Petition to oppose FMCSA speed limiter mandate

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Bret1984, May 5, 2022.

  1. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    You must've not read the whole thread.
     
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  3. scottied67

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    When speed limiters become law, this thought process will have to change. When you have, like in this example, two trucks governed at the exact same speed (we know this because they are both Swift trucks), no longer having the extreme desire to be in front will be the predicating factor for the truck in the slow lane to courteously slow down. The courteous thing to do is going to be to swallow one's pride and tuck back in where you belong behind the pack of trucks.
     
  4. bryan21384

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    That's already my thinking. I will slow down to keep the hammer lane moving. That should be the mentality whether limiters are law or not. The Swift truck in the slow lane had no driver etiquette. All I'm saying is if I were Freymiller, I wouldn't have passed in the emergency lane.
     
  5. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    The proper driver etiquette is to not pass another truck when you are the same speed at they are; expecting them to slow down for you is 'princess think'.
     
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  6. bryan21384

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    I dont disagree. If you can't pass easily then staying to the right is the only option. Like you said earlier, someone has to swallow their pride. Unfortunately at that point, Swift in the slow needed to chalk it up to the game. I catch myself having to think for others at times on the road. It's the way it goes some times. If I were Swift in the left lane, the minute I got up on the Swift in the granny lane, I would have increased my following distance, then reset my cruise. That's inexperience all the way around there. Some guys get in trucks and still think they're driving 4 wheelers.
     
  7. Sharky88

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    If this mandate dose pass I hope every one of us dose just that and clog up the highway for miles! Let's show them why this is a bad idea. Accidents are going g to increase. Interactions between cars and trucks are going g to increase. Road rage will increase. But hey it's all for safety right? Traffic will be a nightmare and Freight will be delayed. Welcome to the new America
     
  8. Bret1984

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    I'm using OTR as an example which is going to be mostly interstate where the speed limit is 75mph in most areas. I always ran at night during my OTR days so I didn't encounter much traffic, scales were usually closed and I didn't have to stop early for fear of not finding parking. In fact if I did stop early I definitely wasn't getting any parking. So weather was always the biggest factor that could hinder my schedule. None the less all the variables happen irregardless of how fast the truck goes. If there's bad weather or traffic somewhere that effects all the trucks. Just some of the trucks can make up the time a little better than the others.
     
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    You’ve yet to add anything worth holding onto.


    Don’t you have some homework to do, young man?
     
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  10. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    Nope.
     
  11. D.Tibbitt

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    ok do this. next load u haul. pick a speed that ur gonna cruise down the interestate at.. lets pick 60 mph for example... 60mph is your all day cruising speed. drive until the end of your shift, lets say 10 hours... i can gurantee you, you will not cover 600 miles over the course of 10 hours at 60mph cruising speed.. dont matter where ur at or where ur going . its impossible, unless that truck is on a dyno at a constant 60mph and never slows down or speeds up, not even 1 mph. and they dont start the clock until the truck is up to speed... otherwise over the course of a day, we are constantly slowing down and speeding up so if ur crusing speed is 60mph.. then your average speed over the course of the day is going to be somewhere around 53mph. maybe 55-57 if you know how to keep the left door closed and its mostly flat land...so on the other side of that, think of a truck that blows past you doing 80mph.. but he passes you 4 or more times in the day.. and you end up parking at the same truck stop at the end of your shift... he averaged the same speed as you but burned more fuel to do it... going faster only helps if you know how to keep the left door closed..see what im getting at here?

    @Cattleman84 is one of the most efficient drivers that i know when it comes to this..i have seen him cover 650+ miles a day , everyday in a 68mph truck running out west and on elogs.. there is an art to that and not many drivers can do it.
     
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