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Old 09-26-2009, 11:18 PM   #25 (permalink)
JacobAziza
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I've never experienced a trucker objecting to being drafted.

They do it with each other all the time out on the open road.
They flash the lights to let the passing truck know the moment its safe to pull in front of them, presumably so the drafting affect is at a maximum.
I took to doing that when I drove my RV across the country, and they would pull in a few feet ahead of me, then flash the running lights a couple times as a way of saying "thanks" (I know that's what it meant, because I asked about it over the CB).

Maybe some people in small cars drive recklessly, (like in Fast and Furious, where the sport cars drive underneath the semis!) and they prefer they just stay away from them all together?
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A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?

So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?
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