Show Some Common Courtesy
How often when you are driving these days do you hear a bear report without having to call out to the opposite traffic for a half hour? Or better yet, at free will? Or how about getting the “blink blink” when you pass someone or the reverse for a thank you?
Today it seems all you hear on the CB are ignorant steering-wheel holders talking about how big their **** is or showing how badass of a CB Rambo they can be. Seriously, y’all sound like a bunch of second-graders out here and act like kindergarteners. We are supposed to be professionals — start acting like one. I was trying to get some local information the other day, and do you know what I was told after about a half hour or so? “Shut up, stupid, and buy a map.” Oh, I’m sorry if my question interrupted you from getting that lot lizard over to your truck.
Now don’t get me wrong. I like to have fun out here, too. I’ve been doing this almost 20 years. When I’m behind the wheel going down the road I take pride in what I am doing. Always have and always will. Now I run [oversize], so 90 percent of the time I cannot see behind me. I admit I drive an older truck, but c’mon, people. Have a little common courtesy and sense. Flash your lights, let us or any truck that passes you know it’s OK to come over. I don’t think the truck manufacturers put the headlight switch someplace you can’t reach it anymore. Or for that matter, your four-way or clearance-light switch to say thanks.
I could go on for days about how the quality of the driver has deteriorated, but I will just say a few more things. Every Sunday I try to find a place to watch NASCAR on TV or maybe even get to the track. I won’t bother anymore. I’ve been sitting here for a few days at a Love’s, and I have a NASCAR race right in front of me.
What is wrong with you people? You are in a truckstop, not a racetrack. You are in a congested area with limited visibility and people walking around. What on God’s green earth do you need to be grabbing gears and doing 40 mph in the lot for? Seriously, I saw a driver actually smoke his trailer tires yesterday, he was going so fast.
I was taught, as a rule of thumb, not to go any faster than a person walks. OK, maybe that’s a little slow, but I understand what I was being told. Ten mph is plenty fast. That parking spot won’t go anywhere, and if it does, there are plenty more — trust me. So have a little common sense and slow down before you kill somebody.
