[njsteve]

Originally Posted by GT182

I remember when a trucker passed another trucker, the one passed would flash their headlights so the one that passed would know it's clear to pull back in the lane. Then the one that passed would flash their tail lights saying thank you. And if a car or pickup flashed their lights, then you'd know they were a trucker, or probably were at one time. Or at least knew what truckers did to help each other out. I now see very very little of this help these days.

I remember those days. Now when I flash the lights on and off to let a truck in, I never get a response any more. I guess they left that instruction out of the CDL schools in recent years (decades).

I remember chasing down a tanker truck in our town to tell him he had the rear valve open in his trailer and a liquid was dribbling out. He absolutely refused to make eye contact with me as I drove along his driver's side. I then called 911 and told the dispatcher about it. He seemed to know abut this guy already. It turned out that was how he would "clean out" his tank - by draining it as he was driving and not giving a S%#t about what toxins he was delivering to everyone he passed. Eventually the police got to him and last I saw they were cuffing him and dragging him away. Then came the DOT/EPA cleanup crew. Turned it it was some seriously toxic stuff he was dumping for miles and miles.