I 40 Arkansas

Amen to that! I am a fairly new driver, and I don't go over the speed limit for nobody! My life is more important to me than getting some where a few min early. The world can ride on my bumper, but I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize my life or my CDL. I like your saying, "The speed limit is just that.... a limit, not a requirement". My trainer used to tell me that all the time!

 

This area is still nasty EB! There's signs in dallas to go alternate route! atleast a 3 hour wait through it

 

The best part of going thru that area Sunday afternoon was listening to all the whining on the CB while I was cruising at the speed limit on US70. Went WB from the 216 and back on at the 197, took total of about 10 minutes longer than if the construction wasn't there on I-40.

AR Highway Dept even posts a map for you.

 

I remember that, it was Wednesday night/Thursday morning wasn't it? I was driving from Clarksville, AR (Exit 58 ) already having a horrible day. Met a guy to swap a trailer a lot later than usual, got past Carlisle (MM 183) forgot to take the exit after seeing the sign. I swear we only moved a mile or two within three or four hours. I had to get off in Hazen at MM 193 because I was running out of hours on my 14. I guess it wouldn't have bothered me if I was OTR, but I was so used to going home every day. Thank goodness I had a bunk to sleep in, in my truck... -- I had started driving at Midnight that day.. didn't arrive back at the drop yard until 3:30 am the day after..

My truck will only go 60 mph with the pedal pressed down at full throttle. It's completely safe to cross that construction area going 60, but you have plenty of people who aren't used to it and have to slow down around that White River Bridge. I guess it's a little different when you drive through it every day, it's always best to be on the look out and keep plenty of distance between you and the guy in front of you...

 

Took me three hours eb today plus 1/2 hour detour around bridge. Ima new driver..just following my routing. Plenty of other trucks in that line too. Sucked

 

I just notice more often here, and it's always on the trucking fourms/ fb pages for roaddog, etc

 

Well stay the heck out of my way I have to be at the truckstop by 3pm (so I can find a spot I can pull in and out tired of taking hoods off trying to back in last guy about caught me) cause my costco appt. is at 10am tomorrow. Stupid slow truckdriver holding me up I should just push your you know what off the road. (picking up cb mic) "HEY CRETE YOU WANNA MOVE THAT SLOW TRUCK"

 

Oh crap there's a car under that trailer and it looks like the driver is just sitting there looking out!

-- Balakov's pics

 

Just saw that...eerie! Odd nobody is attending to them since the deceased was a passenger and that obviously is the driver.