well, no matter where i go people seem to forget that all merging traffic is supposed to yield to traffic already on the highway. I can't count the number of times people almost ended up under my trailer or riding the shoulder for a mile beside me simply because they dont want to slow down for the 3 seconds it would take them to get behind me, then pass like a normal person. 90% of the time, if i dont move over to let you on, its not because im being an asshole, its because i literally can not move over, im not a car, im a 64 foot vehicle that weighs up to, and sometimes over 80k lbs.
Not to mention the number of people that think i can just slow down and stop on a dime, particularly on winter roads or steep downgrades. As a matter of fact, just a few weeks ago i had a car that passed me on my left in on a 4-wide section of interstate, then realized his exit was 1/2 mile away, cuts in front of me in city traffic, cant continue to cross all 3 other lanes so he jams on his brakes less than 50ft in front of me, He was lucky i didnt run him over, I laid on the air horn, he panicked and about ran into another car. I was stuck with traffic on both sides.
This was in the midwest, where he literally could have just driven the extra mile to the next exit, turned back on to the interstate going the opposite way and gotten where he needed to go. But instead he forces me to come to a complete stop in the middle of 70mph traffic just so he can cut across 3 lanes to make his exit.
As far as not being in the left lane, thats everywhere, just like in semi's particularly where the far left is truck restricted, the middle lane is meant to be a passing lane for semi's yet for some reason all these steering wheel holders in 63mph trucks ride the middle lane forcing people who own their own rigs (like me) and can do the speed limit to make a choice between an illegal pass on the right, with the risk of running into a slower vehicle, or taking up the left "No Trucks allowed" lane. Had a state trooper try to write me a ticket for being in the left lane just outside Indy once. I told him, you get these governed trucks to stop riding the middle lane, and ill stop going the speed limit in the left lane and passing them. he ended up just giving me a warning. He was a nice guy, I chatted with him about bull crap laws getting put on truckers for a bit before we both took off.
And the main reason I dont drive cali, is because in a Semi, I'm restricted to 55mph in the whole state, and i have to have that emissions BS on my truck, which i dont. for a lot of reasons. The state of california will eventually kill itself in the transportation industry. Lots of Companies that i have friends working for have already stopped doing business out there due to the over restrictive laws. Fun Fact: the "aero" kits for trailers (side skirts and air dams on the bottom of the trailer" are only required in the state of california. Fun Fact part 2: those kits only improve MPG when traveling over 62mph, and the state speed limit for all trailer towing vehicles is 55MPH. Another fun fact, those kits can add up 3k lbs to the total weight of the trailer, reducing the amount of freight you can haul legally.
TL/DR IMO california is a communist state that is unprofitable for me as an Owner/Operator.
Also, people drive stupid no matter what state you live in.
