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I'm Ticked OFF!!


 Saturday Night, I'm on a rant!!
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Returning from and evening out last night we were traveling along interstate 80 in Omaha. The roads were bad, there was about 2 inches of snow on the ground and it was still coming down.

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In the fast lane, a semi was tailgating, Hook signaled and tried to move to the right to let him by, the semi moved as well...we moved back into the left lane.

The semi came around us on the right, cut in front of us, no signal nearly clipping our front end, splashing water and ice so we could hardly see the road.

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Hook moved 2 lanes over, and yes, he flipped the guy the bird. The semi came after us, crossing 3 lanes of traffic and put us on the shoulder.

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I was terrified, I was actually screaming.

Unprofessional drivers give the industry a bad reputation. Hook took down the trailer number, the truck number, and notified the company. All we had to do was Google the company to find the information.

He left his name, phone number, and CDL number and yes he did admit to flipping the guy off.

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Don't stand for bullying.

These men are driving deadly machines. One clip, one small hit would have resulted in a major accident.

Yep, I'm Ticked OFF!!

 

~Nursey~

 

Posted by Nursey at 2:05 PM - 21 Comments   Add a Comment  
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I am in no way excusing Hook's participation in this event. Flipping the guy off only made the situation worse. Believe me...I voiced this in my screams of terror!!!

Happy Saturday everyone!!

Nursey
 
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by Nursey (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 2:17 PM




that sounds scary, Nursey. Thank goodness you both were okay and no one was hurt.

Unfortunately with the upcoming holidays there are more people out and about traveling on the highways and we have to share the road with them. It definitely worries me with those kids of mine traveling home.

I suppose we all need to take extra caution when driving this time of year especially.
 
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by Bella (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 2:57 PM




I know how you feel I had a truck tailgate me down a grade in Nevada in a construction zone one time and he was throwing stuff out his window ot me and everything I was doing the speed limit and had trafic in front of me but some ppl
I hate guys like that my dad drrove for 40 years and was never in an accident (he was lucky ) me I grew up in a truck I even rember how to use a browney lol But it has got so bad now I won't drive I stay to my back raods
Owe the days of horse and buggy lol
 
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by pst4911 (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 3:07 PM




Hey Bella!!

I was scared out of my wits, I really didn't think the truck was going to stop until he had us in the ditch. And Hook....well you know him, stand your ground, roll down the window...flip him off some more.... Damn fool.. !!!! It's just not acceptable behavior on either one of their parts!!

The company was very nice about it, although I doubt it will go much further than that conversation.

I'm alone tonight and will be making the rounds.

Nursey
 
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by Nursey (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 3:22 PM




Hey pst,

Thanks for stopping in! The new drivers are a different breed. Hook also grew up in the truck, riding/driving with his dad since he was 5. (That's a lot of years!!) There is no courtesy, friendliness, or watching out for one another anymore. It's sad really. Most people are intimidated by the trucks and truckers. This kind of thing only adds to it. I think everyone out there has a semi story...it's become so common anymore.

Have a great weekend!

Nursey
 
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by Nursey (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 3:31 PM




Though "flipping him off" has some immediate gut level satisfaction, it is good to keep in mind when a driver is behaving dangerously authorities should be alerted for the public and other Big Rig driver's safety. Having been in law enforcement I have seen what a driver, auto and otherwise, can do to themselves and others.
We are all in the life together and what makes is safe for all is providing solutions.
Have a wonderful and safe holiday season.
 
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by capananda (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 4:16 PM




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payback time!
 
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by Bella (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 5:54 PM




How scary! Glad to read that there weren't any accidents. The roads are scary enough right now without any craziness involved.

Hope you have a nice relaxing night tonight.

 
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by Dragonflower (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 6:03 PM




Good for Hook. Earlier in the week I was on the way to Vernon, NY and as I was nearing the intersection where the Oneida's have their Truck Stop the semi driver next to me realized he was in the wrong lane. No one was behind us and all he had to do was slow down to make the change. I was in the middle lane to make the change to the left turn lane and he speeded up and cut in front of me. I slammed on the brake and prayed, he moved into the left turn lane and I missed the lane and the truck. He knew I was in that lane because I made the change from right lane to middle lane and at that time he was in the right lane behind me.

It used to be that the safest drivers on the road were semi drivers, not anymore. A very good friend of ours lost his wife a few years ago when a semi driver pulled out into traffic right in front of her in a speed zone. She was 35 and the mother of 3 kids. Dangerous, and they frighten me.

Sherry
 
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by Sherry'sCherries (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 6:09 PM




Nursey,
Glad you two survived a scary and harrowing experience. My mantra on the highway is I hate trucks, SUVs, busses, and I'm not overly fond of some of the driver's of cars either.

Sounds like Hook and I share the same temper...or maybe it's a man thing. Many years ago (thank goodness)I had someone cut me off and I retaliated with the one finger salute and blew my horn at him. We're stopped on the highway because of rush hour traffic yelling taunts back and forth at each other until the thought hit me...what if that idiot has a gun...and then I realized that I wasn't overly bright either. Now, I just mentally tell them they're idiots and go my merry way.

 
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by Bookworm (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 6:39 PM




Hey Cap,

Thanks for stopping by my place. You know, I have to be totally honest, I never even thought of calling the police. My thought was to get home, out of the weather and away from that whole situation.

Yes...the bird, uncalled for and it just made things worse. Just a bad situation all round. Thanks for sharing your thoughts I really appreciate it.

Nursey
 
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by Nursey (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 7:02 PM




Hey DF,

Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad to hear you are safe and well as well. It's been an awful week in the midwest.

Happy Saturday!!

Nursey
 
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by Nursey (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 7:15 PM




Oh, dear = he wasn't very professional was he!!

glad you made it home safely

ron
 
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by AZRON (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 7:46 PM




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It's on now! You'll have to catch me! and hold me down and make me say Uncle! Never relent!!!
 
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by Bella (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 7:47 PM






Holy snowballs!!!



I ain't backing down!!

Nursey
 
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by Nursey (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 8:22 PM




You ain't seen nothing yet! I got a secret weapon, just you wait!  
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by Bella (PM , CC ) on Saturday December 15, 2007 @ 8:33 PM




Unbelievable, Nursey ~ Glad you all weren't hurt - Scarey Stuff. Idiots are Everywhere.


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by Mouse (PM , CC ) on Sunday December 16, 2007 @ 12:32 AM




Nursey - I agree with Sherry. It used to be that the safest were the big rigs, but now everyone is tainted by road rage - no one is safe. The husband was just telling me about how in Toronto, CA they actually post on the roadway a sign that says "Stay 2 chevrons back" and the arrow shape is painted on the road spaced evenly apart to help motorists deal with tailgating. Sad state when driving becomes a necessary evil of our day.

My dad was a trucker. He was one of the good guys. Slow and steady on the road and he knew it like the back of his hand. He was once hit by a woman in the right lane, trying to make a lefthand turn across his middle lane and claimed she did not see the gi-normous yellow and black truck in her mirrors. There is no blind spot large enough to lose a truck that size in . Another inch and she would have been seriously hurt or dead as we would have rolled over the top of her.
That was a day for the books.

Thanks for the post!
I am so glad to know you both survived that.
Any traffic cameras in the area that might have
caught it on tape? It was be interesting to watch
and see it unfold. Kinda like - road rage therapy!




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These are the only snowballs I am lending to this fight.
Not catching me in the middle of that, but have fun for sure!
 
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by Dalpha (PM , CC ) on Sunday December 16, 2007 @ 3:07 AM




the weirdest thing that ever happened to me was a trucker that did about the same thing...got in front of me ...I was drivin through New Mexico in the middle of the night and when this trucker got in front of me he got in the middle of the road and stopped...my husband got out and two guys got out of the semi...walked around to the back and knocked my husband down..one walked over to our truck and jerked the door open..pointed a gun that looked like a cannon at me...scared the b-jesus outta me...I had two of my babies in there...he didn't say anything...just shut the door ...they climbed back in their truck and drove away...to this day I have not a clue what that was about...but I seldom drive at night over it...  
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by Cracker (PM , CC ) on Sunday December 16, 2007 @ 3:24 AM




Nursey - glad you are all okay. Those truck drivers can be annoying; they bother me too when they are like that. Have a good week - June  
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by Praywithhope (PM , CC ) on Sunday December 16, 2007 @ 2:55 PM




Tell Me!! I hate to drive to Little Rock, and look in my rear view mirror and there is a confederate flag in my back seat. Those darn truck drivers will run ya over if they have a mind too. Can't tell you how many have run just right over cars on the interstate to Bossier from Dallas......and people have died......

Sorry for you guys, and so glad you were not in a bad accident.....

Have a great week....Heide

 
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by Heide (PM , CC ) on Sunday December 16, 2007 @ 8:20 PM


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
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