Started By
Message

re: Nothing like driving on the interstate

Posted on 6/28/25 at 6:04 pm to
Posted by N2cars
Close by
Member since Feb 2008
37867 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 6:04 pm to
60'+, 48K, if I get over 80, it dings.


Fun though, running up and down the Ozarks...
Posted by Artificial Ignorance
Member since Feb 2025
1424 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 6:06 pm to
Forced to go the speed limit sucks.
Posted by Lou Loomis
A pond. Ponds good for you.
Member since Mar 2025
893 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 6:41 pm to
I came up on two rigs doing that a few years ago on 20 in Texas. We got to an on ramp that was long enough and I went around them like Dale Earnhardt. I’m cool.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
23304 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 6:43 pm to
quote:

Unlike the Basin Bridge, MS River Bridge, Spillway Bridge etc where you just get stuck with nowhere to go.


Let's put a Buccee's there. That'll fix it.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61227 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 6:44 pm to
quote:

And yet people behind them keep gunning it trying to pass cars behind the semi with nowhere to go


When I’m in the right mood, this is where the fun starts for me. I will somewhat create an opening then close the gap as the right lane speed demons show up.

Posted by White Bear
SPECULATION
Member since Jul 2014
17131 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 7:20 pm to
Aka a turtle race
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
22787 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 7:38 pm to
Worse yet one of the trucks crashes and the load spills. Driving through 2000 pounds of noodles kind of sucks
Posted by Boudreauboudreaugoly
Land of the Rice n Son
Member since Oct 2017
2647 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 7:52 pm to
quote:

Only to be stuck behind 2 semis where one is going 70 in the right lane and the other is going 70.0000001 in the left lane


Rolling roadblock?
Posted by msap9020
Texas
Member since Feb 2015
2086 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 8:12 pm to
Emergency lane ya badass
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
23620 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 8:36 pm to
In OK we can give that left lane nazi trucker a ticket.

I think they do this to piss everyone off. Then they allow cars to go by and speed like crazy to flush out the police
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
4543 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 8:45 pm to
I’ve seen a few pulled over lately by the LSP. I wonder if they are ticketing for left lane blocking. They should. If they can’t pass timely, they should stay to the right lane. I will say there were more 18 wheelers on I-12 last weekend than I usually see. No issues, surprisingly.
Posted by TigerSooner
Member since Nov 2023
3569 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 11:14 pm to
I love Lake Charles. Just going from Nelson Walmart to my house near McNeese I had to swerve/slam on my brakes/lay on the horn twice because people are stupid. And it was a rare occurrence where they didn't have Stupidville (Texas) plates.
Posted by TigerSooner
Member since Nov 2023
3569 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 11:16 pm to
That's when I either start riding the center line, or start going back and forth between lanes in a safe-but-aggressive manner to show them how stupid they are.
Posted by TigerSooner
Member since Nov 2023
3569 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 11:17 pm to
My dad calls it the "Texas Roadblock."
Posted by lsufan112001
sportsmans paradise
Member since Oct 2006
11038 posts
Posted on 6/28/25 at 11:34 pm to
I had an outlandish thought the other day that what if all trucks only drove at night. And the commuters had it during the day. Not gonna happen but it’d be nice
Posted by brewhan davey
Audubon Place
Member since Sep 2010
33271 posts
Posted on 6/29/25 at 4:28 am to
quote:

I've never had 1 single drive in 7 years where I didn't have to go below 5 mph. Every single time I've had to go below 5 mph for a large portion of


Last time I drove from Lake Chuck to Nola, this was my experience. Just infuriating.
Posted by ManWithNoNsme
Member since Feb 2022
924 posts
Posted on 6/29/25 at 5:14 am to
Semi thinks they’re the shite. Had one put his grill in my truck bed on a Saturday morning. I slid my rear window back and pointed a 9mm right at his face. He couldn’t hit his brakes fast enough.
Posted by TiptonInSC
Aiken, SC
Member since Dec 2012
20915 posts
Posted on 6/29/25 at 5:22 am to
quote:

On the interstate, wherever you find slow backed up traffic, you will ALWAYS find a trucker going slow in the left lane leading the way.


Not always, but maybe 60% of the time.

The other 40% is spread out between minivans with handicap tags and Nissan Altimas.
Posted by bakersman
Shreveport
Member since Apr 2011
5972 posts
Posted on 6/29/25 at 7:19 am to
quote:

And yet people behind them keep gunning it trying to pass cars behind the semi with nowhere to go and everyone is driving like dickheads


It’s almost always a Texas driver.
Posted by bakersman
Shreveport
Member since Apr 2011
5972 posts
Posted on 6/29/25 at 7:21 am to
quote:

The one in the left lane, with a quarter load is going the same speed as the one in the right lane with a full load. Just about that 5 mile mark when he’s gaining and can ALMOST merge, you come to the downhill stretch where the one in the right lane that’s heavier gains downhill momentum and begins to overtake the one in the left lane. You jump behind him only to be met with the next uphill climb where he loses steam, and the back and forth continues for the next 5 miles.


I always wonder if the truckers are talking to either laughing about the chaos they are creating
first pageprev pagePage 2 of 3Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookXInstagram