Ask Mr & Mrs Yosemite

[Sister_Mom]

2. it is vacation time. roads will be packed with people trying to go fast. when speed limit is 70 drop to 65-68mls hr and you wont have to make a lot of lane changes and odds drop of having an accident. let the wild ones go!!  avoid clusters-bunched up traffic. this is a potential road rage gathering and people tend to make bad judgement here.

That's what I do, avoid the traffic clusters. I always get ahead of them to avoid that road rage. 

[yosemite]

always witnessing road rage whether it be by bad dicisions or accident havnt seen a phisical road rage incident. once a driver was trying to back into a parking place at a truck stop when another driver sliped in and stole his place this led to a cb fight where the victom said he was going to cut the theif-theif called the cops and victom went to jail on terrorist charges.
             i generally bow out to these arguments and let them have what they want. i like my tires and being able to drive out of the truckstop vrs. flat tires and water in fuel,and mean little tricks like that.
  it used to be that drivers were freindly and curtious,hospitable-not so much anymore. this is why i go to places i know are safe. i stay away from rest areas and tight truck stops more so if they have a reputation for meaness.

               one old timer trick even i used to do is colored popcorn in stacks.LOL
   pop-pop-pop.----yo

[Brother Dad]

I know driving a truck is tougher, but sometimes I drive a bus.  One thing I always hate is when, you are getting ready to backup, and someone who can't wait drives right past the back of your vehicle, right when you start back.

[yosemite]

yeah been there done that. even truck drivers that aughta know better do it.

[MelodyB]

  whats the tape for?
                   

Maybe sister Mom don't want Melody saying noting bout driving.  Sister Mom drives good and we get there fast.

Yes...we get there really fast.

Psa 32:7 Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.


*cough*

[Mrs. Yosemite]

yeah women tend to get there fast. i tell my wife to slow down all the time. she'll say i aint speeding i'm just making time.LOL-yo

Im just a young thanggg. I got places to go and stuff to buy and things to EAT!! MOVE! BEEP BEEP

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[Mrs. Yosemite]

some times the road gets to me when im to involved in it. i have driven enuff to predict what people are gonna do,but when i start to concentrate on that i get raged. i can tell by the way a person drives what they will do. some take too many chances. i've been cut off short,people stop short in front of me, people stay in blind spot,blinded by high beams-this irritates me to no end. people think because we dont have a back glass we arent botherd by high beams- we are by way of our mirrors. another thing i cant stand is when they insist on riding right beside me. if i had a blow out on a tire beside them it would demolish their car. just because we have more tires and brakes dont let yourself be deceived, 80,000 pounds cant stop quickly. at an average interstate speed it would take almost a quarter of a mile to come to a complete stop safely. i could give a lot of tips on how to drive when near a truck. thnx-yo

Also, There are no brakes on the passenger side! There is also no horn on the passenger side!  If you hear a heavy thumping. It's not Yosemite's sound system. It's just me stomping my brakes. There have been times I was in the sleeper taking a nap when all of a sudden I found myself slammed in the floor against the cab console and wondering if anything is broken. It's very dangerous and scary out there when youre on the road constantly. You have more near misses than the average Joe. If it hadnt been for God's protection, We'd probably both be dead right now.

I have drove alot of times. People get up beside you and just mosey along. Then you have a turtle in front doing about 40 on the interstate. And a idiot beside you talking on the phone. You lose all your speed and can't pull all the weight uphill. When you finally do see a place where you can get around them, they speed up trying not to let you pass. Then when they cut you off and get in front of you, they just STOP! I guess they think that load behind the truck is going to stop too. The cargo has no brakes. lol

There are so many people who do not have a clue how they are flirting with death. I know there are alot guys who do not need to be behind the wheel of a semi. There are alot of bad truckers who give the safe truckers a bad reputation. Everyone always focuses on the bad.  Nobody really talks about all the goodhearted truckers who gave their own lives to keep from hitting schoolbuses, teenagers and elderly people. But there are also alot of people who cause innocent truckdrivers to have to die because of their ignorant mistakes.  Not that much respect out there for trucks.  There is so much information that people need about trucks that has never been taught to them. You could die just by riding too close to one if the tire blows.

Everyone also needs to take in mind the theory of the NO ZONE. The no zone is a blind spot  and a very dangerous area for a car to be. The driver can not see an immediate and present danger to you. When a Semi is passing in the left, he tries to give himself enough clearance from the vehicle he's passing before he moves back in. So dont be a wild child and pass in the right while the trucker is trying to move back over. 

[Sis]

2. it is vacation time. roads will be packed with people trying to go fast. when speed limit is 70 drop to 65-68mls hr and you wont have to make a lot of lane changes and odds drop of having an accident. let the wild ones go!!  avoid clusters-bunched up traffic. this is a potential road rage gathering and people tend to make bad judgement here.

That's what I do, avoid the traffic clusters. I always get ahead of them to avoid that road rage. 

I get ahead of them to be first!

[Mrs. Yosemite]

I was driving late one night when an EMU ran out in front of me and started running down the road in front of me like he had a license plate on his behind. That is something weird to see running down the road.

[Sis]

Where were ya, Australia?  LOL It's kinda rare in Mississippi, isn't it?

[Sister_Mom]

  whats the tape for?
                   

Maybe sister Mom don't want Melody saying noting bout driving.  Sister Mom drives good and we get there fast.

Yes...we get there really fast.

Psa 32:7 Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.


*cough*

*cough* *cough* 

[Mrs. Yosemite]

Where were ya, Australia?  LOL It's kinda rare in Mississippi, isn't it?

Yeah believe it or not I was in Mississippi. It must have been somebody's pet, cause that was the LAST thing I was expecting to see. lol

[Mrs. Yosemite]

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[MelodyB]

  whats the tape for?
                   

Maybe sister Mom don't want Melody saying noting bout driving.  Sister Mom drives good and we get there fast.

Yes...we get there really fast.

Psa 32:7 Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.


*cough*

*cough* *cough* 

[Sis]

Is Yo home? Or did he message me from some internet cafe on the road?

[yosemite]

home,home off of the road
where my dear the angelic one plays

  home,home off the road!!                      

[Mrs. Yosemite]

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[yosemite]

NO I AINT!!!...well not always. hahahahaha

[sunlight]

So... when do i get to meet you guys?

[MelodyB]

Yeah...yall coming to Florida with a load anytime soon?

[yosemite]

well now i dont know. trucking seems to be real slow these days. not getting much of anything right now.
we will post where we go next. -yo

[yosemite]

   going to high point,nc again. bro.dad gonna meet me in top part of SC and ride with me the rest of the way. mrs. yo may spend the day with sis.mom and do the women thang,hen house dance or something.

[MelodyB]

When?

[Brother Dad]

When?

TODAY 

[MelodyB]

I know...I found that out last night. LOL

Yall have fun.