Yeah, I’m calling you guys out.
In the last month, I have almost been run down by at least a half-dozen transport trucks driven by morons. Each and every one of these jackasses was using a cell phone, iPhone, or Blackberry at the time, either surreptitiously thrust down between his legs or being held up in front of him like the idea of positioning something in the way of the windshield is a safer option.
I get it. You have to work out of your truck. But there’s a reason why it’s illegal to drive and operate a mobile device in every province or state not run by an idiot. You can’t concentrate on the road and on QWERTY keyboard at the same time. No one can. It’s been studied and proven and quantified, so quit think that you are the exception to the rule, buddy. If you were that brilliant a multi-tasker, you wouldn’t be hauling crates of cauliflower for a living.
Pull over or invest in a fucking Bluetooth.
Don’t start on me about how people driving cars are doing it too. A Ford Edge weighs 4000 lbs. Your vehicle weighs upward of 26 000 lbs. You have to be more careful because you have more freaking mass, more potential for destruction, and – consequently – more responsibility.
And while we’re on the subject, stop thinking that because you drive the biggest thing on the road you automatically have the right of way. When you decide to pull out in front of me from your greasy-spoon truck stop on to an 80 km/h road with about 10 metres of space between my front grill and your ass end, you are being a dick. You can’t get up to speed before I have to hit the brakes. God help us if someone does it to you; we all get to enjoy the sound of your over-compensatory 195 decibel horn blasting away when someone cuts you off.
I’m half tempted to plow into you just so you miss your deadline by having to fill out a police report.
In short, drive your goddamn truck the way you would drive a Civic, not the way you dream about driving an Abrams Tank.
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