A scary thought from the Pennsylvania Turnpike...

It occurred to me as I was cruising along the Penna Turnpike that a few days ago when I rented the 12 foot truck I was driving I was never given any tips or asked if I had any experience driving such a large vehicle... a few minutes later I realized that there were other moving trucks on the road, a lot of other trucks, including a 26-foot version of my own Penske truck. This means that more likely than not there are extremely inexperienced drivers on the road, behind the wheel of 16,000+ pounds of death-mobile. And even scarier is the follow-up thought that there are DISCOUNT truck rental agencies... so not only are these drivers probably first timers, the equipment isn't exactly top notch.