Oh, so now I'm not good enough to receive a honk.

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1982 240D.
My name is Michael, and I am an 18 year old binge-drinkin', cigar-smokin', novel-writin', all around unsavory and unnattractive guy. I tell long-winded stories, and I only shave once a week, although I've had to do it every day since I was 16.

i agree with you, many people in jobs of authority have a problem with conceited and arrogant attitude. but by and large the people who do those jobs or authority (and there are many fields) are decent and want to make their living doing something that helps and be helpful. i have seen and helped care for a number of cops who were not shown proper respect they deserve as policemen in the community, and as human beings. name calling, especially the dehumanizing name calling you demonstrated, only contributes to dehumanizing a person who is (1) a person and (2) someone who may help you out significantly some day. and dehumanization is a step on the road to making violence against one another possible. you are almost certainly not a violent person, but that term is dehumanizing. now i am not a left-wing nut, but i do consider myself a humanist. BTW, policeman were not the first group of people to be demanized with that term. we can remember that this term was also used within the country of make of our vehicles during naziism, as a dehumanizing gesture and tag of genocide. today many in the world use this same term to also describe us american citizens in effect too dehumanize us and the western world. sure, all of this is of grander scope that your original use of the term, but you probably can see where this kind of sentiment can lead. in short, i think that you, me, cops, and everyone deserve mutual respect, in so far as it helps promote peace and makes life somewhat easier to live and more graceful. it's no big deal, but it is a big deal.

peace

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PagodaLOVER
1967 230SL, manual
1959 180D, manual

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. You could always get a boob job or have a kid; but a cost benefit analysis would probably steer you away from those options if they were purely for getting honked at

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-livin' in the terminally flippant zone

having a passenger with a rack along can be even more costly

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PagodaLOVER
1967 230SL, manual
1959 180D, manual

Seems like the police/cops discussion was elsewhere on the forum. I tried to find it so as to allow that discussion to continue elsewhere but I cannot find it.

Deleted?

My experience with truck drivers is always short. They don't seem to send out too much hate my way though becuase I never get "screwed with" like some of my less than intelligent friends do

I don't want boobs, dern it, I'm a bloke.

Maybe I'll come across a gay trucker and he'll honk at me.

Or better yet, a lady trucker. Though, personally, I've never seen a lady trucker whom I'd like to share a bed with. Eeew.

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1982 240D.
My name is Michael, and I am an 18 year old binge-drinkin', cigar-smokin', novel-writin', all around unsavory and unnattractive guy. I tell long-winded stories, and I only shave once a week, although I've had to do it every day since I was 16.

Well last month me and my buddy made an I-5 haul in his f-250, we decided to go down there going only 55 MPH to save economy and also to reduce noises. We only fueled up once at a truck station. they only hace one car pump on that one. Trucks were passing us and i was "flashing" them in when they would pass me because they were hauling at 65-70 MPH. which is reasonable at night. I have heard that it is romoured that swift drivers are the worst. California truckers are not the best and we also have to deal alot with all the stupid SUV's hauling boats and 5th wheelers and such and they have no clue how to handle thier vehicle. its amazing. ANd when i pass trucks i always make sure to signal far behind them so they can see me in thier mirror before i move over. Then i leave my blinker on and wait untill i can see the front of the cab in my rearview before moving back. Some truckers were not giving the thannk you flashes buty otherwise it was a good trip

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81' 300SD AKA "Big Helga"
84' 300D Euro spec (Veronika)
85' 300D NonCalifornia (Heidi)

"We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job."
-Winston Churchill, 1941

"I'll have a Chinchilla!"

IMHO, the vast majority of both police and truck drivers are just average guys just trying to do their job. Just like any other group of people, there are going to be a few jerks, and the occasional guy who's just having a bad day.

With regard to the cops, if you get caught speeding, etc. just pay the ticket and quit whining. We've all driven over the speed limit, we've all gotten away with it most of the time, and we've all gotten tickets. If you didn't do it, go to court and fight it. Yes, police departments tell the traffic cops they have to write tickets, that's part of their job and it's easy to measure. The traffic cop is mostly just doing what his boss tells him to do. If you think the cops should be allocating their resources differently, take it up with the local government.

Most truck drivers seem to treat you as well as you treat them. If you mess with them, cut them off, or drive in their blind spot, they are going to get pissed. That shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

No problem with the ticket if I was doing 75 in a 55. Don't write me up for 95 or 105 or cop an attitude with me just because the wife didn't give you any. Yes, you pulled me over. Yes, I am abusive to you. Big deal. That comes with the job. BE PROFESSIONAL. You are my customer and I am a salesman at Best Lies. You want rediculous things. BE PROFESSIONAL. As a salesman, I can say "I don't think we are getting anywhere and I don't have to take this abuse. I will get a manager to see what he can do." I don't have the right to tell the customer "You are a fawking idiot. Go procreate with yourself." That has nothing with selling product which is my job. Same as with a cop. If I see that they are, for the most part, professional, I will treat them with that same courtesy. If not, they are "Richard" heads to me. Not becaus they wrote me a ticket. Because they are attitude with a badge and a gun.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Alright people, enough with the cop debate. Yeah there are some cops out there who are "richard"heads. And then there are the cops who are really nice and professional about thier job. Also you have to think, if you sound this pissed at cops in text on the computer it makes me wonder how you would come off when you actually do get pulled over??? So cops are doing thier jobs some go about it by being "richard"heads, then so be it. I work fairly close with police at work. All of them are fine to me. And should i get pulled over than i will be polite and considerate not "here's my !@#$%^& license gimme the ticket and leave. You most likely will get a ticket and your car will then be marked in that city and they will pop you more. but thankfully i have yet to be pulled over so i have no worry about police. Because this thread is starting to get rediculous so drop it and lets hear more truck stop/road trip stories.

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81' 300SD AKA "Big Helga"
84' 300D Euro spec (Veronika)
85' 300D NonCalifornia (Heidi)

"We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job."
-Winston Churchill, 1941

"I'll have a Chinchilla!"

move the cop stuff to the open discussion forum, please....

when i was younger we had a CB radio. it was so fun and the truckers had a blast. i remember a story my mother tells of when we heard on the CB back in the 1970s about a hit-and-run accident, well the truckers found the car driving away on the highway and surrounded him with three trucks. he was easily apprehended by the cops. i thought that was an interesting story heard over CB driving through texas i think.

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PagodaLOVER
1967 230SL, manual
1959 180D, manual

My grandfather used to talk about the CB from back in the days and being a ham radio operator myself, it sounds like it used to be a lot better back in the day.

Look where it is now

Off to the low bands

Like I said, I act professional whatever my opinions. I always answer "Yes, Sir", "No, Sir" so that if we have to go to court, there will be nothing to say I was combative or argumentative.

I think you are proving my point in the 2nd part that they are not professional. No matter what the person does, they have to accept it, take the necessary action and not mark this person down and pop him more. That is part of being professional. Not talking something personally. I treat all customers of mine the same whether they have been jerks to me in the past or not.

Truck stores. Ok, I had my pump shut off twice in one transaction because I am a car. I cannot be pumping diesel. Had a clerk reactivate it only to have his buddy deactivate it because you cannot pump diesel into a car. Been told to gas up elsewhere by trucks because this is a truck stop and that section is for cars. "Why are you here? Cars are gassing up over there." Then I point to my Turbodiesel emblem and they ask "Mercedes had diesels. I didn't know so new a car had diesel." Then I point it out to them that MB stoped making diesel in 99 and this is a 99.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

The buses in our fleet are either rev limited to 62 mph, as Diesel Power stated, or they are electronically limited. We have 1 old beast left in the fleet that has a Detroit 8.2 in it and is geared so it can pull into the mid 80s (it'll peg the speedo), but it takes forever in a day to get there and sounds like it is going to blow up in the process.