I spend a lot of time on the highways driving between IL, OH, and MI (mostly I-80, I-65, and I-70). Semi traffic is so heavy on these roads that it's not uncommon to see semis outnumbering passenger vehicles. The problem this causes on 4 lane highways is these semis are constantly passing each other, which takes up both lanes and disrupts traffic flow.
Apparently trucker's schedules have gotten so tight they simply don't care about being courteous anymore. They will swing over into the left lane even when they can clearly see there are faster moving passenger vehicles coming up from the rear to pass them, and then hold them up for miles while they pass 1, 2, 3, or however many other semis there are in the right lane. I drove from Dayton, OH to Joliet, IL the other day, and the entire drive on I-70 and I-65 was nothing but jockeying around, and being held up by semis. I would get held up for 5 mins while one trucker decided he was going to pass 4 other semis in one pass, then when he finally moved over into the right lane, there would be another gaggle of semis right in front of the last group doing the same thing...playing leap frog all the way down the highway. This has gone beyond ridiculous! Forget about ever using cruise control, or trying to maintain any resemblance of a decent driving speed because these truck gaggles dictate traffic flow and I'm constantly having to slow down for them. I think we need a law that states semis must remain in the right lane and should be allowed to pass in the left lane only when they can do so without holding up passenger vehicles in the process. Failure to obey this law would result in a ticket for impeding traffic flow.
I realize truckers have a difficult job, and I respect that, but something needs to be done about this...we passenger vehicle drivers can't go anywhere anymore without being held up by semis...
Apparently trucker's schedules have gotten so tight they simply don't care about being courteous anymore. They will swing over into the left lane even when they can clearly see there are faster moving passenger vehicles coming up from the rear to pass them, and then hold them up for miles while they pass 1, 2, 3, or however many other semis there are in the right lane. I drove from Dayton, OH to Joliet, IL the other day, and the entire drive on I-70 and I-65 was nothing but jockeying around, and being held up by semis. I would get held up for 5 mins while one trucker decided he was going to pass 4 other semis in one pass, then when he finally moved over into the right lane, there would be another gaggle of semis right in front of the last group doing the same thing...playing leap frog all the way down the highway. This has gone beyond ridiculous! Forget about ever using cruise control, or trying to maintain any resemblance of a decent driving speed because these truck gaggles dictate traffic flow and I'm constantly having to slow down for them. I think we need a law that states semis must remain in the right lane and should be allowed to pass in the left lane only when they can do so without holding up passenger vehicles in the process. Failure to obey this law would result in a ticket for impeding traffic flow.
I realize truckers have a difficult job, and I respect that, but something needs to be done about this...we passenger vehicle drivers can't go anywhere anymore without being held up by semis...
