Talk:Truck driver

Im 14 teen and i sit in school all day thinkin about trucking.when i get home i go turn on my cobra 29 Ltd and help fellow truck drivers find stores in winchester,TN.I read all of trucking books in your libary.Both of my pops are truck drivers,so i go with them on the road when im out of school.I respect all of our truckers.i love trick my truck.I wont to buy a big kenworth with a studio sleeper.If you come down 64 in wincher tn ask for rubber duck and Ill help you with what i can.Im goin to sign off now,god bess all of the hard working truckers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.59.203.126 (talk • contribs)

Unreadable sentence

Does anyone else find this an unreadable sentence too?:

"The nighttime signal of one truck driver to another, when a truck in front is attempting a lane change, of briefly turning the headlights off and then on, or of briefly flashing the high beams to indicate that the rear of the trailer has cleared the vehicle being passed, after which the truck passing flashes the tail lights one or more times in any of various rhythms to signify “thank you,” remains in common use, and is usually also understood by the public; drivers of smaller vehicles often use it to signal truck drivers in this way as well."

Whoever is better at English than me, pleeeease chop it up a bit ;) MosquitoNL 14:11, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is a bit of a run on sentence isnt it? If you pause for each comma it helps in the reading. Its basically when one truck passes another and the trailer clears and we flash the lights to alert them that they can get over safely. However the use of this is technically against the law and you can be ticketed for it if you have no been trained as a signal person. No cop really enforces this. There are instances when i have signaled a truck over and then have a four wheeler (passenger car) try to pass and almost get killed. Worldgate 01:23, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm changing it, and I'll come back and sign this when I get home ;) Important notes; Not limited to nighttime, there is no taillight switch, and high beams are not cool (Seriously). It can't be too illegal, because I've used it so the guy could get over and the law man behind him could put the hammer down. Instead of "to indicate gratitude," I was real tempted to put, "to say '`Preciate it.`" I like to flash the OK just before the passer's tailgater lines up with my bumper. Phaedrus420 17:13, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Higher Resolution Picture

Can we get a higher resolution picture of a truck driver please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.27.196.35 (talk) 06:50, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]