Like title says pretty scary incident involving a jack ass big rig driver on CA-95 last night.
So on my way out to Havasu Landing last night around 11pm. i had to stop at Billy B’s and pick up my buddies boat for him (it was there for service and he was supposed to be coming out to pick it up but had to cancel last minute and asked if i could grab it and put it in his storage). So hook up the boat and back onto the 95 south towards the landing right at the 5 mile road cut off we catch a big rig car transporter that is going ridiculously slow, like 35 mph on flats and barely keeping 20 mph on any hill, its night im towing and there really isnt any safe passing areas for a while so just suck it up and follow behind him. The longer this goes on the more a line is starting to stack up behind us it gets to a big rig, a car, and 2 more big rigs behind that. We get to a little passing area that i didnt feel was big enough for me towing to jump out and pass so i stay put, the car jumps out and passes us no problem. Then i notice big rig headlights jump out and am like “WTF” also i notice the center divider is back to double yellow now and think the big rig will get back in line. Well this guy doesnt care and just keeps motoring along trying to pass the big rig behind me, me towing a boat and the car transporter. About the time he gets up to the side of the boat i see big rig cab lights out the left side of my windshield and realize we are coming up to a bend in the road and a big rig is coming the other way around it. First thought is to slam on the brakes to avoid this but i have 2 more big rigs on my ass and dont want to get rear ended by the big rig behind me. Now by this time the big rig coming the other way is around the bend laying on his horn as he realized what is going on. So i realize the only way not to die in this situation is to veer off the highway into the dirt, luckily the shoulder was wide enough to get the whole truck and boat off the road, the big rig behind me followed into the dirt. Last second the dumbass jerks over to avoid the head on almost swinging his trailer into me in the dirt, the big rig behind me wasnt able to slow down in the dirt at the same rate i was so he has to jerk back onto the road to not rear end the boat, he gathers it up and slows enough to let me back on the road. Maybe a mile later get to a straight away and see i have plenty of room to pass so i haul ass around and get away from all the trucks.
Holy hell i really would like to know what the eff that guy was thinking when he decided to jump out. All i know is we were surrounded by 5 big rigs and we would have lost bad in any accident situation.
So on my way out to Havasu Landing last night around 11pm. i had to stop at Billy B’s and pick up my buddies boat for him (it was there for service and he was supposed to be coming out to pick it up but had to cancel last minute and asked if i could grab it and put it in his storage). So hook up the boat and back onto the 95 south towards the landing right at the 5 mile road cut off we catch a big rig car transporter that is going ridiculously slow, like 35 mph on flats and barely keeping 20 mph on any hill, its night im towing and there really isnt any safe passing areas for a while so just suck it up and follow behind him. The longer this goes on the more a line is starting to stack up behind us it gets to a big rig, a car, and 2 more big rigs behind that. We get to a little passing area that i didnt feel was big enough for me towing to jump out and pass so i stay put, the car jumps out and passes us no problem. Then i notice big rig headlights jump out and am like “WTF” also i notice the center divider is back to double yellow now and think the big rig will get back in line. Well this guy doesnt care and just keeps motoring along trying to pass the big rig behind me, me towing a boat and the car transporter. About the time he gets up to the side of the boat i see big rig cab lights out the left side of my windshield and realize we are coming up to a bend in the road and a big rig is coming the other way around it. First thought is to slam on the brakes to avoid this but i have 2 more big rigs on my ass and dont want to get rear ended by the big rig behind me. Now by this time the big rig coming the other way is around the bend laying on his horn as he realized what is going on. So i realize the only way not to die in this situation is to veer off the highway into the dirt, luckily the shoulder was wide enough to get the whole truck and boat off the road, the big rig behind me followed into the dirt. Last second the dumbass jerks over to avoid the head on almost swinging his trailer into me in the dirt, the big rig behind me wasnt able to slow down in the dirt at the same rate i was so he has to jerk back onto the road to not rear end the boat, he gathers it up and slows enough to let me back on the road. Maybe a mile later get to a straight away and see i have plenty of room to pass so i haul ass around and get away from all the trucks.
Holy hell i really would like to know what the eff that guy was thinking when he decided to jump out. All i know is we were surrounded by 5 big rigs and we would have lost bad in any accident situation.
