My first Warning ticket for Speed. Georgia.

Its 70 across the board for rural interstates. Individual cities can set split limits inside their jurisdiction. Several like this on the Cleveland area. Scary is Columbus on I70. 70mph ###### near to downtown.

Rural non interstate 4 lane divided and controlled access is 65. Non controlled access is 60.

 

The advice is to not go too slowly through the scales, to maintain your speed to something at least close to what is specified.
Other than that, maybe to not tailgate the truck in front of you as you are approaching - so as to avoid a crash.

And there are WAY too many tailgating trucks out here.

 

Don't you dare speed, though. State Patrol is cracking down HARD. OHSP salivates like a rabid dog when it sees a CMV doing 75/76 in a 70 right now.

271, 76 and 90 all the way to Brooklyn/Willoughyby is still under 70. A few of the State routes are getting bumped up in speed, and even a few US highways.

All I know, is that On Tuesdays I go to work at the superfund sites in Ashtabula and Madison, and have to run down 11 to hit our dump point, and doing 55 the whole way is outrageously annoying.

 

Here is the problem, from my own personal experience and driving 11 western for so long, and I would assume that many just have drive west of the Mississippi River is that most of all the scales are posted as 3-5 mph. Except for a few scales in Idaho, Utah there they are from 10-15 mph.

To to me ripping through a scale at 30-35 mph, and not knowing the area one is driving in can be intimidating, so yes I too do the slow down thing getting better but I am still wary like the 35 mph is just a trap to see if one is dumb enough to do it. Lmao.

and I would agree most scales posts signs 2-3 miles ahead giving plenty of warning, and one may be set up just right at 100 foot intervals but next thing one knows some super trucker who is in a hurry will wait til the last minute to get as close to the scale and cut in which puts everyone out of wack as far as spacing goes behind them.

 

I think the main point of my original post was misunderstood.

Not speeding in the scale house, tail gating etc, should be self apparent and categorized under the 'common sense' label.

My concern and I suppose a slight astonishment, is how easily people will share their personal faults with people they dont even know.

The safe speed in 'ANY' scale house to me is like the safe speed in a truck stop. There are those who choose to fly through,.. and those who understand their surroundings and drive accordingly. In my mind this is all common sense and should not need an explanation or what I like to refer to as the 'baby sitters' hand. I know thats a crude and insulting remark. But we are (At least I would like to think we are) mature grown men and women who should have enough common sense to be able to discern what the safest speed is for any given road condition or location.

Its not just this particular OP,.. but others I have read that will openly disclose things they have done that I feel would serve them best if they confided in someone a bit closer and more personal.

The reason I commented was because my wife was reading over my shoulder and asked why someone would post their personal business to the world. I chuckled and told her that this is nothing,.. some of these guys will admit some of the most embarrassing things and some will even get upset when the negative comments come flying in. I showed her a few and she felt the same as me. Her only comment was "OMG,.. why?" To which I can only assume they truly have no one else to turn to. Thats why I would like to emphasize that my comments here are honestly not meant to insult,.. but rather just express my concerns over privacy, modesty and personal discretion.

Hurst

 

Really?For trks when did they do that?

 

I used to work for Arctic Express in hilliard,oh. I couldn't wait to get out of that state with a load. That was 2001. Good to see ohio got with the program.

 

I would like to apologize for any misunderstood comments from me.

I understand your frustration,.. I share your view at times. But all scales have the ramp speed posted and long ramps the speed they wish for you to maintain in order to keep traffic from getting congested at the entrance and creating a bottle neck and accident when drivers who come in heavy at hwy speeds and may not be able to slow down. Yes,.. their fault,.. I agree. But it is what it is.

I personally slow down before the scale and could care less about who is in a hurry behind me. Hwy speed 70,.. I will slow to about 55 - 60 before entering the scale ramp posted to maintain 45 mph. Then use the ramp to further slow to 45. Unless of course their are trucks already on the ramp,.. I will slow even more before I hit the ramp until I am sure what speed they are at on the ramp. Some guys will slow to 10 mph. I've had to jamb on the brakes hard more than once come in behind some one like that. Experience has taught me to expect the unexpected so unless I want to risk running into the back of another driver and end my career, I slow down.

To me you should be aware of your surroundings, who is behind you as well as who is ahead of you and correct and maintain your speed accordingly for what ever the current conditions are. There will be times where other drivers will not see what you see, to me I should do my best to protect the driver behind me as well as the one in front as much as I wish to protect myself. That to me is just common sense.

Hurst

 

I80 Turnpike, parts of 71 and 76, 75 all have 70 mph posted speed limits now. Beware though,.. they have a zero tolerance policy for truckers.

Much better then when cars could do 70 and trucks were relegated to 55. I always ran 62,.. that seemed to be the limit to which troopers would allow.