Truck drivers really do have a tough job, particularly driving through suburban streets. Have you ever thought just how much room a big semi trailer needs to pull up? 102 metres to fully stop! How many times have you sqeezed in front of a truck when approaching a red light? I’m guilty too – until I spent an hour in a truck driving simulator and really saw just how hard it is to pull up in a big rig.
Today I was approaching the lights and really wanted to change lanes – saw a big semi trailer behind me in the lane I wanted to move into. The lights were going red – I stayed where I was. When the lights changed I swapped lanes as the truck was starting to move.
Whilst this isn’t a big thing – that driver could have been at the end of his patience with car drivers and rather than causing him to have a meltdown, I gave him the space he needed to pull up without frustration. Hopefully he reached his destination in a better frame of mind than he might of had I pulled in front of him.
Give these guys a break – it’s really tough driving a truck ( and no… I’m not a truckie 
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Have you performed your Random Act of Kindness today? Tell me what you did …
