GOVERNED AT 65 mph

While this makers the driver an inconsiderate douchebag, it does not create a safety risk. The moron five feet of his icc bar is the safety risk.

 

1 mpg is a huge deal. Driver A gets 6, Driver B gets 5. 200 gallons of fuel driver A can run 1200 miles before empty. Driver B goes 1000. Since Driver B gets 5 mpg it will take an additional 40 gallons of fuel to cover the last 200 miles. At $4.00 per gallon that's $160.00. A typical 2400 mile week that's an extra $320.00 Driver A brings home. $320 x 52 weeks = $16,640.00.

This is a general example. I saw someone broke it down for speed, so this is the slow/better mileage breakdown.

 

What about the mile of 4 wheelers lined up behind then when the hammer lane gets clear they all think there kyle busch tryin to get around and gotta chop you off when there shouldn't of been a backup at all I'm. With ya on the 5 foot off his bumper deal like he's gonna make him any faster

 

But he doesn't make those four wheelers drive like a maniac. That's on them.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's being a jerk,
But being a selfish prick does not directly relate to creating an unsafe driving situation.
The angle you should come from is how two vehicles running side by side are inherently less safe due to not having that direction as an out should something happen in front of you. But that has little to do with speed and more to do with bad driving habits.

 

Well spider I haye to say it but I se your point to guess that's why they call me knight rider cause I do most of my runnin at night cause that drives me crazy you know how it is some guys ain't safe at 35 mph guess we just gotta accept it

 

Frankly, if I was an owner operator I would not have a governed truck.
If you know that the hill ahead is particularly steep, you will want to gain momentum so that when you are on that hill and slowing down I would be less likely to be a rolling road block. A governed truck will not have this ability. Granted staying off the throttle keeps the mpg up.

 

I wouldn't mind driving 65 or less, but I would have an issue with being pigeonholed there. When I did own trucks, I was paid by the ton, so it was beneficial for me to let my drivers get on it a little. But, running OTR and hauling freight in an ungoverned truck, I typically ran 65 - 68 (the one exception being when I hammered down from Yankton, SD to Sioux Falls so I could get that other half of a split load off of me that day and go get loaded that day), and I always made it to where I needed to be on time. Good planning and self discipline goes a long way. My issue with being pigeonholed at that speed... well, for example, I'm just strolling along in the right lane, there's a vehicle to my immediate left, and now there's suddenly a car or truck on the on ramp who just can't grasp the notion of yielding right-of-way... so now I have two undesirable options.. either riding it out and hoping that better judgement will prevail, or suddenly backing down on the Interstate in a free flowing lane of travel... getting on it to get out of the way is removed as an option at this point.

 

Were governed at 65. But we also have the smart pass option which allows us to do 68 for 10 minutes every hour for cases like that. Just kick the pedal down three times and your off.

 

Might I ask whom the "we" are in this case?

 

What is behind me is not in front of me!