I know, I know. I get the whole idea that they "keep America running" and all of that propaganda. Like I said, I can't wait for the day when they DON'T. I also said only 90% of those bastards can rot in hell, because there have been some cool truckers that know their place... albeit few and far between.
I also know "odot is to blame because they make the speed limits." Well, explain to me the THREE separate occasions that I have been pushed off of the road (two into a WALL) that luckily I have been able to drive out of, because some punk fucking truck driver decides to throw his shit-brick around like it's a sports car? I'm only 21 years old, been driving since I was 17, that's FOUR years and DANGEROUS odds.
Probably 60-70% of the time I see the fucking truckers swing out in front of a car that is CLEARLY approaching faster than they are going, but they will yank out and force their 50 ton ass into a space the size of a Jeep because there is NOTHING you can do about it. What are you going to do? Run them off of the road?
When I travel on a two-lane freeway (or any freeway) I like to OBEY THE LAW and keep a clear distance between myself and the vehicle in front of me. Asshole truckers seem to like to take advantage of that and cut me off at will. So I'm forced to break the law and put myself in a dangerous position by having less clear distance in front of me to avoid giving the fucking truck the opportunity to jump out in front of me and make me slow from 72-75MPH to 60MPH (or LESS!!!) constantly. Not to mention it's harder on my vehicle to constantly go up and down and up and down, especially when I'm pulling a trailer (when I'm MOST vulnerable because I *HAVE* to have LOTS of distance!). Some days the amount of time wasted during travel due to this bullshit can be maddening! I HATE wasting 15min sitting behind a fucking truck in the left lane doing 1MPH faster than the trucks he's passing (woot! 56MPH!) and stare into my rearview mirror and see a line of cars 1/4 mile long! Give me a fucking excuse for that.
Again I will say that 90% of truckers can rot in hell. I will rejoice the day that they are all unemployed from the trucking business and don't have to drive those 50 ton piles of shit around anymore. Like Nick and Desperado said, since they work such shitty hours, have to be all alone, and the job sounds like hell... I don't think they'll mind changing careers very much. The roads will be a cleaner, safer place anyway.