22geno
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Hey don't get me wrong. Im still working but the first of june I will be doing the 60 65 mph in the fiver and looking. I drive around 65000 mi a year on my sales route and have to put up with this daily sure upsets one when you know they can get out of your way if they want.
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jahapp
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These days most large carriers have governors on their rigs, some 65 mph, some 62 mph. When the guy going 65 comes up on the guy doing 62, he is going to pass him, very slowly. If you observe carefully, you will see most of the independent truckers drive faster.
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hook47
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I've been driving since 1963. Trucks have been doing the slow pass the entire time. If the truckers are upset with the high price of fuel, call their congress person and have them vote to drill in ANWR, off our coasts and build more refineries. Then, they can all on their own slow down, to improve their fuel economy. To the speed limit or slower (kind of like of like folks that want to raise taxes so we can lower the national debt. Here is a solution: give the gov't more of your own money, don't need to raise taxes); don't have the gov't lower the speed limit for others, do it on your own. Most of the time I am passed by them at more than the posted speed limit for trucks, so I am not sure what they are complaining about, regarding the speed limits.
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Btravelen
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I understand the 'slow pass' action due to speed limiters and such. What I don't understand is coming up in the left lane to a couple trucks in the right lane and the trailing one pulls out into the left lane forcing me to hit the brakes and wait for the 'slow pass'. This happens A LOT. With not another vehicle in sight behind us in EITHER lane. This must be a maneuver taught in truck driver training school. 
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benbovac
KY
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I am also out on the road every day making a living, only driving my car to visit customers. The truckers have no more right to slow anyone down than I do, and we are both on the road for money.
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BruceStarkey
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It's going to be a combination of many factors that cause us to be negatively impacted by commercial carriers and the "new breed" will be one of them. I hear the older truckers complaining about this on the CB often. The fuel isn't as big a problem today as it was during the last fuel crunch as carriers are allowed to "surcharge" back to the freighter for fuel costs and that means the cost of the trucks fuel ultimately ends up coming out of our pockets when we purchase the items they're delivering.
I fully understand and sympathise with what truckers are having to deal with on a daily basis and try very hard not to be one more aggravation to them. I have noticed that the level of professionalism has dropped considerably in the last few years with far more incidents of them pulling in too soon after passing me so that hitting the brakes is a common outcome and lane discipline is a thing of the past as well with them often coming over the line during a pass while they talk to their dispatcher (or sweety) on the celphone.
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overhill7
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22geno wrote:I travel 40 daily in Ark an Ok. In Ark there speed limit is 65 where autos are 70. I have followed side by side rigs for miles. They do this on purpose as there trying to get the speed limit for them up. Also same in Ok at 70 and when the finally clear there up to 75 like me. They will pull in front of you making you brake then after they clear there is at least a truck length before they move over. I owned one back in the sixty's an drivers were very courteous but know there a joke. Anyone can go to driving school and 1 week later they pass there test then there the king of the road. Fuel is not a issue cause they were doing it before the fuel went up. Unless you are a Union driver the money is not that good so this tells me the quality of people that are driving them cause most of them are uneducated bums. My 2 penny's and I ain't moving over for them if the road is rough in the right lane. Be my luck Ill get a ticket for blocking traffic.
I agree 100%...I had my own truck years ago. Its a whole different
breed of cat out there anymore. If you doubt it, hang around a truck
stop for a while. The industry went down with deregulation.
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5wildcat
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In most cases (not all but most) I have noticed that I do get more respect on the road from truckers then I do from the yuppie drivers that are in a hurry to make it to Starbucks! Most truckers I have found will let me in on a lane or let me know when I have cleared them. All I get from the small autos are them pulling out in front of me when I am barrelling down the road at 65 mph. just to go 100 yards stop and wait for oncoming traffic to turn left!
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Mallo
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Puddles wrote:Just drove 400 miles on I40 East... I've had it up to here... I understand,that it's a major east/west route with lots of Over the Road Trucks...But,So,How come, why do they spend 2 to 5 miles passing one another? Would like to hear from a retired/current semi driver. Is there a logical reason for this seemingly rude behavior? Tks for listening
I pass like that some times depending on the terrian and how fast I'm going. If I'm over the speed limit in the left lane passing someone and it takes what it takes. I see no reason to dump fuel because the guy in the right lane is going slower then the speed I want or need to maintain and I have to pass him.
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Eric & Penny
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Quote:this tells me the quality of people that are driving them cause most of them are uneducated
Quote:the drivers of yesteryear are gone
Quote:I have noticed that the level of professionalism has dropped considerably
Quote:Its a whole different breed of cat out there. The industry went down with deregulation
Absolutely agree with the above. My uncle and brother drove a semi for years and they were the real mccoy. A few years back, they (gov't?) decided to reduce their welfare rolls and force people back to work and they worked with the (desperate) trucking companies to employ these newly trained drivers. These people have little or no education, were quickly trained and put on the roads. I told hubby then 'just wait, you'll see all kinds of accidents'. And sure enough, it seems here that whenever an accident occurs, a semi is involved. When we're on the road, we make a point to stay away from them now. It's a shame that these bad apples are giving all a bad rep.
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