Do any drivers go the speed limit?

Heck I got pulled over in a swift truck governed at 62 for doing 70 ? I explained that it wasn't possible on flat ground. I was being respectful but direct he looked at my paperwork and when I suggested he may need to recal his radar he said have a nice day and have them check your governor!

 

If speed kills, then every one in NASCAR would be dead. The problem is actually driving sensibly. I know I stated I only run 62-65, but even that is within reason. If traffic is extremely heavy, and they are moving at a faster clip, I will bump things up to be more with the flow. I can drop back to my normal running speed when things get back to somewhat "normal". This limited thing is really stupid, but many of the drivers, whose trucks are governed, are just as stupid. Watching idiots do "turtle races" all day long. Even I will knock the cruise down a notch to let a governed truck get on around and not block up traffic. I can then bump it back up a notch after they pass. Likewise, if I am running at the similar pace as a company truck and I want to pass, I step it up a little to get on around and then go back to my normal pace after I pass. These idiots with governed trucks that are bound and determined to run on the governor all the time, even if another governed truck is trying to pass and both of them are blocking traffic for 5 miles, is ridiculous. Either the one that wants to pass can just knock the cruise down a notch and stay where they are, or at least the truck being passed can slow a little to allow the other truck to get on around and out of the way. But that would make sense! And sense is something too much to ask of truck drivers.

 

Well if course your not going to see the other guys doing 57. Can't catch each other doing the same speed.


Conservative to the Bone.

 

True! My truck is governed at 62. In Cali I usually set the cruise to 57 or 60 depending on the part of Cali I'm in.

I click ti cruise down when a truck us slowly passing me. Once around I click my cruise back up.

Also if I come up on another truck. I can have that extra speed to around that truck quicker.

Less stress that way for me.


Conservative to the Bone.

 

I agree... It's stupid when you get trucks doing this passing when they are not fast enough to pass... The exception to this is that if I am going faster then the truck infront of me but not so fast where I will pass in a second I do this 1) if there is lots of traffic then I will not bother passing and I will just slow down and hold back 2) if there is no traffic then i'll pass with no worries if it takes me longer to pass then expected... I am really not in a huge rush I get paid by the hour so I mean I don't need to make miles to make money...

In traffic I sit back and just let er roll slowly leaving a decent gap between me and the vehicle infront of me.. Now the one issue with this is that everyone feels the need to close my gap... I get looks from some truckers or 4-wheelers because of the cap but I don't care look at my all you want.... I'd rather not have to constantly brake, clutch, gear, brake, clutch, gear... I am a city driver if I did this all the time my knee would be the size of a friggen soccer ball..

I love the people in traffic that feel the need to whiz in and out of traffic.. Even tho it's crawling and you clearly are not making it very far... Why can't people just chill out and take it easy when it's like crawling traffic?? I mean does it make you feel like your getting somewhere faster or something??? You know how many times I have caught up to these people just keeping my pace and pass them while I am in my lane... When I drive my personal truck I pick a lane and I stay in it from work to home... I don't care if the lane beside me starts going faster I just stay in my lane.. I have no desire to weave in and out of traffic to get like a few cars ahead.. Whoopi Doooo...


Sorry kinda of topic...

 

The answer is yes but #### few.

People regularly use the allowance built in because of the wild inaccurate nature of speedometer's then act all shocked when they get nailed.

Until the law is actually enforced it will continue so.

 

I didn't know hills could do that.

Is that where little hills come from?

 

I realize that many fleets govern their trucks due to insurance concerns, but doing so in an attempt to "conserve" fuel shows that they cannot reason well. Hey fleets, want to conserve fuel while at the same time keeping thing realistic? How about, instead of that penny a mile junk for fuel mileage, you put a program in place that the driver will get 80% of the fuel savings above a preestablished number... say 6.25 or 6.5 mpg. And leave the truck governed up to a reasonable level, say 70 mph. Once drivers realize they can earn several THOUSAND dollars a year more than they do now, you will see some of the most fuel conserving driving ever. And that driver will have the ability, in those limited circumstances, to be able to "bump it up" so they are not a road hazard.

It is using this similar logic that I keep probably well over $10,000 a year extra in my pocket. My truck can bury the speedometer, yet I drive conservatively and get those 7.5 - 8 mpg type results compared to the "industry" average of around 6 mpg. There is clear incentive to do so. If fleets would dangle similar incentives in front of their company drivers, the drivers would win as well as the company. Sure they are shelling out 80% of the fuel savings to the driver, but the fleet will be spending less on tires and maintenance as well because drivers would be operating in a more efficient manner. Money talks.

 

Actually a lot of it has to do with their insurance companies, rather than there belief in conserving fuel. Insurance is the true dictator in this industry and in this country.

 

Oh yes let's compare a sport with roll cages, helmets, professional drivers on a closed course to why you should be allowed to speed