can get home and sit on their ass and eat cheese balls while they get their daily dose of tik tok brainwashing
*no
Wow he brake checked you after he pulled out in front! Incredible
Likely, he brake checked in response to horn blast (which trucker certainly right to do)
You must be blind if you didn’t see that coming when the trucker laid in the horn.
@@hse6144 I'm leaning more towards on self absorb.
The brake check was in response to the trucker's antagonistic and unnecessary horn blast.
@@TheMikedngb He wouldn't have to use his horn if that person was paying attention to the road.
All day.
Every day.
I'm never surprised anymore.. but I still get bewildered at what makes them risk it all for NOTHING.
We need to just start taking the warning labels off of stuff and stupid will solve itself.
Yeah it’s crazy anymore people just can’t wait. I have them pull out in front of me all the time while there is no one behind me only to turn 3 blocks down the road
Not in Joplin, say it ain't so brandon, ☻
@@Jpaydirt 🤣 oh it is
It’s true , had an idiot pass me and turn right under the loader of the tractor I was in onto their street, rather than wait 5 seconds for me and the roundbaler I was pulling to get a little further down the road. SMV placards , flashing lights , none of it matters anymore lol.
That same thing happens to me all the time
It's the Pop-up generation
Jeff, better go home, have an adult beverage and play with Griffy. Stress is a killer
As my dad used to tell me way back when I first got my drivers license " It aint you i worry about its all the other IDIOTS on the road" . He taught me to drive well and safely so knew i could handle cars in slides etc but as he said you never know what anyone else is capable of and best to always expect them to do the dumbest thing possible always. I always plan to be where i need to be 10 to 20 minutes before i have to be there and then allow atleast 20 minutes extra time than i know it will take me to drive there in the slowest traffic so I always have a 40 minute buffer for any timed arrival but i never rush it even if i do end up being late as Dad always said better to be late than DEAD on time!
B Beck,
Are you SURE you're not talking about My Daddy ! ?
Pert near word for word ...
Very good father. I taught my son the same. Plan ahead so you have time for idiots or unexpected issues. Early is on time. If you’re late, just get there safely.
Daughter is just starting to drive teaching her the same. Just as my father taught me. Plus when it comes to tractor trailers give them room to maneuver as pops always said " he ain't driving a wheelbarrow"
I grew up around farmers, Amish, and Meninite. Plenty of respect and patience here.
I get concerned about this every time we move machinery down the road. Most people just don’t understand that we often have limited opportunities to move off the road due to poles, mailboxes and other obstacles and they just can’t seem to wait a half mile till we can move over.
I put my emergency lights on and keep a safe distance until it is possible to pass them safely.
Idaho! Far as I know as long as the farmer has a slow moving vehicle sign and they weren't intentionally trying to cause an accident they really have no liability. The worst stretch of highway I've ever driven in a truck was during harvest between American Falls and Aberdeen. The people in the cars don't have a clue and the farm hands driving the equipment are just as clueless! They'd have 30 cars behind them and instead of pulling over in those nice paved pull-outs they made for them they'd just keep on a going plugging up traffic. Idaho law states if there's 3 or more vehicles behind you that you have to pull over and let them pass.
I am learning how to drive one of them there trucks, and a person cut me off, slammed on their brakes, and then turned right, this was on my 4th time driving, my instructor was pissed off, luckily i expected it and started to slow down, he asked me why and i said "wait 5 more seconds... yup, predicted it"
That was some good Defensive Driving there. Well done! You've got your Dickhead Driver Radar tuned in just about right. Stay safe.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
Yep after awhile you just start to sense what the cars are gonna do
@@markfryer9880
my DHDR has been honed over many years of my daily commute to work.
One time I was driving to work, keeping up with the flow of traffic, doing 120km an hour, and still getting passed and fingered by people...
The limit is 70km an hour by the way.
They're more important than us, in their peanut size brains 😛
They don't have two brain cells to rub together to get a thought started.
They're only peanut-sized because they are swollen.
Yeah, guess so.
Thats what you think they think? Insecure much?
So people with peanut sized brains are more important than you? You should think better of yourself.
You really showed 'em with that air horn though. I'm sure that made them regret it.
Of course they're in a hurry, they've got a funeral to get too!
....Theirs.
@@LaCatLady If we're really lucky!
If we're *really* lucky, it will be *just* theirs.
I'm glad I am retired. The drive to work was full of these situations. Aggravating as heck.
As a driver and a pilot car operator. You see some of the most insane things people do without thought.
It's like they're trying to make a new record to get to their location every time . I drive a smaller freightliner with 12,000 liter water tank
I just love it when people pass you then make you slow down so they can turn 4 seconds after they passed you....
Common sense and common courtesy seem to be extremely uncommon nowadays. It’s sad to see where humanity is going. So glad I’m on the tail end of life.
Common sense is a super power these days.
Never heard of “The NASCAR “ will be using it. Thank you
thats why i always leave the house at least 15 - 20 mins early. dont gotta rush.
Same or if I leave 5 minutes late I just except I'm going to be 5 minutes late. I see no point trying to save 3 to still be 2 minutes late.
I drive in westchester county ny and nyc people are so damn impatient it's infuriating. The driving public is straight up ignorant on pulling out and stopping in front of big rigs.
When my uncle was giving me driving lessons,when I was a teen
if I went a little to fast he would say
“we are all getting there at the same time “
Still words to live by today..
This is something that drives me up and down the wall! I can't standing it when people pass me, then cut across me to take an exit, or they pass me just to get to their turnoff a while 3 seconds sooner. God forbid they have to wait 5 minutes.
Old man anger, it is a killer. Let it go and remind yourself that all is good in your world. Do not let idiots on four wheels bring you down.
You are very correct
After 45 years of farming, trucking i try . But sometimes its hard....
It’s unbelievably aggravating. I’ll be riding with my wife in her car and she will get upset about another driver and I’m like babe, I get it but you really have no idea how good you’ve got it in this car. There’s not much worse of a feeling than almost plowing through an idiot when they pull out in front of you and you’re loaded. We bale hay every summer and even though we pull off every chance we get to let everyone around we still get assholes that flip us off and scream because we slowed them down by a few minutes. People don’t understand simple math. If you’re behind a tractor doing 25 in a 50 for a couple miles you’re only out a couple minutes at most but people act like you’ve just made them 30 minutes late.
yup
The general public I swear is getting stupider by the year.
It’s dealing with this crap. Every. Single. Day. That I’m really considering parking my truck and finding something else to do.
Just something about that word LEFT that makes people crazy.😂😂
I see, what you did there!
Gotta hurry up and get to Starbucks so they can wait in the drive through line!
Drives me crazy when people pass you and then slow down to turn immediately after. Especially on the interstate, zoology around you and then exit right. Makes me want to run into them.
I had a D65 dozer on the lowboy once on a two lane road in Pa and a school bus pulled out in front of me about the same distance as the suv did on you and then stopped 12 times before it turned left, That was 10 or 12 years ago,but I;m feeling much better now!! Well maybe not yer!!
I had one time in my life where I accidently pulled out in front of a trucker, I gunned it damn fast as soon as I realized it but felt fucking horrible for it. Huge respect for transport vehicles, absolute lifeblood of America.
I deserved his extended air horn and chasing up on my rear. Stupid mistake, if I had a CB I would have hopped on right away and apologized with a beer and lunch for the day.
At least most farmers aren't driving their tractors around in the dark. Amish on the other hand get caught away from home when the sun goes down in the winter and seeing them at night is near impossible. Black buggies, black horses and people that have dark clothing on. The ones around here only have lanterns to show up at night. Lanterns can't be seen from far away.
Like Stoney Ridge Farmer's T-shirt: Stupid Should Hurt......it does actually, innocent by standers.
I need to get one of those shirts. I like that
When I get behind a farmer pulling equipment down the country roads around me I put my hazards on and just enjoy the pace......... Its not going to make or break anyone to just SLOW DOWN for a few minutes in your Life..............
Honestly, people just need to slow down sometimes and not just with their driving. It seems like everyone is in a rush to go somewhere or do something. People just need to take some time to chill out.
I recently discovered an old, slow diesel pickup superpower. I won't do it to cars because they don't understand, but if I'm being tailgated by a modified "pavement princess" pickup and they won't go away, I'll slow down a fair bit, move as far left as safely possible to get my tailpipe as centered in my lane as I can and then smoke 'em. They back off the second they hit that cloud.
They're racing to get to the other side to see if it's better, but don't realize they can't come back.
Back when I was in drivers ed we had to watch a hours worth of deadly accidents. I think they need to start making some of these people watch it again.
Russian Road Rage videos are epic.
@@Kriss_L Scarey as hell.
The parents wouldn't want the childrens to see that LOLOL
That might traumatize the precious little snowflakes.
Jeff, I've done a lot of driving in my life and I can't tell you how many knuckleheads I've seen do stupid stuff and then I've seen them 10-30 minutes up the road in a ditch or into a pole. It only bothers me when innocent people get hurt, if they have a death wish I say Good Luck
I was involved in a wreck on our landscaping tractor; a few years ago. I had my hand out to turn left and put it back on steering wheel to turn. Car passed on left side. It hit the rear tire and our roll over box.
Getting motion sick easily has taught me patience in city driving. To *not* be on the gas and brake so hard to maintain that minimum safety distance *at all times* like everyone else likes to do. To actually look beyond the car in front of me to know whether I should be on the gas, the brake, or if I'm good just coasting.
Then I come to know the frustration of truckers when someone cuts you off because they feel the space they see in front of you is big enough for them to fit in.
Still love that line from Disney/Pixar's "Cars".
"Cars didn't drive to make great time, they drove to *have* a great time."
So what you're saying is that there are as many stupid people up there as there are anywhere else.
Never seems to be any law enforcement around either. And when there is, they don't seem to do much if anything anyway
I watched a lady get pulled over for using a right turn lane to pass my rig at a traffic light. Those are the days that makes me smile.
They dont have a minute to stay behind or wait for a larger truck or farm equpiment. But I swear every single one of them will sit in the tim hortons (big in Canada) line up for 15 min for a coffee
I totally agree with you about people being in a big hurry for no reason at all. And they think a loaded big truck can stop like a car. Some folks are plain stupid
Blimey Jeff. You could measure how loud that horn is on the Richter Scale
I didn't think it was loud enough!
"cut out in front of him" lmao wasn't even close on the first one
You'd be surprised. If he was loaded at the time (no mirror shot on that clip, so no way to know), then it takes a lot longer to decelerate than you realize. Especially since he's a step deck heavy hauler - he can be up over 60 tons at times. You don't understand 60 tons...unless you've pulled it. Seemed like a lot of room, really wasn't.
You really can't just break at full intensity all the time, which is often needed when someone cuts off a truck. Eventually the brakes will overheat and fail. ;)
The average driver today learned to drive either playing video games or watching movies.
I really enjoy seeing the American homes, landscapes and scenery in your videos. So interesting.
Very true, I've installed a dash cam to get those special moments on video.lol
When I drove seemed like everyone that pulled out like that right in front of you they always had to turn immediately after I feel ya I personally think everyone should have to drive around in a semi and farm machinery before they are allowed to have a drivers license just so they understand
I'm an OTR driver myself. 53' reefer. And I after 13+ years I can still be amazed at the utter stupidity of four-wheelers on the road. A trend I have been seeing is people on the interstate slowing down a mile before they exit. Sometimes I think about rear-ending them to see if maybe it will jump-start their brain.
As a farmer I work alone most of the time so a pilot vehicle is difficult to come by plus it adds difficulty to people being able to pass me which I would like them to do. People should be aware that not only is traffic an obstacle for moving farm equipment but so are mail boxes. Driver should be aware of where mailboxes are so they don't get caught in the middle of the operator trying to avoid a mailbox. My equipment is older and not equipped with flashing lights so I purchased magnetic light that I attached to the equipment. I usually don't worry about cars but when transporting equipment I try to get out of the way of trucks. It's to difficult for them to pass and I know they are on a schedule.
mail boxes garbage cans and whatever they think looks good in the county and state right of way LOL
Yes sir no brains ...... no headaches ten four these people 🤦🏻♂️✌🏻🤙🏻👍🏻
Damn Jeff I didn't think they breed stupid people anywhere but in Kentucky. Lol. I could have posted a video of a woman that passed me the other day, she was putting on makeup, eating and texting. Was a four lane, in the fast lane, tailgating the guy in front of her that was going about two miles a hour faster than me so I had a good look.
thank you for your your hard work sir!
As a farmer, our injury and accident insurance is in the neighborhood of $2 million per incident. Carry enough to replace our equipment no matter what it is we are driving, the other person's equipment and enough for hospital and collateral damages. That being said we try to have a tail vehicle when we can, and we can see behind our equipment. We will pull over or run the ditch when its safe to do so. If we are not making a clear effort to let people pass there is probably a reason, either we are about to turn, it isn't safe, or we have obstacles on the ditch side that require us to take up the road to not rip the signs or bridges.
So just remember that tractor tire is 6-7 foot tall and doesnt give a shit about your 5 foot tall car, that tractor is atleast 18000 lbs by itself and if it's an articulated you can bet on 30000 lbs plus implement weight added to it. Our equipment is designed to cut through several inches of rock and dirt, it wont care about your 1/16 inch steel or aluminum car body. When the dust settles the tractor will be the one on top literally with the exception of a semi. It's not worth your life being crushed and torn to bits to save a couple minutes. We got a job to do just like everyone else and we are trying to do it as safe and effectively as we can for everyone around. Just give us a minute and we'll get everyone around and on their way.
Better to be late in this life then earli to the next.
FACTS!!
Horns are in vehicles for safety not because you’re angry
Here in Indiana farmers arre courteous... That being said: THEY HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY! They have limited maneuverability... Cars must yield.. FARMERS WILL SLOW DOWN AND STOP SO YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE WAY... But they are not leaving the road and nor can they give up your side of the road, because their vehicles are often very very wide.
As a truck driver, and someone who’s worked on the farm , and someone who is in a hurry sometimes... I see both sides of this!
You don’t know how much longer that tractor pulling an implement is going to be in front of you ! The 4 wheeler that pulled out in front of you... no excuse for that !
This exemplifies just ONE reason I finally said ‘to hell with trucking’ and retired In 2015 after 38 years as a veteran truck driver/owner operator. People in automobiles take too much crap for granted with the attitude of “that truck driver won’t run over me bc he’ll lose his job”. SMH.
"All had to do was wait five more seconds to be safe. Everybody is in a hurry."
At first I thought you were kind of a nut, driving too fast, but then I realized I was playing the video at 2x speed.
Was a ranch mechanic /all around hand /cattlepot driver and stupid people never cease to amaze me.
Some people have common sense but most dont.
You CAN fix stupid , but its gonna hurt !
Wait an extra 5 seconds to avoid wrecking my car: sounds like a good deal!👍
Our feed truck just put a new train horn on his truck. He'll hit it on our farm and the dishes rattle in the house. Kids love it.
The triangle on the back and hazards is all farmers need
The one thing my trainers hammered into our heads in CDL training is that you're the professional and the vast majority of drivers are amateurs so you need to anticipate and just deal with the idiots. Even if they break the law and it's legally their fault that doesn't mean you won't get in trouble (or fired) for not predicting the idiocy and avoiding the fallout.
I hope more people and farmers catch onto the words of wisdom in this video. Spending half my life in rural Wyoming I have come across tractors far more than I can count. It is a safety issue not having anything to let approaching cars know. Worst part about it is the amount of people that speed like crazy on the two laners. Volatile combination
As a truck driver i can attest to people being stupid around trucks. Last winter i drove school bus for something to keep me busy in the off-season and it was surprising the amount of respect school busses get. But in a semi (or now im driving bulk fuel truck) people continuously cut you off or try to beat you. Common courteous is a thing of the past. The thing that picks my ass the most is when someone passes me then goes 5km slower than what i have my cruise set at!
I agree about the idiots that pull out or pass then left turn. But actually be the last guy and you didn't know the farmer was turning till after the guy was passing. Guy passing got out far enough to see no one was coming. Last guy was fine. I know it's hard to relax when your not in control.
The stakes couldn't be any higher: human life. My husband was a truck driver. Unfortunately he was involved in an accident through NO FAULT OF HIS OWN. Young man was impaled on his steering wheel and his car was on fire. My husband tried to open any of his car doors to help the man but couldn't open any doors on the vehicle--
firefighters ended up later cutting him out of his carwith the jaws of life. All my husband could do is grab the fire extinguisher and put out the fire and call 911. Turns out this young man was his parents' only child. PLEASE, PLEASE
BE CAREFUL, PEOPLE!!!
Spent 9 years in dump trucks. Saw this kind of thing every day.
I always remember truck drivers are at their jobs
Only thing I get irritated at are when tractors are on main roads going straight for a long time. You got 15 cars behind you. Pull over and get back on when they pass you
Some red faced embarrassment when they screw up through not looking far enough and reading the road ahead, that's how it is occasionally 🤪🤔😳
It's a pain, but over-dimensional farm equipment are allowed by most States to operate on public roads in agricultural areas.
I'm an owner operator pulling a belly dump in Phoenix area and deal with this crap all day long. Gets old for sure! Love your channel, keep up the good work
heh just got back from hauling a no till drill down the road at 3am. jd 1590.
would like to do some trucking in a couple years get my AZ and go across the country maybe go down to the states. one thing for sure is that truckers are a lot more trust worthy when it comes to me driving down the road with duallies and equipment. pretty sketchy with peoples impatience when you take up from the shoulder of the road to 3’ over the other side of the line.
tip for rural areas, if your driving something big and slow and need to turn into somewhere pull into the middle of the road if there’s traffic (especially if you don’t have good visibility behind you). people seem to not understand that it’s dangerous to pass you when you are trying to get in somewhere tight and are slowing down. you should try to be the one factor that will 100% guarantee safety instead of blind insurance from not being able to see the people behind you. people can stop and slow down for you.
It doesn’t matter if you have a 60 to 80,000lb dozer on your trailer. You better come to stop when IM READY TO PULL ON THE ROAD! I see it everywhere in New England! Then again I have watched my wife on route 6 in Maine do 80+ mph trying to pull away from empty logging trucks that just keep pushing her down the road.
Respect and responsibility is not a one way road !
Great video ! 👍👍
Mission accomplished!! I got ahead of the truck thats all that matters.
Along time ago in a far away place the officer told me would you rather lose a second of time or your life in a second that kinda stuck with me fifty years ago
Everybody's in a hurry 'cause there's only so much time in the day to get stuff done.
I was once riding on a coach bus in a sow storm. They were closing he highway behind us, and you could only really see about 20 feet out the windshield. All of a sudden, I see tail lights come up the right side of the bus. My thought was "Oh, he's not gonna..." but yep. Tried to cut the bus off by turning left in front of it, lost traction, and skidded sideways. There was nowhere for the bus to go but right into the driver's side of that pickup. Poor bus driver thought she killed him. That bastard in the pickup was lucky to be alive!
I love it when they try to pass when you are turning, I ran someone right off the road because they came out of nowhere to pass as I was entering the farm lane on the opposite side of the road, I have mirrors and flashers on the tractor but you can’t see what bullshit is about to happen despite all that, I try to drift over ahead of time but In this instance there was a car coming the other way so I had to slow down and let them pass and to the prick behind me that meant pass as fast as possible
I experienced a stupid driver this past winter that totaled a (to me) new vehicle. I was behind a snowplow, on a 45mph s-curve that was iced over, guy in the incoming lane tried to pass, saw the snowplow, overcorrected and spunout into me. I got a 1980s truck with steel bumpers and a 1-ton frame with the insurance payout. Not going thru that again.
The snowman clip was perfect 😂👌🏻
You Said it Man !!! You Can't pound it out of em with a Hammer !!! NO Consideration and a Total Disregaurd for Safty , I drive a 42 Tired Flow Boy in Southeastern Michigan A.K.A. The Detroit Area and this is my 35 year in the Bussiness !!! Used to be they got worst every year NOW It's everyday ,we were essencial during carona and it was Fun Last Spring but now we are opened back up its EVEN WORSE !! I Feel your pain Here in Michigan Keep on Truckin SledgeHammer