How much MPH over does your state allow?

When you do linehaul every minute counts. I really mean it.

 

every minute counts on that 70 as well, if these runs im getting right now are scheduled for 1600 and they tell me I can drop anytime earlier since im the first truck then you better believe im dropping it at 11:30 if I can...

or what if you drive slower and then get behind an accident or you break down and lose a couple hours? but if you did a long haul and you drove the few extra mph you would still be on time...

 

That's pretty obvious if your on e logs and a company driver. I you get paid enough for the load 60 mph is plenty.

 

Communication helps. You can't make accidents not happen. Just because you go faster doesn't make you miss things. It's called proper trip planning.

 

If the cop writes a "speeding" ticket, and the amount over the posted limit is 1mph he's, the officer, going to look pretty d a m n stupid in the courtroom....

This is why 5mph is pretty much the standard for tolerance.

You'll never get a ticket for going 59 in a 55. You'll never get a ticket for doing 68-69 in a 65...

But match or go over that 5mph boundary....

You'll be getting written up at some point.

 

you should know with your experience even the best trip planning can fall through...

as of right now im 100% on time with 100's of loads, I think my trip planning is working just fine, you drive how you want to and I will drive how I do.

 

I'm not even talking about that. At my company every truck goes a different speed. We do meets with drivers from up north 200 miles away from our yard, so every night we got a handful of guys going to same place to swap trailers with the same group of guys from another terminal, so getting there first means waiting less or not waiting at all. If you are the last one there you run the risk that the last guy to show up to the meet might have broken down or had some kind of problem and shows up many hours later. So that's why every minute counts, every mile per hour counts. That and the fact that the sooner you get back the sooner you log into the dock and make money hourly.

 

lets calc for the ones who think slower is better, others see it this way, these are just numbers thrown out there so dont criticize the amounts or speeds

55mph*.40=$22hr *60hr=$1320
60mph*.40=$24hr *60hr=$1440
difference of $120

Now lets say your in a state you can run 75 but the guy above still wants to do 60

75mph*.40=$30hr +60hr=$1800
$360 difference from 60mph
still want to run slower?

 

Yup i get 4.9 mpg going 75 and 7.2+ going 60. were not all company drivers here. Even if i did 500 miles a day id save $130. Plus tires and other components wear slower. If one was to drive 500 miles like this thats a savings of over a full tanks of fuel in 7 days.