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Pedantichrist t1_iu3fvz4 wrote

Truckers love to think this way, but if you put several tons of machinery somewhere without checking nobody is there first, you really ought to be culpable.

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Syrel t1_iu3p5xl wrote

That's a chair point but I think the balance of perspective from both sides would indicate a mutual understanding that a trucker should know the force their trucks carry, and how much less abruptly they can stop.

Likewise, as a regular car driver, we should recognize these trucks as big and slow, but also in many ways more dangerous than another similarly sized car to pass or otherwise engage with.

Mutual respect should be given.

Think of it like we're the motorcycle, and they're the car. Motorcyclists sometimes drive way more wildly, making unsafe cuts in traffic and squeezing between cars because they believe they have enough space, even when they don't.

It's my job behind the wheel to be aware of them, just as much as it's their job to be aware of me. Its a lot easier to stay safe in a car crash than in a motorcycle crash. I'd think the same rule applies to big rigs and regular vehicles.

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Pedantichrist t1_iu3pa5h wrote

Just like with motorcycles and cars, cars too often blame motorcycles, as if it is the motorcycle's fault for being there, when any driver should be looking out for them.

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smashmouthrules t1_iu43uz3 wrote

Lmao where tf do you experience this. Reddit is full motorbike-riders whining that their friend died while doing a wheelie at 150km/hr on a suburban street and it was because car-drivers don't check their blind spots, somehow

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