Governed Trucks

I get paid by the hour and still won’t drive anything less then 70.

 

That's a ticket in some states. 70 was relatively slow back 30 yrs ago.

 

70 is slow period let alone 65.

 

I set my cruise at 64, but I like the fact that it will go 80. Those guys who speed up to stop you from passing give up after you're above their range, which usually what governed truck won't do.

 

I've read stories about some carriers not allowed in certain states unless they could reach triple digit speeds. This was back in the 70s out west. Idk.

 

When I was a company driver we had unlimited trucks.
The boss called me once and asked me to go some other place, then he says fast as you can.
And I said back to him, ‘yup, fast I as can, 100 clicks’ (100kph or about 62 mph).
So even when I worked at places where I could go as fast as I wanted, all I ever did was 62 mph.
Other guys would say to me their trucks go 85 or 95 mph . And they would ask me how fast my truck went. And I said, same as every truck I drove, 62 mph.
I will go faster to complete a pass, but that rarely happens anyway.

 

@Oldironfan remember the days of no speed limit. "Reasonable and prudent"

 

i would be happy if they would remove all prime trucks from the interstate.

 

I turned mine down to 70 on cruise 75 on pedal for passing. ...... us express seems to be at 69 and it's quite obvious that they don't give a mental evaluation for hiring. .... I think they are the fastest of the mega carriers. ...... 68 is probably the best speed but I run the speed limit getting above 70 really burns the fuel

 

Werner is at 68, their trucks blow my doors off all the time unfortunately lol