why don't trucks follow the speed limit?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Jabber1990, Sep 30, 2014.

  1. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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    What's crazy?
     
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  3. x#1

    x#1 Road Train Member

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    warped as it,or as i am,that is funny.OP does probably get frustrated tooling along at less then most posted speed limits then when he can actually run the speed limit,he/she gets passed.
     
  4. x#1

    x#1 Road Train Member

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    and how does that make you feel?
     
  5. Vito

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    Ya gotta have a thick skin on here. And YOU asked the question so ya gotta take the heat as well as the good. Guess you gotta be grown up about it. :biggrin_25525:

    All is not lost. It's been a rather amusing thread to read through...
     
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  6. TwinStickPeterbilt

    TwinStickPeterbilt Heavy Load Member

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    I will say this the little sign hanging on the post that says "Slower Traffic Keep Right" wasn't hung up there because the guy who did it thought it was funny. It was hung for a reason. Now you may very well have your cruise set at the speed limit and be in the left lane if someone jumps out behind you running 70 you should get over to your right if it's safe to do so. It's not your job to control the highways and make everyone drive the speed limit. If you want that job become a law enforcement officer of some type. You arnt a LEO so stick to truck driving and put your application in elsewhere. No one will point and make fun we just honestly don't care, as bad as this sounds we really dont I really do not care about what your doing in your truck if your not harming me or being a disturbance for all I care you can be but naked wearin stripper boots pickin boogers and eatin them I don't care. Makes me no difference. You drive your own truck let me drive this truck of mine.
     
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  7. Vito

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    I gotta feeling that the origin of the old saying "mind your own business" came from a truck driver... :yes2557:

    Really, it makes good sense when it comes to trucking.
     
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  8. gpsman

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    But if you didn't exceed the speed limit you know you had every legal right with regard to speed to be there, on that spot on the planet, then, at that moment.

    You did, as a "professional", what a professional is supposed to do. See the difference?
     
  9. gpsman

    gpsman Road Train Member

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    But if someone doing the speed limit in the L lane is in "your way" you aren't "driving" that truck of yours. Anyone can operate in accordance with standards of their own invention.
     
  10. CrappieJunkie

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    How bout we not argue about this anymore??? I'll drive speed I want you drive the speed u want.
     
  11. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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    Yep, the difference between the real and the theoretical.
     
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