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Old 05-01-2012, 09:27 PM   #281 (permalink)
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Ya, truck drivers have a tough job amongst all the morons out there. Of course, on occasion the truck drivers are morons too, but that's relatively rare. On my recent drive across the country, I'd hang out behind the fast moving rigs (by about 5 or 6 seconds worth... I could see the truck mirrors no problem). Despite being so far back, I could still feel the buffeting, so I knew it was worth it. Though traffic was relatively light, there were times when I could tell the trucker was looking to get into the left lane but fast moving cars wouldn't let him ... So I'd move into the fast lane to slow the traffic and let him in. After about 3 hours of pairing up with a particular truck, he headed off to a rest stop and gave me a wave as I passed by... that was pretty cool...

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