There are those who drive cars who assume because they’re in a smaller vehicle that they can whip in/out/around large trucks at their leisure. They have this misconception that large trucks have larger brakes and can stop on a dime.
I’ve had several close calls while driving some of my company’s big trucks (Kenworth T370 or T470).
One I was in the lane to take the offramp, and some prick driving a pickup pulling a trailer was mad because I was doing the speed limit so he whipped around cutting me off. He came within 6 inches of eating both the concrete barrier to one side and my front bumper on the other.
The other I was in the outside lane, there was an on ramp with traffic coming down. I could not move into the middle lane due to traffic beside me. Some senile old douche in an RV started forcing his way over despite having nearly a mile long acceleration lane. With my airhorns blaring, over he comes, and I have nowhere to go. Try stopping 50k+ pounds of truck in a case like that.
Their brakes may be larger, but the GVW is even larger still.
And then there are the folks who pull right in front of the trucks. I read s story once in the paper where somebody pulled in front of a truck on I-66 and then stopped in heavy traffic. The trucker didn’t see him from way up in the cab and killed him. So I typically wait until I see the front windshield of the truck I’m passing before moving in front of him.
My biggest peeve with truckers is when they end up side by side across all lanes of an interstate because way too often when they pull out to pass on a hill (or to keep from losing 100' of distance), then find out that their own rig won't maintain, much less allow them to pass....I realize they can sometimes save fuel by not getting stuck behind one of their brethren but they sure lose a lot of good will when slowing a few lines of cars down over a long stretch. They also have the same problem so many cars have - even when they have plenty of passing power, they tend to get "hung up" in the act of passing.....barely creeping by the traffic on the right only to speed up after they have inched by and pulled back to the right lane...must be something psychological with folks to make so many do that....nobody seems to have a sense of courtesy for others and that exacerbates the issues folks have with each other. I try to keep from slowing folks down...all too often, a car will come up quick and flash it's lights and I 'll pull right to let them by....only to have them end up beside me and dallying as the rear end of the vehicle I was eventually going to pass looms nearer. Makes me keep an eye out once I move over...if they aren't making an obvious move to actually pass, i end up back in front of them so i don't get stuck.