Have I driven in an unfamiliar city? Yes. Have I found myself turned around? Sure, but I don’t drive like an ass clown to extricate myself from the situation. I think you hit all of the “I used to be a trucker, and let me tell you something...” points.

In your anecdotal situation the truck driver iniated the entire series of events with an illegal, dick move. He moved to the left lane impeding the flow of traffic trying to lawfully pass him in the left lane in order to not have to slow down for you merging. Had nothing to do with courtesy.

It’s there any time a trucker or ex trucker says anything about road safety.

There is A LOT of that. They seem to love jumping out into the left lane from 10mph under the speed limit 10 feet in front of somebody passing them at 5 over. Sorry dude,your weight/speed/economy issues are your problem.

I do respect big trucks. Add in the fact that the majority of their drivers are over confident, underqualified know-it-alls, and I give them all the real estate they want.

Yes, most of his post was common sense.

Funny, I was taught to drive courteously, follow the rules of the road. and to generaly not drive like I own the roads. Something the majority of truck drivers were spparently not.

I find it hard to listen to some holier than thou safety rant from a truck driver. Some of the most unsafe driving I’ve ever witnessed has been truck drivers. Their general attitude on the road is “I’m bigger, therefore I have the right of way, always.”

I drive a n/a Soul all day for work. I would probably never buy one, but it’s a decent little car.

How is it that somebody writing for Jalopnik does not know that there were indeed factory turbo’d Firebird Trans Ams in the 80s?

Ok, buddy, you’re forgiven.

Always good to drive through Kansas at night. And I was born there.

So seriously, what’s so real about it? Was everybody celebrating white? Nope. Does this dickbag know everybody who is celebrating and their ancestors? Nope. Is he making a vast generalization about a race other than his simply to try to look down upon them. Yep. Will my comnent ever make it out of the grey…

You mean mini bike or something right? KC to Denver is 8 hours at most.

Meh, I’ll stick with my Sig.

Your understanding of physics is weak.

The gender gap in general is a farce. I’ve never once worked a job where a woman working beside me with the same title and responsibilities was paid less than I as a man. Does it happen in Hollywood or the top echelons of Corporate America? Perhaps, but I can’t say that I give two poops about those segments of our…

He did not disclose his firearm when first approached. Those should have been the first words out of his mouth.

After a second watch I have a serious question. How can anybody watch Yanez’s reaction afterwards and think that he just wanted to kill some black dude? Yanez was obviously shook up over it.

The facts that he failed to report his weapon when first contacted and then obviously reached for something after being told not to, make him a shoe in for a Darwin Award.