mr7confused

Definitely notice a difference. I drove a Camry for a few years before I got my truck. I get nothing now.
also if you have a bigger hitch in the receiver, the small cars stay farther away

Now the real issue is driving with trailers... Absolutely no respect. Yeah, go ahead and tailgate the guy with 3 tons of scrap steel buckets on his trailer.
But I am from idiotafornia...

Kevin_MacArthur

I got cut off in CA no matter what I drove. People in Texas seem a lot more laid back, even when I make stupid mistakes on occasion I never get flashing lights or horn and finger, I just give them the sorry wave.

No one knows how to drive in the big cities though. I was listening to the radio and they said something along the lines of:
"The left lane is for traffic moving faster than you, so move over if someone is coming up behind you, if you're going 75 and someone is coming up, you're going too slow. If you're going 100 mph and someone is coming up behind you, you're going too slow, move the **** over."

I don't condone going 100 mph though.

After driving on the I-10 a few times back and forth between CA and Texas I learned to keep right unless passing.

A lot of people drive trucks though so, there's always a bigger fish lol, a lot of the times I'm smaller than a lot of the trucks.

After driving with a trailer I now know to give them room, I guess people just need to be put in the scenarios, to get the experience. That would change the way they drive.

Alente

I have a tendency to jump infront of people to squeeze in traffic, but I floor it and dont get in the way.

KnockKnock

Sadly, this seems all too true. I'm the guy that does 60 down the highway trying to get good MPG's, but I pull to the shoulder to let traffic past. Nonetheless, I'm also the guy that uses the turn signal strictly as an informative gesture. I consider myself to be a courteous driver. I wave, keep right, flash the hazards twice when you let me pass, and I don't tailgate, but when I hit the blinker to change lanes, I'm not "asking" traffic to give me the lane - I'm "telling" traffic that the lane is clear and I'm taking it. So far the only people I've managed to tick-off are the little cars trying to cut around from behind me before I get over and cell phone yackers that aren't paying attention, but most everyone "gives" me the lane. If we could convince people that slower traffic really should keep right along with promoting the use of cruise control (I hate getting behind someone that jumps +/-10MPH constantly) then we could have a much better system. It seems like a lot to ask of the general public, but what we really need is some simple common courtesy.

HoustonFordGuy

I miss the F250 4x4 FX4 for that reason. When dropping down to the F150 4x2, I feel people are driving way too close to me. No body ever got close to those big bumpers on the F250, and if they did it was not good for them!

PlatinumF

It doesn't scare the folks around Southern Ontario. In fact, they seem to want to play chicken with my F-150 as I'm barreling down on them at 130klm on a major highway. It's particularly bad in the rich neighborhoods.

mr7confused

I wonder how different it gets with just a little bit of lift and bigger tires. Probably helps a lot. Until you slap a large trailer on there and you're back to zero road respect. Haha

Eight

If ya'll think that people stay out of the way of a F-150, then try it in a F-250/350. When I drive either one of the superduty's people in the other lane tend to ride the white line. At night its even funnier because they think there is a 18 wheeler coming at them.lol

f150cam

with my f150 cars more often then not stayed away from me or didn't try to cut me off. with the f250 they stay clear of me all together, especially with a 25 ft trailer behind me.

th25

It helps let me tell ya haha and around here the trailer helps 2