Shared acts of stupidity

It'd be good to see him drop the phone.

I agree with that sentiment but it is a dangerous way of the truckdriver emphasizing that point, and yes eightymatey it would have been great to see the other driver loose the camera

I have driven that poxy highway a few times, every time I have had a truck driver sit on my tail and do their best to push me off the road, well guess what the closer they get the less I try to help them on there way, I do a good job of it too.

I do eventually let them by, when I believe it is safe, not when they think they can force me to do so, the best part is when they have their bosses phone # plastered all over the back of the truck, using hands free, I generally have a good conversation with their boss or ops manager about their drivers achievements, I then take great delight in calling the truckie up on the two way and let him know what he should expect to here when he returns to his depot.

I make no apologies for this.

GoPro zero production value hey.

how is this even remotely related to the OP?

Whatever the purpose, down in Vic that was illegal behaviour and I'd venture to say anywhere it was stupid as per the OP.

The truckdriver was way too close to the AWD for safe braking in an emergency. As stated in first post, stupid acts by both drivers

Bob, I watched a classic piece of idiocy on the Kwinana Freeway about 10kms South of Perth a couple of years ago.
I was travelling in the left-hand lane at 85kmh where the Freeway was down to 2 lanes. The speed limit is 100kmh.

A bloke with a tandem drive prime mover pulling an empty tri-axle semi-tipper was sitting in the RH lane also at about 85kmh and blocking others from overtaking.
There was an impatient bloke behind the semi-tipper in a Rodeo traytop who was obviously fuming at not being able to travel at freeway speed.

The second there was a big enough gap to get around the semi-tipper on the left, the bloke in the ute did so.
He roared around him on the left, then pulled back in front of the semi-tipper and promptly proceeded to slow down!

The truckie played the equivalent idiot by getting right up the Rodeos rear.
Next thing, the imbecile in the Rodeo hit the brakes - hard!!
The bloke in the truck hit the brakes as well, the semi-tipper locked up all wheels, and the trailer broadsided across the freeway into my lane!!

Luckily, they were now far enough ahead of me to not be a problem.
However, it could have been a total disaster if any vehicle had been close to either one of the idiots!

I was so shocked at the idiocy that I failed to take note of the number plates - but I gave both idiots a wide berth for the rest of the drive. The bloke in the Rodeo sped up and vanished into the distance anyway.

In all the years I've been driving, I don't think I've ever seen a more idiotic display of poor driving behaviour - by two matching idiots - and one of whom is expected to be a professional driver.

I find that many truck drivers are guilty of driving too closely to smaller vehicles, and I fail to understand why the police don't penalise them more.

Cheers, Ron.

Would have got the adrenaline flowing, Ron!!! :-)

A few B-Double lads seem to get up to a bit of mischief........they've got the speed and a degree of manoeuvrability, to cause a bit of harassment.

Prefer a fair gap behind most little ones.......you just don't know what they're likely to do if they feel too intimidated. Seem to recall we were advised, by "them that signs the cheques", that we should be observing a 3-4 second gap, to any vehicle in front. Even more in the rain.

Bob

That is because they have to prove who is at fault to make an insurance claim.