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Originally Posted by Maximo  But small cars are zippy and make smaller targets..better for defensive driving.   I can't drive anything large for fear of sideswiping every parked car I pass. |
I drive home a lot from Arlington, Texas to where I live and the big rigs just dominate LBJ Freeway/I-20 on that section of highway, especially after 8:00 p.m. on a Friday evening. A lot of that section of I-20 is deserted, with very little business build-up or any homes along most of it and it is the Wild, Wild West. If I were in anything smaller than my big, black, heavy truck, I would die of fright. And those guys driving those big rigs don't fool around with itty bitty cars - I see them bully them all over the place. Run up fast on those little ones and tailgate the bumper on a Friday evening until the poor driver just freaks. I am scared silly of them in my big black truck and move out of their way fast if allowed but some of the drivers don't see them coming or either try to hold their water and stand their ground or something. But to see one of those little cars that can't go very fast and with no horsepower at all being tailgated with air horn blaring by a huge rig that just slowed down from 90 mph with a juiced driver just turns my liver to jelly! One mistake and that little car and driver are an oil slick. 70 mph is the minimum running speed on I-20 and that's with a cop roadside but when the cops go, it's 90 to 110 mph and full of nothing but truckers head to tail trying to get home fast. Those truckers driving Texas highways Friday evenings on that part of I-20 are mean. They close-convoy and won't let you over - at all! That's when I love driving the hardiest vehicle I can afford!