Re:A High-End Mover Dishes on Truckstop Hierarchy, Rich Peop...
by jessaustin on Friday September 22, 2017 @05:22PM
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The author and the drivers bitching at him on the CB are all assholes, just like all other long haul truck drivers who decide to leave the interstate to menace the rest of us.
He was on Loveland Pass purely on a whim: "...having decided to skip the congestion at the Eisenhower Tunnel." The primary component of congestion in that location, except maybe eastbound on weekend evenings in winter, is long haul trucks. Unless they're delivering something to western Colorado (which in this case the author was actually doing), they don't belong on I-70 anyway, because I-80 is better in every way. The only long haul trucks that have any business on Loveland Pass are the hazardous materials trucks. There are two ski areas on that road, a bunch of snowboarders hitching rides back to the top, and nothing else. Considering how long it takes to get through Dillon, it isn't even faster than staying on I-70. Summit County sheriffs should find a pretext to ticket every truck that uses that road without reason.
He was on Loveland Pass purely on a whim: "...having decided to skip the congestion at the Eisenhower Tunnel." The primary component of congestion in that location, except maybe eastbound on weekend evenings in winter, is long haul trucks. Unless they're delivering something to western Colorado (which in this case the author was actually doing), they don't belong on I-70 anyway, because I-80 is better in every way. The only long haul trucks that have any business on Loveland Pass are the hazardous materials trucks. There are two ski areas on that road, a bunch of snowboarders hitching rides back to the top, and nothing else. Considering how long it takes to get through Dillon, it isn't even faster than staying on I-70. Summit County sheriffs should find a pretext to ticket every truck that uses that road without reason.