Tag: reckless driving

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Colin Young presents: Another high-speed shoulder pass

“It’s absolutely amazing to me how many fourwheelers will pass a rig on the shoulder at high speed”… Another shoulder pass from the dashcam of trucker Colin Young . . . .

June 19, 2017

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Brad Kuhn presents ‘Another 4 minute ride with a truck driver’

Following his first-such compilation, reader Brad Kuhn offered this “compilation of videos from my dashcam focusing on aggressive driving by passenger vehicles around big trucks.”

April 18, 2017

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Joseph Stelzer and another hauler cut off in ‘Crazy California driver’

A little white-knuckle moment caught by Stelzer’s dashcam — yet another example of reckless behavior by those with whom truckers share the road.

April 11, 2017

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7 more things members of the general public don’t know about truckers

“Have a little love for the truckers. They’re human beings, out there doing a hard job and a lot of them aren’t making as much money as people think.”

April 18, 2014

Channel 19

Four-wheeler scare-quotes ‘professional’

A letter writer to a Minnesota newspaper, contending there’s an epidemic of big-rig drivers’ speeding on the nation’s highways, is suffering from tunnel vision when he mocks drivers’ “professional” badge of honor.

October 8, 2012

Channel 19

Dentistry: latest in driving distractions

It’s been texting for a couple years now, after it was CBs and Qualcomm units and cell phones, and now DOT is reportedly eyeing other in-cab distractions for potential regulation beginning later this year. Then there was that rash of ugly outcomes after haulers either choked on or were otherwise distracted by food — oh a-and […]

July 7, 2010