Hills/mountain descending?

well since I have only pulled an ice box all these years and I am from Florida--I am STILL tryin to find a pair of Pointy flip flops! LMAO

 

How does a jake fail? With a real jake (and not a mere "exhaust" brake) it seems to me the only way a jake could fail is if the engine dies.

 

Sorry for the derailment folks. Not that there's anything wrong w/ Big floppy hats. I wonder what would happened if i showed up in sweats/flip flops for work. So got this pic from a driver just now. I laughed.

 

I enjoyed the read on this. We're trying to get pro-active on our speeding. It comes at a good time as we're also monitoring MPG and giving suggestions to increase drivers MPG (Company and Lease). The number 1 excuse I hear for speeding is hills. I fully understand momentum management, but when drivers are confronted with the locations of their speeds it's typically not in the hills. We have a very nice tool that can allow us to plot the locations individually, or even more fun on Google Earth so you can turn on the terrain to show exactly what they're working with. I personally think that it's made a difference and with CSA every unsafe inspection counts. If you want to keep decent numbers you need to stay in the correct cohort group.

 

Meh... the main reason for speeding is making time, just watch the governed trucks in C zones and small towns on 2 lanes.

 

the funniest part about that is that the majority of log falsification, speeding, hos violations, that I see have nothing to do with being pushed. They're just poor decisions on the part of the drivers. Every now and again I see drivers in a tight situations and I can understand why drivers do it in that case, but like I was saying the majority of the time it's just poor decision making.

 

I always thought they should be allowed to placard it "Dangerous" on 4 sides too!

 

Personally, I would flat out refuse to drive a truck/trailer labelled that way.

 

I simply don't understand the speeding in a construction zone thing. Even though I drive a governed truck, seems like I always get passed by a slightly slower governed truck in a CZ and then have to pass them later on.

Here's the big clincher that keeps me going the CZ speed. If a careless construction worker steps out right in front of me he will be dead whether I'm going the CZ speed of 45 (whatever it is posted as) or 55-60. The big difference is that the driver of the 60 MPH truck will be going to jail and the posted speed driver has a fighting chance.

I have a collision detector on the front of my truck and it tells me the traveling speed of the vehicle in front of me. I routinely get passed by trucks doing over 60 MPH in construction zones posted at 45 MPH. Most construction zones are only a short distance and some just a few miles. It is the rare one that is 20 or 30 miles or more. The time lost in these short stretches is pretty insignificant and the tiny amount of time gained isn't worth the consequences. Even if no one gets hurt, Barney Fife will give you a ticket with a double coupon bonus and possibly unsafe driving, which could put you out of commission.

 

Yes. Plus, a warning in a CZ counts against company CSA. Three yahoos a couple months back got warnings in CZs in the same month and shot up our Driver Safety score due to small size of company.