8 Most Essential Trucker Courtesy Rules (Unwritten Rules of Trucking)
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- What are some of the key rules for driver courtesy while on the road and in traffic? What about at the fuel station or the yard? Today, Brian shares his thoughts on the courtesies that if we all abided by, would make the experience on the road much smoother.
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What pisses me off the most is when I can't get over to let a car merge so I slow down a little to let the 4 wheeler in and they FUCKEN SLOW DOWN!
YES!!!!! If I slow down and the slow down I end up speeding back up and letting them figure it out!
Mate I'm in the UK, and they do it here. You slow and flash them in, and they slow down or stop.. Knob eads mate
A 4 wheeler has no idea how much preparation we do as truckers for each hill climb and keeping a steady speed this not only helps the fuel miles but also the environment
I want this guy training me
Me tooo👏Flatbed please🙏
I also would love this guy as my first trainer.
Do you live in Canada?
@@stevedavenport1202 if you're referring to me, yes
Really?? Absolutely not for me!!
On ramps, Tankers risk greatly increases to move over. When Van drivers condition 4 wheelers that moving over is a courtesy, 4 wheelers expect tankers to do the same. Slowing for oncoming mergers is an option, but moving over is dangerous.
Don't forget about the emergency repair person working on a vehicle on the side of the road. Move over for them also.
I try butt sometimes people won't let me change into the left lane so I slow down
all flashing lights, even skateboarders checking their load every 150 miles
This guy is the truckerest trucker who ever trucked and I love it.
I like your "pep talks", very educative.
I wish there will be a way to have them played over the communication system in the Truck Stops.
Thank you so much, God bless you.
I’m a rookie driver. That’s the first time I’ve heard about going to the outermost fuel pump. That’s for sharing that.
OMG, you took all those well spoken words straight from my mouth.
i've been in this game since 1981, and agree with all that you said in this video.
btw. this is the first time i've felt the urge to subscribe to a channel.
"keep on chirping" lol
If you're going out on the road, thinking that everyone else is your enemy, you're screwd. You'll have your bad day in no time.
If you're going out thinking that everyone else is your friend......everything will be fine!
The road is where many different personalities coexist. It needs patience and cooperation. 👍
traffics doesn't change but tags do, keep it on cruise with your foot over the brake and your finger over the decel button
🤣🤣😂 Brian is so funny but he telling the truth, his choice of words put a smile on your face all the time. 😂😂
These are things that until recently, you didn't have to mention, it's just the way it was. This is the next generation of trucker, we have to educate them now, or else we won't have anyone to blame but ourselves.
everything that he said would be very good if everyone respected the road it would be better shared. Many people drive with high beams at night and do not mind disturbing.
Great video! I totally agree with him.
I was raised old school with common curtsey. Now days everyone is looking out for them selves no common curtsey for others. It's really sad.
You deserve the best.I suggest you to be part of drivers trg school.And to put into practice what all you have advocated.That way you can pass on to all new drivers,what you have learned all through your lifelong experience.I love your thought provoking ideas and sense of individual responsibility while on the road.Keep the good work up as always.
This gentleman has great counsel and insight. I'm picking up what he's putting down. Thank you for your honesty.
and ability to judge yourself
Thank you, especially for #5. A lot of those firefighters are not even getting paid for what they do.
One of my friends name is Matthew Evans. Is this you. Call me if so
and when they are they are getting minimum wage at best.
Thanks for this video. I can relate to every point you've made...and I'm not a trucker. Simple courtesy costs nothing but makes things a little better for everyone.
Dude, I ride a motorcycle and I've had cigarette butts bounce off my windscreen or right over my helmet. I'm with you on this. It really pisses me off.
Complete loads from ashtrays and also cars using the windshield wash device.
Don't forget optional back up light's some guys forget about it and leave them on tractor
You really deserve more subscribe 👍
Great vid. Please keep 'em coming.
Great job! Thanks
Great video my friend. As a noob driver, [haven't earned the title of Truck Driver yet], of only 4 weeks, THIS right here is exactly what I'm looking for. These types of videos that help get noob drivers off to a good start.
And at 59 years old, yes, those bright HID lights are blinding !!!! lol
Keep putting out these awesome info sessions.
Full of great advise as always. Thank you Brian
I have so much respect for you. Thanks for the comments.
Thanks for watching!
Well done slick!
Love your instructions 😮
Love the content. I'm 67 and agree totally. Thank!
Very good vibes, only thing if you old and you drive at night, you need good headlights.
Well said my Friend , well said.
Good video..
Excellent Video
All very good points you make. Also added compliance regulations ie., FMCSA / DOT rules and regs are an additional burden but also have the unintended effect of turning truck drivers into highly responsive, and responsible professionals. It's time we start acting the part of the professionals that we are. Keep up the great vids. Stay safe Driver. Two Horses.
Just got reminded to practice my table manners! Great vid!!!
Amen to this upload 🙌
Spot on 💯🚛
Totally agree with you message.. ..
Man, I was feeling good to you. Start getting extra now about letting over and flashing the Lights.
Love yah, Thank you for your Courtesy Rules...You deserve, at least a million likes just looking out for truck drivers and folks in the cars.. Keep up the good work.
This guy is legend in trucking 🙌
As an EMS worker, thank you for bringing that up. Please slow down or move. I don’t get paid enough to be hit by you.
Yeah I don't agree with his off-ramp merge conclusion that it's the truck that needs to move over each and every time. I think it's safer for us to stay where we are and for the mergers to just follow the law and yield the right-of-way
I agree it's absolutely nuts to move over. You end up a sitting duck in the left lane. Most times the idiots will match your speed. Then you have pissed off driver's behind you
My take on this is, if it is an 18 wheeler I will do my best to get over or slow down to let them in. If it is a 4 wheeler I will access their speed and distance from my truck and move accordingly. 4 wheelers have the ability to speed up a lot quicker than I can so in some instances that is what I expect them to do. I do try to access every situation and be courteous accordingly. But I am not going to shoot myself in the foot either.
As a new driver I wish someone would have explained this to me. Thanks I love your videos. Keep up the great job.
Thanks 👍
OMG THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH BRINGING UP THE “FLASHING YOUR LIGHTS” WHEN PASSING !!!!!!
I want to dope slap the knuckle head that said flashing high beams is courteous to all these new drivers !!
Fantastic info for this old gal starting my training . Thank you!
Amen. Those fog lights get on my nerves
“Who throws a Tim Hortons cup out the window? What are you doing??”🤣🤣🤣🤣💪🏾
THANKS KAREN FOR THE ADVICE
Love your videos I’m getting my cdl in the next few weeks wish I had someone like you training me
You should always try to move over to give a truck room to merge onto the road because you know what it takes to get out there and get going, but I don't worry about moving over for cars because they can get up to speed quickly.
Pretty cool
If that cigrate butt throw in dry field that is not good for so many birds, animals and humans because dry field catch fire 🔥🔥
Thank you for including recovery truck operators I have lost 3 employees in the last 18 months( It is a soul destroying thing to have to write a condolese letter to the family of the dead person 0
sorry brother, thanks to your extended family for paying the ultimate price for keeping the freight moving
Absolutely true this is happening to everyday
👍 reviews I did the same for 27 yrs retired medical & just courtesy is 9/10th of the law & I had zero accidents and was 30,000 from 1 mill & play dispatch yourself 99% of the time you will still do the miles & the job Safety & Happy Trails 🚛🙏😷🚛🚛🚛
Bring me to the time I was going through a pay toll station and I saw a trucker that was wanting to get into the next lane despite the fact that no other cars seemed to acknowledge that I got into the other lane and gave him the opportunity
You DO NOT slow down to "let somebody in" that's trying to merge onto the road because then you're causing people behind you to risk rearending you. You hold your lane and your speed and the car can merge when they have the space to.
You, I like you. You are a good guy. Keep it up :)
4:26 I disagree on the highway on-ramps. I own a Prius and it still has enough juice to match highway traffic speeds when I floor it, being soo light, and out accelerate any truck out there. Am a new driver and I pulled over for the 4 wheelers and my trainer said don't do it, that it is more dangerous for me to make a lane change, because these things come upon you suddenly sometimes and you never know who is right next to you in your blindspot. It is sooo much easier for them to adjust to you. Sometimes they get upset and call the company, but the company will just inform them of the law that they have to yield. I haven't been to any on ramps where they are so short that I couldn't make traffic speeds in Illinois, Wisconsin, and California where I've lived. Most minivans will out accelerate a Prius.
I will pull over or slow down for a merging truck or a whole pack of 4 wheers.
I agree Jacob, Two big problems are caused by pulling out into the next lane, moving a 60 mph truck into an 80 mph lane could and does cause vehicles in that lane to slow down and if it is busy that is what starts the back ups, how many times have you guys come to stopped or slow moving traffic at an on ramp just to see that there is no apparent reason for the slow down. Braking by vehicles in front causes that back up because the vehicles coming on the ramp do not know how to merge properly. It is better for the backup to be on the on ramp @ 30mph as opposed to the 80 mph highway.
My 2nd point is when stupid, selfish people drive down the ramp and not looking to merge but just assuming everyone else will move for them, quite often distracted i.e on the phone or texting and get to the end of the ramp to find themselves blocked by traffic which can't move.
actually I have a 3rd too, when a vehicle comes down the ramp and not looking to merge, so you get out of their way, they then accelerate away leaving you hanging in the middle or outside lane, then a load of idiot 4 wheelers undertake you and leave you stuck in the centre lane. This causes the issue mentioned above slowing down the traffic on the highway, causing backups and potential accidents. No, moving over causes a lot of problems but because it is in the rear view mirror is seldom seen.
All this, of course, doesn't apply if you are, for instance, driving on the I15 in Montana because the traffic is not an issue, then by all means pull over if you want.
Oh, and a final point to other truckers on courtesy, if a truck has let you out don't sit alongside or accelerate up the inside and leave me hanging, I have been courteous and let you out, repay me and let me back in !
29 years driving experience...good luck..
Passing. I have had some drivers drive slow and when i go to pass, they want to speed up. I always back off but the nice thing would be to just let me pass and then go around me if your up to speed.
Good Video, Brother. Couldn't believe You had to make such a Video. To Me, Everything You Said should be a No Brainer. That throwing out the cigarette out the window really gets on my nerves though. Thanks for mentioning that. Be Safe, Brother... I Miss Going to Canada. But don't miss The Customs A-holes
From my old school driver of 36 years Experience that was well reported
I always give trucks right of way because of speed they carrying . Amen
Even as a fellow smoker I couldn’t agree more of that throwing cigarette butts out the window is just unnecessary. Chop a water water bottle and half leave some water in it and throw it away the next time you fill up. As far as merging, yes it should seem simple but it seems like only 50% of people get it. Every once in a while a four wheeler will be merging onto the highway and as I slow down they slow down, I’ve gotten flipped off and honked at me for trying to be courteous. The way I see it now whether it is a mom and her two kids is she should know what she’s doing if she is behind the wheel like I do. I won’t speed up but I will no longer slow down, their problem .
MO is the worst for this
Lastly, I’ve been out here only three years or so and I appreciate the advice on the highbeams. I didn’t know it would affect people as much and I will now dim my lights thanks to you.
I drove over 43 years and I laugh at the fuel island thing it's like everyone wants to fuel at the same time I never have to wait I only fuel when I see the pumps empty and I dont hang around truck stops
Can you’ll please please please do a video on road rage and how to deal with it as a professional driver
Grumpy old guy teaching you about courtesy 😂😂
I hate it when lazy backstabbing truckers park at the fuel island to take a shower, do a 30, or get some food. It is not hard to pull forward or go park somewhere
You Should do "Common Courtesy To Trucks" for the 4 Wheelers out There...They're The Biggest Danger for us Truck drivers.
I used to meet with a couple of straight trucks every day.... we would go back to back so that they could get their freight from me.... there was a Pilot and a Flying J as options depending on how busy they were... we refered to the truck stops as the urinal and the shitter because of how bad they smelled..... That is trucking....
How about turning your flashers on when you are backing up?
One of my favourites was when they pull in toa truckstop with the foglights on and wont turn them off.Or their high beams.
Great points.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍.. Sadly 80% of drivers won't give a dime 😕
I think the truckers union should come up with training ads so four wheelers know what they need to notice.
The worst are the blue fog lights. Those things are blinding!
That is right I agreed on that brother don't see that I like man we don't stop I know I go Those shippers I stop I get done right away I know you're feeling My brother
When I see emergency vehicle, I pull halfway into the next lane. Too many people try to pass on the right while going past them.
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As for fog lights,my international has auto lights,as soon as the brakes are released the lights are on,I wish I could disable it but per company policy...nope
Courteousy #9: smile! Your on camera!
Speaking of on ramps... I litterally lost points on my fucking DMV Drive test for hitting my brakes to let a car merge onto the freeway lol.... Fuck it, next time i'll fucking cream them.
sideriders make me grumpy
How can we make sure, EVERYONE attends to this video good advice on driving, including all motor vehicle driver, motorcycle, vans, pick ups, sedan, limo, flat bed, step bed, low boy, all should take this into action,,,
The only time I signal drivers is when I'm getting passed and there's someone behind them biting at their heels trying to pass them. I hate it when someone flashes their lights and there's nobody behind me. You look stupid when you signal me at 2am with no traffic on the road.
I don’t know if this is common courtesy but if I know that a truck is passing me on the left and I see that there’s traffic behind them, I’ll slow down and let them pass.
Not just emergency vehicles anything on the shoulder move over or slow down
We always moved over before it was A law To move over
Add up to the speed of the highway or close enough as a law in the United States.
Thanks for this info. Can u guys do a video on cab sizes
Ok
Nice but the more you move over for those that don't know how to merge the more they don't realize that it was a courtesy move there think they have the right of way and they will never learn good thoughts but also you by moving over for a courtesy you are putting you and the lane you're moving into in a safety predicament ..
The fuel island thing don't bother me. Why because I stopped fueling at J, loves and Petro. Can get fuel cheaper with less hassle elsewhere.
Ive seen guys with LED light bars
Who RAISE YOU !!!!😮😮
The thing that get me upset is when drivers park right in front of shipping or receiving office, blocking other doors, when there is truck parking available.
I absolutely hate it when cars and trucks forget to turn their high beams off at night, if you can't remember to turn them off, don't use them at all
I must admit, I watched this to take the piss, not bad driver, interesting topics
Regarding the fog lights..totally agree with that one- especially when theyre not even aimed properly- one aimed at the ground and the other aimed straight into your eyes!! Friggin annoying as hell !! THEN you get the dinks who have the kazillion watt LED lightbars.....wth??
Im with him but at the same time I can see his road rage potential LOL
Something that irritates me is when a 4 wheeler or big truck is on the on ramp but going way too freaking fast that it seems like they are going to pull out in front of me! This causes me to have to slam the brakes on thinking I am about to get into a crash!