Message from @Wyntr

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2019-11-30 00:13:09 UTC  

so when i say "truck" you need to read "semi"

2019-11-30 00:13:15 UTC  

:)

2019-11-30 00:13:20 UTC  

lol

2019-11-30 00:13:29 UTC  

that clears up a bunch

2019-11-30 00:13:32 UTC  

a pickup is still just a 4 wheeler to me.

2019-11-30 00:13:37 UTC  

lol

2019-11-30 00:13:43 UTC  

In the UK truck = semi/box van etc. and a US truck = pickup, I think the same goes for Aus and NZ too

2019-11-30 00:14:01 UTC  

hmm

2019-11-30 00:14:16 UTC  

thanks for the terminology @TheRandomist

2019-11-30 00:14:36 UTC  

It gets confusing, and that's without mentioning pants!

2019-11-30 00:14:46 UTC  

i'm a US truck driver.

2019-11-30 00:15:11 UTC  

I figured that you drove a semi

2019-11-30 00:15:23 UTC  

so a "truck" is gonna be a U-haul at least.

2019-11-30 00:15:25 UTC  

the whole 12'

2019-11-30 00:15:36 UTC  

So a truck is a pickup, but truck drivers drive semis? 🤦‍♂️

2019-11-30 00:15:51 UTC  

uhhhh..... yah i guess.

2019-11-30 00:16:00 UTC  

different terminology for different people

2019-11-30 00:16:04 UTC  

language doesn't always make sense.

2019-11-30 00:16:06 UTC  

we aren't as united

2019-11-30 00:16:24 UTC  

but we still are united by Country

2019-11-30 00:17:01 UTC  

well that was a good conversation

2019-11-30 00:17:57 UTC  

I mean, both are short for pickup truck so it's just a different perspective I guess.

2019-11-30 00:18:01 UTC  

i'm trying to find a road sign that is the perfect example of discrimination against trucks.

2019-11-30 00:18:16 UTC  

lol

2019-11-30 00:18:33 UTC  

I know the sign i want, I know the pice of highway it's on.

2019-11-30 00:18:37 UTC  

I know those max clearance for highways

2019-11-30 00:18:40 UTC  

I have no idea how to quickly search for it.

2019-11-30 00:18:55 UTC  

We also call semis wagons (when we're not calling them trucks), and what you call wagons we call estate cars

2019-11-30 00:18:59 UTC  

no, not maximum clearance, those at least make sense.

2019-11-30 00:19:39 UTC  

you gotta have a height limit at some point, and the industry is going to build that high.

2019-11-30 00:19:49 UTC  

yeah

2019-11-30 00:19:52 UTC  

hmm

2019-11-30 00:20:14 UTC  

there are signs that force trucks to move into a certain lane in Kentucky

2019-11-30 00:20:38 UTC  

but thats for tolls so they don't slow down general traffic

2019-11-30 00:20:48 UTC  

yah, those ones, as well as haveing 10mph lower speed limit.

2019-11-30 00:21:01 UTC  

yeah

2019-11-30 00:21:17 UTC  

a semi should go as fast as possible

2019-11-30 00:21:18 UTC  

Over here that's standard, anything towing can only use the first 2 lanes when its three or (rarely) four wide. That includes cars with trailers etc.

2019-11-30 00:21:35 UTC  

so the little ones don't fuck with the big bois

2019-11-30 00:21:48 UTC  

but it makes sense

2019-11-30 00:22:05 UTC  

with highways in the mountains