Prime purchases 900 Peterbilt 579 tractors

How are those new peterbilts working out ?

 

Now THAT's about our speed! LOL

 

I blame Don Henley and the Eagles. It's the whole "Life in the fast lane" mentality. Nobody wants to think they drive slow. Thing is, it's not the fast lane, it's the passing lane. Pass and move right. Simple concept that seems to have been completely lost. So next time you see some toolbag driving in the passing lane, curse ole Don and the boys.

 

I've paid close attention to this over the years.

Over 90% of the truck drivers that get hung up behind another in right lane are guilty of not looking far enough ahead and anticipating what's ahead of them. Also, a major factor in all these huge pileups of trucks you see all the time (along with all those bumper riders that would follow the guy ahead of them over a cliff). This especially even more critical when traveling at break neck speeds. I really see very little anticipation of anything by way to many of us. Makes you wonder at times where the "professional" has gone in "professional driver"

Cannot tell you how many I regularly see that have all the opportunity in the world to get over & pass, but wait till last second and get trapped. See it all the time.

This comes from a guy that drives both fast & slow dependent on situation. When it's my money on the table & not a free spending company's, costs & efficiency are going to take precedence. It's the bottom line. Have run fast & have run slower. The bottom line #'s running both ways have proven to me slower is more profitable.

That said, there also has to be consideration on your part if you are running slower. I move over as far to right in my lane for EVERY truck that passes or overtakes me in lane beside me. I courtesy flash EVERY truck to indicate when clear to get back in lane ahead of me, especially when they have someone holding that lane dogging them down that refuses to get back to right when doing same. (Yeah, lot of trucks do that too.).

If a guy is trying to pass that has come up from behind seems to be struggling against a governer, I'll back off a it to let him get around. He did come up from behind, and is obviously cruising faster. So, no sense in tying up traffic with a marathon passing session.

In major city congested pack traffic, I usually bump it up a bit to stay with general traffic flow. It usually will not be that long to get to other side of town when things start to spread back out.

If running those two lane rural routes, I plan on having to pull over at times to let folks by if stacking up & they can't pass, if no passing lanes are present.

Hey, I've run fast (and sometime still have to). I seem to have no problem with any slow runners, as long as they are to right. Of all the things I have to look out for & deal with out here, pretty small potatoes to me. Guess I'm funny that way in that I look at it as just part of the job I was properly trained to do. Getting overly bent about small things leads to a miserable outlook & life. We are supposed to be professionals. If a time comes that you can't handle the hassles, problems & hazards we face......it's time to deflate those tires & egos and get off the road. It'll be a much safer place for us all.

To me, it would seem to be just common sense & courtesy. Unfortunately, those are two things that seem at times to be getting more & more uncommon. We're all in this together. Could never understand why everything has to be so divisive.

 

Preach it brother, preach it!

 

i remember years ago having prime trucks blow by me!! what use to be a good company really went on a downward spiral. guess that is what happens when you grow too big too fast

 

Did I misunderstand did you equate the quality of the company by how fast the trucks go??

Smh

 

i don't agree with speeding. and i also don't agree that driving a governed truck is safe. sometimes you need the acceleration just to get away from a situation. governed trucks you are sitting duck