Big Rig Brake Checking

How often does this stuff go on? Do you just move on or should you always make an effort to report it?

At the end of the day Michael commented that he ran across his first Ahole in a long time. I don't think he's mentioned anything like this before. I asked him what was up and he shared a video from his dashcam. He sent it to me via Facebook and the resolution is lower because of that and if I rotate it in my video editing software it makes it even smaller.

Michael just took the next offramp to avoid the guy. He doesn't know why the guy started doing this and didn't want things to escalate.

Can't get hyperlink upload to work but here is the video he sent me. I asked him to get me a full resolution video when he's somewhere with better service or wifi. https://youtu.be/sQM8XM7gAMc

Honestly, I've never experienced it so I don't think it happens all that often. If you can report it, I would especially with video evidence. He handled it the right way by getting on the offramp and putting some distance between them.

It's rather uncommon to have another truck act that way. It's more common to have 4-wheelers do that kind of thing, but still pretty rare even for them.

It's impossible to tell what happened from that video. Most of the time, this happens if you hold up a faster truck or car while you're trying to make a pass. They get aggravated because they had to wait for you, and like a child, they get spiteful and want to throw a fit and lash out at you.

To all drivers out there - I can't stress this enough - when you're driving, keep your ego in check and keep your emotions out of it. Do not take things personally, do not make things personal. Do not get worked up over anything going on around you. Keep your cool and maintain control over yourself and your vehicle.

People want to get revenge as payback when they feel they've been wronged. Instead of taking pride in causing harm to someone, take pride in being the bigger man and doing no harm. Maintain your own high standards of conduct, especially when you're dealing with people of low standards.

I would have called 911.

Thanks for the replies.

I just got back from a vacation out of the country. I was hoping to be able to meet up with Michael and swap memory cards with him so that I could have looked a high resolution version of that video on my computer and had him call it in but he didn't return home until we had left. I think by now it's been over-written with newer video. I'll recommend that he get another memory card so that he can swap out his card to preserve such videos in the future.

Bumping this. Harvey, not sure if you shared this (below) with Michael, it’s far more relevant and valuable for his future safety.

It's rather uncommon to have another truck act that way. It's more common to have 4-wheelers do that kind of thing, but still pretty rare even for them.

It's impossible to tell what happened from that video. Most of the time, this happens if you hold up a faster truck or car while you're trying to make a pass. They get aggravated because they had to wait for you, and like a child, they get spiteful and want to throw a fit and lash out at you.

To all drivers out there - I can't stress this enough - when you're driving, keep your ego in check and keep your emotions out of it. Do not take things personally, do not make things personal. Do not get worked up over anything going on around you. Keep your cool and maintain control over yourself and your vehicle.

People want to get revenge as payback when they feel they've been wronged. Instead of taking pride in causing harm to someone, take pride in being the bigger man and doing no harm. Maintain your own high standards of conduct, especially when you're dealing with people of low standards.

Yes, I did. Michael said he had passed a car a few miles earlier but had not held up traffic and had not seen this truck until he pulled this stunt. Michael is very non-confrontational (better than me with that) and even allowed himself to be bullied by smaller kids when he was young which bothered me at first but I realized later he was much better off with his attitude. He saw that this incident could escalate and he took the right approach and exited to avoided further contact and I shared with him that was a good choice.

Similar to what Brent said, I told Michael many times when he was much younger "you can't control the actions of others, only your own so do what is right regardless of what others are doing".

Michael takes pride in his work but has never come across as having a big ego so I think his personality fits well with good safe driving.

Bumping this. Harvey, not sure if you shared this (below) with Michael, it’s far more relevant and valuable for his future safety.

It's rather uncommon to have another truck act that way. It's more common to have 4-wheelers do that kind of thing, but still pretty rare even for them.

It's impossible to tell what happened from that video. Most of the time, this happens if you hold up a faster truck or car while you're trying to make a pass. They get aggravated because they had to wait for you, and like a child, they get spiteful and want to throw a fit and lash out at you.

To all drivers out there - I can't stress this enough - when you're driving, keep your ego in check and keep your emotions out of it. Do not take things personally, do not make things personal. Do not get worked up over anything going on around you. Keep your cool and maintain control over yourself and your vehicle.

People want to get revenge as payback when they feel they've been wronged. Instead of taking pride in causing harm to someone, take pride in being the bigger man and doing no harm. Maintain your own high standards of conduct, especially when you're dealing with people of low standards.

Okay, fair enough. Never suggested otherwise. Brett’s reply also said this:

It's impossible to tell what happened from that video.

I agree with that.

Yes, I know the video is incomplete and I would have liked to have pieced together other earlier clips together but all I have is what Michael sent at the time. Michael said traffic was fairly light and he had passed a car a couple of minutes earlier but had not held up this truck and didn't understand what his problem was. When Michael first started driving for Marten he commented on how he liked the power his KW T680 had and he takes hills at a good speed and is governed at 65 MPH. I think this will remain a mystery and maybe a case of mistaken identity, who knows?

Okay, fair enough. Never suggested otherwise. Brett’s reply also said this:

It's impossible to tell what happened from that video.

I agree with that.