So I've come to the conclusion that "Georgia overdrive" is a no no. Lol I can handle that. Just asking. as for fuel consumption I really don't give 2 number 2s as the company pays for the fuel and me having better mileage doesn't get me a raise lol but thanks for all the responses.
Its amazing how you can come to a new driver forum and ask a question about something and how many people jump your ### about it. Gtfo if all you wanna do is talk ####. The way it is now a days, schools are looking to get students in and out as fast as possible and all they teach is the things needed to get your license. Drivers need to reach out for the other information. A stupid question is one that was never asked.
You are referring to...... [TABLE] [TR] [TD="class: index"]1.[/TD] [TD="class: word"]georgia overdrive [/TD] [TD="class: tools"][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD="class: text, colspan: 3"]n. Trucker-speak for coasting down a hill or more often a mountain with the transmission disengaged. 18-wheelers can only go so fast, and the engines slow them down when coasting, so to go faster they take the engine out of gear. Runaway truck ramps were built for people who do this. I love doing the Georgia Overdrive.......It's like a feeling of a runaway freight train... [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
i thought this was a new driver forum for inexpierianced drivers to get information from veterans. sometimes questions are asked that may seem stupid to veteran driver. but regardless thease questions are being asked by new drivers and should be answered without demeaning comments , after all we were all there once and we are still learning today.happy trails
There was once a boss who was going to show his driver how to save fuel. Georgia Overdrive. And it did save fuel. It did however cost him a new truck as he (the boss) wrecked it. The boss forgot that there was a small bend in the road and he lost it. After that "Georgia Overdrive" was never mentioned in that compagny again. And yes,this really happend.
maybe some constructive criticism is in line,but not calling names. come on, it is in a new drivers section. if folks do not ask, they will not know. NO ONE starts out as a super trucker. ALL make mistakes. if something is ,bad, wrong or illegal. just inform the person. this sight is to inform. I would guess that anyone who would say this person is an idiot for coasting, because it's against the law, would also be one them self if they ever falsify their logs, cause that is illegal too. Now the original poster knows better. and to the original poster: welcome to the forum.
I got ten forward gears, And a Georgia overdrive. I'm taking little white pills, And my eyes are open wide. I just passed a 'Jimmy' and a 'White': I've been passin' everything in sight. Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
My cdl school taught me the multiple reasons I couldn't coast downhill. You either weren't paying attention in your classroom or had god awful instructors.
