Idiot truck drivers on i-5?
03-24-2004, 08:45 AM
#31
Maybe it's their way of protesting the 55mph speed limit for trucks vs. the 70mph speed limit for cars. It honestly is dangerous. When I'm driving through Nevada, Utah or any other state where the speed limit is 70mph for both cars and trucks, there's never issues like that.
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03-24-2004, 08:48 AM
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I agree that the cutting off/screwed maneuver problem is reduced when the trucks do not have the speed control imposed on them....but at 70 it takes a stupidly long time to stop a truck that is loaded.
03-24-2004, 11:25 AM
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Originally posted by philioWRXman
I understand where you're coming from, but no one deserves that.
A good friend of mines niece died and a large portion of her family were seriously injured exactly like that.
I understand where you're coming from, but no one deserves that.
A good friend of mines niece died and a large portion of her family were seriously injured exactly like that.
03-24-2004, 03:32 PM
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Originally posted by Kostamojen
Everything that has been said here has been very informative and interesting.
But I still have no comprehension why a 18 wheeler going 55 1/2 mph needs to pass a 18 wheeler going 55mph when 5 cars are about 50 yards behind coming up fast at 75mph with nobody behind them for several miles and then proceed to only pass the 18 wheeler doing 55mph at 55 1/4 mph and not actually accelerate a little bit so that the line of cars (which the semi driver could have just waited to go BEHIND) will only have to spend ~ 30 seconds behind the semi instead of 3 minutes...
I'm going to go bang my head on the wall for an hour or so now
Everything that has been said here has been very informative and interesting.
But I still have no comprehension why a 18 wheeler going 55 1/2 mph needs to pass a 18 wheeler going 55mph when 5 cars are about 50 yards behind coming up fast at 75mph with nobody behind them for several miles and then proceed to only pass the 18 wheeler doing 55mph at 55 1/4 mph and not actually accelerate a little bit so that the line of cars (which the semi driver could have just waited to go BEHIND) will only have to spend ~ 30 seconds behind the semi instead of 3 minutes...
I'm going to go bang my head on the wall for an hour or so now
03-24-2004, 04:22 PM
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Originally posted by wrXratd
It's a little concept known as momentum. Once you get that load going, you don't want to have to slow down and then speed up again. It kills your gas mileage and your time. Remember that a lot of these guys are independent contractors and both time and gas are money out of their pockets.
It's a little concept known as momentum. Once you get that load going, you don't want to have to slow down and then speed up again. It kills your gas mileage and your time. Remember that a lot of these guys are independent contractors and both time and gas are money out of their pockets.
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