I absolutely despise people like you out on the road. Let me clue you in on a little secret - the driver doesn’t want to have you sitting beside his truck, either. If you would simply maintain your speed, the passing manuver would take all of 5 seconds and you most likely would not see the truck again.
But, no. You have to accelerate and play race car driver. How foolish can you possibly be?
What is the harm of letting a tractor trailer get past you? Why not simply maintain your speed and let him get around you?
I’ve found that setting my cruise at 3-5 mph BELOW the posted speed limit makes the drive MUCH less stressful. Of course, if there is no passing lane, I will set the cruise barely above the posted limit, and slow down whenever someone attempts a pass.
Much safer and the difference in arrival time is insignificant.
Perhaps you should ask before you jump to a wrong conclusion.
To start, I have tremendous respect for truckers. Good ones not jerks.
My son is a trucker. Until a few years ago, I had a CDL and drove coaches.
I passed the jerk in question cleanly with plenty of space and maintained my speed. I have no idea why, but he began to tailgate me and continued for miles, I was driving 10-15 mph in excess of the speed limit. His driving was rather erratic and was not maintaining very good lane control, thus, I thought it in my best interest to remain in front of him. At no time did I impede his way nor did I do anything to provoke his anger.
Feel free to apologize.