Road Trip Rules and Etiquette

[EcSTSatic]

Originally Posted by 90Brougham350

Great tips! I like everything I've read. However, something nobody's mentioned yet, be polite and curteous to truckers. After all, you're spending a lot of time in their "workplace." Passing one and then pulling infront of it with 20 feet to spare will not make a trucker happy. They have CB radios, and they will let other drivers know if there's an out-of-state car on a trip being an *******. Always pass and leave plenty of room, and wave once in a while. Most OTR guys wouldn't mind a friendly hello.

I agree. I enjoy my CB for that reason.
Once, a long time ago before radar detectors, I was roaring down the highway in my 68 Firebird convertible and this trucker moved to block me from passing him. It turned out that there was a smokie just over the rise. This guy probably saved me from a ticket. I waved to thank him.

[P-Funk]

Originally Posted by 90Brougham350

Great tips! I like everything I've read. However, something nobody's mentioned yet, be polite and curteous to truckers. After all, you're spending a lot of time in their "workplace." Passing one and then pulling infront of it with 20 feet to spare will not make a trucker happy. They have CB radios, and they will let other drivers know if there's an out-of-state car on a trip being an *******. Always pass and leave plenty of room, and wave once in a while. Most OTR guys wouldn't mind a friendly hello.

Yeah, I always give them a quick wave when I pass them on the open highway.

[dp102288]

Great reads. I should follow all, going to Canada tomorrow. Taking the Eldo, hoping for 85+ mph all the way.