Here's Ur Sign Blog

This little blog is a running account of what a truck driver encounters on a daily basis out there on the highway. Some is funny, some is scary, some is just plain stupid. So, read on, and if you have a "Here's Ur Sign" moment to share, submit it to our About Us" page and we'll include it here!

Noted: Three, THREE!, of every five driver's on the road was talking on the cellphone!

An elderly woman, probably around 80 years old, was in the left lane, going 60mph, and talking on her cellphone.

A car driving in the right hand lane, which was about to run out and merge left, sped up just as the lane ended, barely passing the truck on the right, then slammed on their brakes for no reason.

** May 2008, heavy traffic, light misty rain, slick road, speeds from 5mph to 25mph, bumper to bumper.

A woman eating a biscuit and drinking coffee.

A man driving a pickup truck with a load of bricks in the back, looking at a map.

A woman writing in a notebook.

A "City" car (lic # 103675) drinking coffee and eating a donut.

And, the worst offender:
Man driving an expensive "foreign" car, talking on the cellphone AND entering information into a laptop computer, tailgating a semi.

AARGH Report:

Doesn't everyone understand what MERGE means? Put your blinker on, check oncoming traffic, get up to speed, and merge smoothly onto the highway.

DO NOT:

Fly down the on-ramp then slam on your brakes because you didn't look to see if a vehicle was there.

Pull out into traffic at 20mph slower than the rest of the flow.

Cut off traffic because you need to be ahead of everyone.

USE THE MERGE LANE TO PASS (this is done more often than you realize, and is highly dangerous, besides stupid)

I know, the above is just common sense. There does seem to be quite a few out there that are a few cents short (pardon the pun).

And the final, totally stupid merging traffic mistake:

DO NOT PLAY CHICKEN WITH A SEMI, YOU WILL LOSE! If the semi can't get over, it's because the next lane isn't clear. Slow up, and merge behind the truck instead of taking the risk of ruining not only your day, but others as well.

**May 21, 2008, late afternoon, I5 North, Sacramento vicinity:

Okay, this one takes the cake!

Two vehicles off on the shoulder of the highway, one a black Suburban, young man and woman outside the vehicle. Big semi, loaded to a total of 78,000 lbs, going 55mph. Traffic heavy. Young woman decides to jump out onto the highway and wave her hands in the air at the previously mentioned 78,000 lb semi going 55mph. Truck driver stands on the brakes, semi behind stands on his brakes, young woman jumps back onto shoulder, LAUGHING! Fortunately, no accident, but no thanks to the idiot that thought it was funny to jump out into the path of a loaded semi. This one deserves TWO signs, because they aren't smart enough to remember the first one.