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Most all are goverened at 65mph

 

They probaly got cutt back like all the others to 60 due to fuel costs

 

I thought thery were governored at about 80, since they pass up everybody on the road, I know it's a lot more than 65, unless they turned them all back yesterday. I mean when they are passing up the bullhaulers(which they do all the time) I would say they are probally governed at a lot faster than 65.

 

68 mph. And in today's environment what difference could that possibly make? I certainly hope you aren't basing a job decision on something as stupid as that.

 

Isn't it ironic that the ATA chairman most vocal for speed limiters was Pat Quinn , owner of USX ? But that got them fined for log falsification in a December 2006 audit . If a truck is going 10 m.p.h. over the speed limit , like U.S. X running 65 m.p.h. in OH , it will cause problems in an audit . FMCSA auditors use Promiles software to check driving times between change of duty status locations . If they drove 300 miles in 5 hours in a 55 m.p.h. state , GOTCHA ! . The auditor says that's not possible - log book falsification .

 

I don't drive nor have I ever for usx, the only reason I said 65 is because when the question was asked I was setting at a travel plaza talking to a usx driver that has been with usx for 14yrs so I asked him and that's what he said. Maybe he was wrong. Or it could be like our comp. Not all trucks are governed at the same speed.

 

According to Federal DOT regulations you can log 60mph in ANY state. I have been doing it since I started driving and there has never been a problem. If you do not stop in a state they cannot judge when and where and how long you were in that state. In otherwords if you fueled in Richmond, IN and then you stopped in Dallas Pike, WV and you did it in 3.00 hours (226 miles across Ohio on 70)There is nothing that could be done because you never stopped in Ohio. The only way that they can do something in a certain state is if they have something in that state with which to judge you by, and if you didnt stiop in Ohio they dont. Why do you think that you see very few O/O's stopped in places like Ohio and Illinois? BTW, the reason that the Fed is 60, is that should be the maximum mph that you can retain in a big truck. One company that I worked for--our company safety director was a 26 year Federal DOT veteran and we were showed this regulation about 60mph in ANY state.

 

I heard it direct from an FMCSA inspector that they use Promiles software to check driving times between change of duty statuses . If they have drops or pickups in Ohio they can use that as a basis . Ohio DOT also does a lot of random level 1's that can be used to check against . With USX's "OPTIONAL " ISSD I imagine they get quite a few inspections . I'm not disputing what you say but your safety director may have retired before they started using Promiles software . A driver from one of our terminals complained his dispatch told him he could complete a 630 mile round trip in one day . The driver said it wasn't possible . A safety director from corporate entered it in Promiles and confirmed it showed 5 hours , 45 minutes each way minimum driving time . I was there when the safety director checked it and saw it myself .

 

When I worked at USX I had trucks that did 65,70,68 and a couple that would ungoverned after you ran them a couple thousand miles with light loads.

Drivers would also pay off the mechanics to boost the MPH on their trucks or have a mechanic on the outside do it by hooking up to the plug next to the seat.