Originally posted by sigma: To each their own.
Personally, I love driving on the road with truck drivers. I'd much rather have them on the road with me than a bunch of inattentive soccer moms.
I'll gladly slow down by 20mph to flash them in to pass and more often than not they generally do the same for me, they're quick to move out of the left lane unlike most drivers, they slow well in advance of police and if behind me will flash to warn me (and I them), they're far safer drivers than most people, on two occassions when on the side of the road they've stopped to see if I needed help (which is two more times than I can say for non-truck-drivers), and they're great company at truck stops (I always fuel and break at truck stops on road trips)
I completely agree and I give them the same respect. I thought I was alone in doing that 
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Standards should require better acceleration.
From a dead stop, yeah they are pretty slow. But a big bore diesel can suprise you at any speed above about 30-40 MPH. Especially the owner/operators that spec their own trucks. Add to that all the performance goodies they can add and it just gets better.
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