As for Racer. In adverse or bad weather conditions I believe that all should stay at whatever feels comfortable. Apparently that driver was at his/her comfort zone. Why should he/she get off the road,just because his/her speed dosent measure up to what you think it should be? If his/her comfort zone is not as fast as yours, you have the right to pass him/her.
Re-read my post. This guy was driving far too slowly to be safe on the road. He was creating a hazard, and should have gotten off the road and parked it.
Do we know for a fact that the driver was "poorly trained." Just because he/she drives for England is reason to assume that that individual is "Poorly trained" and/or inexperienced?
For all we know he/she may be either highly trained and experienced or maybe poorly trained. In either case that individual deserves the right to captain his/her ship in the manner he/she considers safe and prudent in lieu of the circumstances. After all he/she is the one who gets the shaft should something go wrong, not you or me.
Besides maybe his/her comfort zone was the same as the other 35 or so drivers who followed. I am sure that if they felt it was too slow they would have passed as well. But, guessing who was right or wrong is fruitless. Like I said they should be allowed to stay within their comfort zone, and if its too slow or fast for you then do what you feel comfortable at.
Someone who cannot proceed at a decent pace during inclement weather is a hazard to themselves, and other drivers on the road.
The way this guy was driving clearly indicated that he did not possess the skills or confidence to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely and at a reasonable speed on the conditions that existed. He should have exited the highway and parked the truck for the night.
Many drivers were passing. After I cleared the rolling road block many of them followed my lead.
Gee, sure appears that some of us have a real dislike for C.R.England. I realize there are a lot of law suits, personnal accusations, etc. But, I dont see the reason for the continual attack.
If the majority of the drivers for CR England would exhibit better behavior on the road and in truckstops, perhaps they wouldn't catch so much ****.
Realize everytime England is mentined, is a excuse to bash them. But, could we possibly restrain, unless you have personal info.
The experience I posted above was a personal experience. I have literally hundreds of them. Here are a couple more:
On interstate 90, Westbound near Ellensburg, WA a CR England truck suddenly changed lanes and slowed drastically, just as I was about to overtake him. He then turned into the crossover that is clearly posted "Authorized Vehicles Only", and executed a u-turn. There was a pasenger, I assume a "trainer", but I can't be sure. This is clearly a illegal, stupid and unsafe thing to do.
More times than I can count, CR England trucks fuel and then leave their truck at the pumps, rather than pull forward, while they go inside to use the restroom, shop around in the c-store, and get their fuel receipts.
Also, more times than I can count, CR England trucks drive way too fast in the truckstop parking lots. I have come close to getting hit by these idiots, both in my truck, and as I am walking in the parking lot.
Far too many times I have been rolling along, about to overtake a CR England truck, only to have these morons suddenly signal and pull out in front of me. How is it that someone cannot look in the mirror and judge the closing speed of another truck and not notice that the overtaking truck is going 10 to 15 miles an hour faster than them?
I'm only calling them as I see them.
