Slow trucks justified with money

Lol I get that sometimes..

My opinions just aren't typical, not just in trucking. Kinda "against the grain" u could say

 

well i have the best safety rating at my company
drive the most miles
and am second in fuel mileage
i also dont tailgate but I mostly drive in wide open spaces of WY UT NV
and I went 62 all day today but can go 75 anytime i want

where i disagree is that if i get in an accident at 68 it will hurt less then 58
post 64 of yours is just drivel
speed isn't the problem it is the way drivers drive
you are correct that common sense isnt common

 

Thumbs down button.

 

Your one of the rare few sir lol.. I have a good buddy who runs hard all the time and he tends to stay out of trouble. So, yea, out west sometimes I feel like "flying" up the road but then I remember it's my truck and I'm not gonna "dog" my truck (my lively hood) out like that. Lol whenever I pass 65mph I instantly get that ohh ohh shhhh I'm going fast feeling because I know that am a very hard to stop moving projectile. But that's just me. A lot of guys been out here 10, 20, 30 years or more driving the speed limits or more. I still think that speed limits set are designed more for the noncommercial motoring public, just like that 45/35 mph turn that when a big truck goes that speed limit on the same turn it almost flips. Cause that limit was more designed from them with the hope commercial drivers would be smart and responsible to judge the turns and roads right. THE EXCEPTION does go to driving the open roads of CO, UT, NV, AZ, NM where traffic is down to 0-5% and roads are generally straight and etc

 

I still think if your running 58 and I'm running, say 70, and the speed limit is 75 an the flow of traffic is basically running the speed limit. That your way more of a hazard that I am at 70 or 75. Just because your driving slower doesn't make it safer.

 

i have disc brakes on tractor and trailer
so i am also not on fire going down 80 into SLC

 

If a truck crashed into a car at 58mph then another truck crashed into a car at 70mph which one would the driver of the car think was more of a hazard? The driver driving reasonably or the one trying to keep up the the 2k lb four wheelers. And if a truck and a car were both going 70mph,,,,, man that sounds like a horror story

 

What if a four wheeler runs into the rear end of a prime truck doing 58 mph and the four wheeler is doing 75 ?
You always have to consider a lot of different factors. Following distances, stopping distances. All I'm saying is I can drive my truck the speed limit an be just as safe an sometimes safer than you can at 58 mph. I do it everyday an have been for several years.

 

Lol yea, I do see, what your saying as well.

 

Maybe we're both right.