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So I'm cruising down the Interstate. Speed limit is 70mph, 60 for trucks and vehicles hauling trailers. I'm going about 76mph, really. A guy in his pickup and an old, wobbly trailer gets on, I move over to both let him on and to pass him. He speeds up to about 70mph and is behind me for several miles. This is fine.
There was a slower moving vehicle ahead, so I move left, pass it, and get back over. The truck moves left, and apparently he's one of those who once he's in the left lane, he must pass all the vehicles he can see in the right lane, even if he wasn't going faster than them before, so he speeds up to at least 80mph to catch up with me and pass me since I was already speeding myself.
Did I mention his trailer was wobbly? Because it was wobbly, and as he was starting to pass me, it was really wobbling. It was getting so bad, the wobble was moving into the pickup itself. This forced him to brake, which made the trailer start whipping back and forth even worse.
Fortunately my off-ramp was right there, and I got off and just watched the trailer fishtail while he struggled to slow down and regain control of his pickup. It looked like he managed it in the end, and I didn't hear about any wrecks in that area later on.
Seriously, you don't have to pass everyone on the Interstate...
There was a slower moving vehicle ahead, so I move left, pass it, and get back over. The truck moves left, and apparently he's one of those who once he's in the left lane, he must pass all the vehicles he can see in the right lane, even if he wasn't going faster than them before, so he speeds up to at least 80mph to catch up with me and pass me since I was already speeding myself.
Did I mention his trailer was wobbly? Because it was wobbly, and as he was starting to pass me, it was really wobbling. It was getting so bad, the wobble was moving into the pickup itself. This forced him to brake, which made the trailer start whipping back and forth even worse.
Fortunately my off-ramp was right there, and I got off and just watched the trailer fishtail while he struggled to slow down and regain control of his pickup. It looked like he managed it in the end, and I didn't hear about any wrecks in that area later on.
Seriously, you don't have to pass everyone on the Interstate...
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