How much faster do you drive to the speed limit?

I might drive 5 over the limit, but if I ever go over that it's an accident and it's quickly corrected. We are paid by the mile and our paychecks aren't really going to change that much. At least not in the amount its going to be worth risking your hirability in future jobs. If I come up behind another truck or car that's going 65 I will just stay behind them, even though I have the ability to now pass them. There's no real reason too. If they are going 60 then yes I will pass.

If the speed limit is 55 then that's usually because there are curves and also prone to more traffic. So just chill at 55MPH and get though the city traffic safely without weaving. It doesn't make much of a difference in your entire driving stretch. Once you clear the city you can max your speed again.

 

I was doing 57 in a 55 leading up to a work zone freeway split. Trucks Right Lane only zone for the split. Supertrucker JBHunt decided that 57 was too slow and initiated a pass in the No Pass zone. He got hung up out in the left lane and tried to force me to slow down so he could get back into the legal right lane for trucks.

OK so 57 was too slow, but you want me to slow down to about 48 to let you in front? I just don't understand the mentality that dictates you want to be out front but you have to slow the people down slower than they were going before you passed them. That means you're going slower than when you were behind them (for a few moments anyway...)

 

That’s a very random thing to say....”You can save 2 hours..... like seriously, you’re only gaining 8 MILES every hour you drive..... so if my math is correct you save 2 hours every 15 hours you drive.....

 

This is a topic I know absolutely nothing about. The thing is though common sense should tell you that in an OOS situation the agency that has placed a driver/truck OOS has to at least stay involved to make sure the live animals are cared for. How this is done and what steps taken in my opinion would depend on the situation and how the agency operates. I know I would hate to be a DOT cop with a load of dead animals on my hands because I did not allow a livestock carrier to move them. I do think it is on the carrier to get the livestock cared for. I also think it is on the DOT agency to make sure it's done!

 

Except he can blow by all the Prime and other 60ish garbage that piles up traffic all day in the right lane. Being stuck going 62-65 you have to pick the right spot to pass, meanwhile you are then the one clogging up the left lane.

A lot of time slow trucks just sit behind that garbage in the right lane until its a 1/2 mile or more. If you had the speed to pass though you'd see that it's just a Prime in the right lane with 250 vehicles sitting behind him because....well just because.

 

Oh come on man I need ta know, when I finally get a truck that does 70+ I’m gonna give it all she’s legally got haha

 

I had a car on my arse with the brights on at night one time as I was trying to pass another truck and idk why but just before I passed his tractor I lost all control of the truck and fell back behind for another minute or so before passing