Something to think about while driving

[Stealhead]

I witnessed something today that I think every driver should have in their mind while at a traffic light.

Just recently I joined on as a partner in my cousins trucking company.Well in this company everyone drives some (we do flatbed) so I have been riding and driving with my cousin and some of the other drivers to get some experience with flatbeds.

Well today I did a quick regional job in Kentucky the truck I am driving is a 379.Well we get off the interstate onto a 4 lane divided highway.At the first traffic light another 379 with a hopper pulls up next to me.I guess he was in a hurry cause he got up to about 67MPH cause I was going about 63.So a mile or two up the road he gets ahead and gets into the right lane there is a Honda Accord on up the road in the left lane.

So I see another traffic light down the road about 2 miles away as I get closer I start letting off because they always seem to change for me.Sure enough it does from my vantage point I'm about 400 yards away when it turns yellow the other 379 is about 110 yards in front of me and the Honda is closer maybe 200 yards from the light when it goes yellow.

So I start slowing down the Honda starts slowing down.The other 379? Hell no he keeps it mashed to floor lights been red for 4 or 5 seconds by the time he goes under the lights. And there are cars ready to go luckily they where either lethargic on the light change (which was green for them) or they saw "Peterkilt"(Peter-killed-it) coming and waited.

Just saying even if it is green you might want to look and see if anyone else is running the light specifically if you are up at the line.It is bad enough to get hit by a car or pickup that might run a light a semi is gonna kill you and your dog back at home and knock your neighbor into next week.

Remember everyone else "sharing" the road is an idiot and they will kill you if you let them.

What a risk that driver took and for what to arrive 20 seconds sooner.