I've searched this way and that, thinking I'd find this subject. Maybe I'm a terrible searcher, but I did not find this question...
The question is from you're perspective running up on another truck (not 4 wheelers). At what slow speed are you guys grinding your teeth and asking "why is he going so friggin slow?"
Or is there really not a too slow speed? If the other driver is going slow enough, it makes it easy to blow on by him once you get out beside him. I personally don't have an issue with slow driving ... as long as Mr. SlowPoke doesn't speed up once he sees me coming.
7milesout
How Slow is Too Slow...
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by 7milesout, Mar 19, 2021.
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Idk but i used to infuriate every super trucker out there when i was running 55-60 going cross country... if someone is going slow i get into it and pass them
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If you’re holding me up, you’re going too slow.
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This can get into a large fresh can-o-worms.
There are minimum speed laws in a lot of states. Some post it, others no. On most interstates it varies between a low of 40 up to 55.
if you choose to operate your vehicle below posted speed limit, keep to the far right lane. Actually that is law. You could be cited.
Weather and other conditions can and will affect things. That’s something everyone should understand.
If a vehicle comes up behind, and moves to pass, hold your lane, hold or even drop your speed for a moment. Do Not Speed Up and match the speed of the passing vehicle. It has nothing to do with courtesy, it’s about safety, it really is safer to just let them by. Even if they are running over the posted limit.
Speaking of safety. A study released back in 2007 by a combination of federal and private agency funding done by Virginia Tech, found that a CMV, operating at 15 mph below the posted limit was 23 times more likely to be involved in a collision. This matched a study done in the 70’s concerning the national 55 mph speed limit. The most famous line from that study.
Speed is the number one cause of collisions.
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There''s no such thing as too slow, unless there isn't a passing lane, in which case anyone slower than me is too slow.
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