New driver

So I was on my way to work and of course I get stuck in traffic again only going like 40 in a 50. I was behind a student driver and had a big rig on my left. So, I’m late, pissed, and say whatever and let my shockers rip open. Well I just happened to see the girl in the student driver car freak out. She tightened upon the steering wheel jerked it a bit, miss the brakes and hit the accelarator. I know this because I watched her try to hit the brakes I thought she was going to slam them so i slowed watched the car try to stop and then speed off and then slow hard and turned into a parking lot. This was one of those had to be there things but I was laughing so had it made me being late worth it. This was the first scare I have actually sat around and watched instead of just doing drive by’s. :smiley: and by the way she forgot her turn signal into the parking lot. You fail

Not wanting to cause an overheated discussion or anything, but just think if the student driver had been your daughter trying to jump through all the legal hoops to achieve one of the most important milestones in a teenagers life.You would hope that most would see the student driver sign and cut them a bit of slack…An experienced truck driver such as myself knows that they are young…have overactive reflexes and lack the prior knowledge to use those reflexes wisely…you know that if startled they will most likely overreact so it is wise to give yourself room to respond to their response…With the great power of the train horn comes great responsibility…on a side note however…there are train tracks a few miles from my house that cut a golf course in half.I have actually witnessed a train going through and blowing the K5 even though their were no crossings…Could it be that even the professionalism of the experienced CSX engineer was overridden by the need to scare the crap out of some snooty golfers right as they were making a critical shot?Lol…have to admit…even I couldn’t resist that level of temptation… :slight_smile:

My grandpa used to be a train engineer and he would time his horn blasts so he would get the golfers right on their backswing.