Started By
Message

re: What % of traffic issues are caused by rigs/tanker trucks/etc?

Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:36 am to
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
60082 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:36 am to
You millennials sure do complain about truckers a lot. Good luck getting your tide pods without us!
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
48835 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:38 am to
quote:

and then it takes 5 miles to make the pass and get out of the fast line b/c 1 truck's going 69.9 mph and the other's going 70.0 mph


I was behind one in the left lane for 20 minutes coming back from Houston a few weeks ago: .0001 mph faster than the truck in the right lane.

When he finally moved over, there wasn’t a car in sight ahead of us.
Posted by AU_251
Your dads room
Member since Feb 2013
12113 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:40 am to
probably infinitely less than people who drive slow in the left lane and cell phone drivers
Posted by KurtRussell
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2013
269 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:40 am to
I'm getting flashbacks of when we had that "S" curve near o'neal lane.
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
148001 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:40 am to
quote:

I wish Louisiana would make this a law or enforce it if it is.

Louisiana is a "everyone stay out of the left hand lane unless you're passing" state

ETA: but there are stretches of road where trucks are required to stay in the right lane... like the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 9:43 am
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
20356 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:45 am to
quote:

0. The real traffic issues is you amateur drivers getting in the professionals way. Don’t like trucks? Have fun wiping your butt with your hand!!



Posted by ScopeCreep
In the thick
Member since Jul 2016
695 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:45 am to
You’re like 4 cars ahead of me.
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
48835 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:45 am to
I just flipped you off.
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:47 am to
quote:

ETA: but there are stretches of road where trucks are required to stay in the right lane... like the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge


And they're supposed to drive 55 miles per hour. Drive on that bridge at 4:30 am and they're doing 80 weaving in and out of traffic. So many deaths on that bridge due to truck drivers, their cdl should be revoked when they break this law.
Posted by ScopeCreep
In the thick
Member since Jul 2016
695 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:48 am to
Lucky there’s no sonic around. You’ve got weak knuckles.
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
48835 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:50 am to
quote:

Lucky there’s no sonic around. You’ve got weak knuckles.


Oh.. There is.. Just across the bridge behind Popingos.

See you there in 5 fricking hours!
Posted by ScopeCreep
In the thick
Member since Jul 2016
695 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:51 am to
Let’s walk there. It’ll be faster.

You on the bridge? Or the access ramp from river road?
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
48835 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:53 am to
Not even to the ramp yet, just the road leading up to it.

Just stepped out of the car. I’m about to run over to the man lift and take a piss.
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 9:56 am
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42719 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:55 am to
quote:

That or a light turning green and everyone just creeping through it leaving 5-6 car lengths between each other.


This all day. Damn it drive you arse holes. I get not blocking the intersection but if you can clearly see you’ll make it, gun it
Posted by ScopeCreep
In the thick
Member since Jul 2016
695 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:55 am to
I hope they hold the ramp until all of 70 clears. You can wait another hour.
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
148001 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:55 am to
quote:

And they're supposed to drive 55 miles per hour. Drive on that bridge at 4:30 am and they're doing 80 weaving in and out of traffic. So many deaths on that bridge due to truck drivers, their cdl should be revoked when they break this law.

I've done my time crossing that hellhole of a bridge
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
48835 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 10:31 am to
Seriously, though..

How tough is it to back a wrecker up the other side slowly and tow the fricker off the bridge?
Posted by whoa
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
5922 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 10:49 am to
From my Facebook sauces:
quote:

Well a new update I just got from the prison warden behind me is that the truck that was towing the big rig down the bridge breaks locked up so now they are stuck waiting for PARTS to be delivered
Posted by Antonio Moss
The South
Member since Mar 2006
49577 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 10:50 am to
Easily more than half on the interstates.

Louisiana desperately needs a law that forces tractor-trailers to stay in the right lane at all times.
Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2013
22546 posts
Posted on 6/5/19 at 10:58 am to
Shockwaves are the issue mainly
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