Fast trucks driving slow?

"I do hate it when someone wants to pass but they take 5 minutes to do it and look over at me like I'm the Acehole for not slowing down for their princess ace. Hey this is the speed I was doing when you were behind me and this is the speed I will be doing when you get in front of me. If you cannot pass without me slowing down, boom you cannot pass so don't even try."
Well I have to ask if the ground is flat and I went from your 6 to your 9 why would it break your balls to back off 1 or 2 to let me pass? I see the guys pulling the wheel and gritting their teeth. I get 66 on flat btw. Next thing I see is Fred Sanford merging at 35 and tooth gritter is spitting his soda pop on the windshield and smoking his brakes cuz I got Billy Bigrigger(lol) and 25 unable to text fourwheelers right up my butt. It'd be easier to pass me if you had a clear left lane. Like 2 girls_1truck said, do it when it's polite. . Assphalt makes pay it forward nonexistent. It's a #### shame.

 

I'm that 70 75 mph truck running posted that these 65 mph who avg 62 keep passing in construction or reduced speed zones PS 1mphx24 doesn't add up to 100 to 200 miles daily and I do back out of it for megas to pass and give them 2 hills if I catch them uphill on the 2nd I pass and open a gap up

 

PS 64-55 ≠ 1

Driving 55 instead of 62 or 64 for 24 hours is a loss of 100-200 mi per day for us.

9 x 24 = 216

7 x 24 = 168

Get it now? Notice I didn't say a word about passing trucks that are 1 mph slower than I am.

 

It annoys the piss out of me too. I drive local in Florida with a 65mph truck and it happens daily to me. Just to put it out there, Florida has no hills of any significance. Yet time and time again I'll have someone want to jump from 60 to 70 the moment my tractor reaches theirs. Fortunately, with traffic being the way it is in the area I run, they will usually get put back in place by granny 4 wheeler before they can pull out in front of me. Having said that, I know no one is perfect out there. And I also know I catch myself doing this same thing in my 4 wheeler all the time. In my company truck though I do not have to worry about fuel mileage though so I'm trying to break the governor all day long.

I completely agree with this, but this is an ongoing argument that I don't think will ever be resolved. I have no problem with people passing me at 1-2mph. I'm no lie, I will do that myself at times. But as you say, if you want to make an extended pass to save a couple minutes of your day, that is 100% on you ...

 

You would think fl has no hills, but those anthills that we call hills out on I 10 still manage to make half the trucks drop a gear or two. Pretty pathetic if you ask me.

 

Cellphones. Daydream generator. I've learned to never pass trucks that are with companies that usually go faster than me without following them for a while. Ideally, I'd like to see them go uphill, level-ground, downhill before I make a decision. Then I will choose the section of road that maximizes our difference in speed. When I'm pretty sure it's some phone-using Gomer that is going to speed up once he realizes he's going to be passed by my slow truck, I will sometimes jump out in the left lane just to wake him up and then fall in behind him, if I cause no problem for other vehicles.

Generally, the phone-worshippers will miss the first 2-4 "resume speed limit" signs after construction.

 

I don't think I have ever had a truck so castrated I need to drop a gear in FL.....lol!

 

they are going slow to save fuel/money so when they get home they have money to put in their gas guzzlin pickup truck, and they probably speed up because they are frustrated a company guy is passing them and they have to go slow to pay for that same pickup that they hardly drive because theyre out here trying to pay for it. makes sense dont it. lol i dunno just a guess

 

lol!! Good theory I guess but I run fast and My pickup is paid for.....with only 9500 miles on it!

 

You've never ran a 238 detroit have ya?