How do you deal with your truck being governed?

Every situation is different, but yeah most of the time a lease purchase is an excellent choice for a company to make.......they get that tractor paid for several times over by many a driver! As for the driver, no it usually is not a good idea. Its like having one foot in the tub, either get in (buy a truck) or get out ( be a company driver) having one foot in will only torment you.

 

Unfortunately many drivers don't deal with the governed truck respectfully, i am amazed at how many drivers think the truck has to go as fast as it can at all times so they whip into the passing lane and try to pass another truck they no bussiness trying to pass, if you cannot achieve a constant speed of 3 mph or more then the vehicle you are trying to pass then you shouldn't be attempting it in the first place. All you do is upset the other motorists around you and that leads to them doing stupid things around the rest of us and that is never going to work in our favor.

As far as lease purchase goes there are some that are good but i've learned that most are a racket that benefit the company only. When you are the one paying for the truck, the trucks ins. maint. and fuel but not allowed to have the authority to decide how fast to run or in many cases were to get work done and in many cases not even allowed to get work done without permission isn't that a red flag that something is off about it. The truth is they own the truck and still want all of the decision making power over it, they just need you to pay for it with your hard earned money which i believe they also control. Nope if you want to own a truck go to a dealer and buy one, if you can't do that then the questoin to if you shpuld be and o/o has been answered.

 

Sorry, but when I see a 63 mph truck passing a 62 mph truck, I blame the guy in the right lane, not the left. You see, I am that guy in the 62 mph truck, and when I see a guy taking more than a mile to pass me, you can bet the second mile I will back it out of the throttle and let the guy come on around me. It's called good manners. It's called being a driver. A big part of being a driver is to react to the situations around you, and adjust your driving to compensate. Sometimes that means slowing down. There are too many "drivers" out here in these governed trucks that just put their foot on the floor, hold the steering wheel, and stare straight ahead with a fixed stare. I've often passed trucks driving slower than me, and the guys that keep me over in the left lane for a long time are doing exactly that 99% of the time. I'll get up neck and neck with the "'driver," and he don't even look over at me. He's staring straight ahead, oblivious to what's going on in his mirrors. I've been the guy in the left lane, passed the guy doing 55 mph with the phone on his ear, and as the middle of my trailer gets even with his west coast mirrors, suddenly he hangs up the phone and matches my speed. Now I'm stuck out there, I can't speed up, only slow down, and now I have a moron in a Peterbilt driving 4 inches off my trailer doors yelling profanities at me on the radio.



Sorry, but sometimes you have to pass. Even us guys in governed trucks. If we can't pass, you'd see us all stacked up bumper to bumper behind the guy doing 59. If you drive a governed truck, just have some ###### manners. That's all I'm saying. There's nothing wrong with helping the guy on your left out, so traffic can move smoothly. What's wrong with that?

 

most of its due to insurance companys,then its the fuel milage,but when it comes to the western states where the speed limit is 75 and you have a 62 or 65 mph truck i feel then you are a hazzard

 

the one going 62 to 65 in a 75mph state is not the hazard it is the one running 75 with his head up his ##### and not paying attention to what is going on around him.

 

My truck is governed at 76, so it doesn't bother me much.

 

I used to tailgate but now I leave earlier for work or get into the left lane when there's a lot of trucks lined up. If there's a truck driver in the left lane I know he is probably on a tight time schedule, is pressured to get his load delivered on time, and has as much right to be there as we do. I don't understand why someone in a car has to go 10 or more over the speed limit and has to go faster than everyone else, running right up on their bumpers, weaving in and out of the lanes.
On one last note, the last time I tailgated a truck was when I had another truck right on my butt and I was right up on this other guy's bumper to try to avoid a collision. When I finally decided to signal to switch lanes, he starts moving into the left lane without signalling and I had to squeeze back into the right lane to avoid getting my bumper custom molded.

 

Don't drive one.As sarcastic as that comes across,it is a declarative statement.there are numerous outfits that do not run slow equipment.True they may pay a penny or three less per mile but the lack of stress AND the ability to get away from the cluster f--k company hands trying to out run another company hand while both being relegated to not even the posted speed limit far outweighs that few pennies per mile pay deal.
Do some research and drive for an outfit that lets their trucks breathe.

 

That statement is wrong if you are running that 62-65 in a 75 mph state and in the tuck hammer lane. if you are then YOU have your head up your arse and not watching,or not caring (which is the majority of slow truck drivers out there today) as faster moving traffic approaches you.
Move over to the slow lane where you belong and stay there.Period.

 

trucks that run factory specs get better fuel mileage than trucks that are set to run slow.
You made an excellent point in that the slow trucks ARE the hazard when running that slow in a 75 mph state and in the truck hammer lane.Thanks for making it.