Bastard truckers

**colsan1** · 12th December 2008, 09:06

On wed night i was almost forced off the road by a twat of a trucker
I was in my car doing 90kmh and this moron was driving about 4 feet
off my back bumper. I couldnt let him pass as the road was pretty narrow
but i just kept to the left when we got to a passing lane.
He the pulls level with me and matches my speed,with the two lanes
about to merge back into one, the fucker was deliberately trying to put me in a ditch.
I had to floor it to get back in front of him just as we got back to one lane.
At the next junction as i'm sitting waiting to turn right he throws a
bottle at my car then jumps out and gives me a smack in face.
Luckily i got his reg number and the police pulled him about 2 minutes later.
Turns out the dick head is already disqualified from driving and shouldnt even be on the road.
His mate was also arrested for perverting the cuase of justice as they swapped
places in the cab and his mate said he was driving
I shot off email to the haulage company and spoke with their national manager yesterday.
His contract with them has now been torn up so he's earnings are now zero,
he's got a million dollars worth of trucks impounded and is also being charged
with assualt/GBH with a max penaly of 7 years.
My injuries are minor and will be gone in a few days.
I'd just like to wish him a merry xmas. . . . Ho Ho fuckin Ho

**prettybillie** · 12th December 2008, 09:11

Good on you for doing something about it. Us bikers get shit all the time for how we ride and it is about time the police took notice of all the other idiots on the road!!!!

**Reido** · 12th December 2008, 09:12

woo justice is served.. for a change..

would be a whole other story if you were on your bike >_<

**nodrog:Me** · 12th December 2008, 09:19

he obviously wanted to go faster than your 90kph. why didnt you let him past you in the passing lane?

**MaxB** · 12th December 2008, 09:45

Originally Posted by nodrog

he obviously wanted to go faster than your 90kph. why didnt you let him past you in the passing lane?

Still does't justify the overreaction. IMO he should never hold an HT licence again. Plus if he has them I would be taking a long look at his wife & kids to see if he is as handy with his fists at home.

**laserracer** · 12th December 2008, 09:51

wankers like him give truckies a bad name.. hope they throw the book at him

**michael** · 12th December 2008, 09:59

I never sit next to a truck or infront of one, in a car or bike. I'm not physics genius but I would have thought that a 18 wheeler would take longer to stop than a cage or bike, yet so many trucks sit on your arse. Sometimes I wonder whether it's because they think they can stop faster than anyone else or because they just wana scare you out of the way.

**firefighter** · 12th December 2008, 10:18

Originally Posted by michael

yet so many trucks sit on your arse. Sometimes I wonder whether it's because they think they can stop faster than anyone else or because they just wana scare you out of the way.

hmm, I have driven large old trucks, and I can say I never tailgated, but you know when you catch up to someone then have to slow down then loose your momentum? we'll that's 10-fold in a truck, and you don't want to loose that momentum, also you can see a long way past that vehicle so you can see if that vehicle is likely to have to stop, now the reason they're so close is so they can pass you i'd say, ok on the motorway that's b/s but on the open road that's why they follow close like that, but really if your on the open road and a truck is tailgating you perhaps you should speed up a bit yourself or have someone more capable drive you...... I'm not at all excusing tailgating form trucks just clarifying it a little.

**Insanity_rules** · 12th December 2008, 10:25

Bloody hell, glad you ok and got something done about it.

**Swoop** · 12th December 2008, 10:33

Umm?
I am presuming this is in NZ not the "UK for now"??

**motorbyclist** · 12th December 2008, 10:47

Originally Posted by nodrog

he obviously wanted to go faster than your 90kph. why didnt you let him past you in the passing lane?

he did and the guy didn't pass cause he's clearly a wanker and got what he deserved

though if i was the OP i would've slowed to get behind the truck

drives me nuts when people crawl through areas where you can't pass and then speed on the passing lanes

**colsan1** · 12th December 2008, 11:51

I know about losing momentum and generally i will make way for trucks when i can.
when he was tailgating i couldnt pull over to let him pass as there was nowhere for me to pull into.
As soon as i reached the passing lane i kept left to allow him to pass.
I couldnt tuck in behind him as there were other vehicles behind him.
when he did pull out he had no intention of passing. He could have easilly
passed me but he didnt. He accelerated untill the middle of his rig was level with me then he eased off to match my speed.
If i could have tucked in behind him i would have but it wasnt safe to do so.
the sensible thing was to floor it and get the fuck out of there which is what i did.
I wasnt holding him up, he was going to fast and expecting others to get out of his way.
I'm sure there are decent blokes in trucks out there, unfortunately he isnt one of them.

**firefighter** · 12th December 2008, 11:59

Originally Posted by colsan1

I know about losing momentum and generally i will make way for trucks when i can.
when he was tailgating i couldnt pull over to let him pass as there was nowhere for me to pull into.
As soon as i reached the passing lane i kept left to allow him to pass.
I couldnt tuck in behind him as there were other vehicles behind him.
when he did pull out he had no intention of passing. He could have easilly
passed me but he didnt. He accelerated untill the middle of his rig was level with me then he eased off to match my speed.
If i could have tucked in behind him i would have but it wasnt safe to do so.
the sensible thing was to floor it and get the fuck out of there which is what i did.
I wasnt holding him up, he was going to fast and expecting others to get out of his way.
I'm sure there are decent blokes in trucks out there, unfortunately he isnt one of them.

Er, that's great dude I was actually quoting "michael". I didn't think you did anything wrong.....(apart from being a NANA)

**Finn** · 12th December 2008, 12:05

Originally Posted by nodrog

he obviously wanted to go faster than your 90kph. why didnt you let him past you in the passing lane?

Exactly. And why were you doing 90kph?

Sure, this guy went too far but who can honestly say they never wanted to get out and smash some idiot driver right in the face?

On my way top work this morning, I wanted to do it about 5 times.

**nodrog:Me** · 12th December 2008, 12:15

Originally Posted by colsan1

I know about losing momentum and generally i will make way for trucks when i can.
when he was tailgating i couldnt pull over to let him pass as there was nowhere for me to pull into.
As soon as i reached the passing lane i kept left to allow him to pass.
I couldnt tuck in behind him as there were other vehicles behind him.
when he did pull out he had no intention of passing. He could have easilly
passed me but he didnt. He accelerated untill the middle of his rig was level with me then he eased off to match my speed.
If i could have tucked in behind him i would have but it wasnt safe to do so.
the sensible thing was to floor it and get the fuck out of there which is what i did.
I wasnt holding him up, he was going to fast and expecting others to get out of his way.
I'm sure there are decent blokes in trucks out there, unfortunately he isnt one of them.

so there was a whole line of cars trying to get past you as well as the truck?