Pitfalls from speeding

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Diantane, Aug 25, 2018.

  1. brub1155

    brub1155 Light Load Member

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    Tell him to stop speeding 5mph is nor
     
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  3. brub1155

    brub1155 Light Load Member

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    they should stop speeding 5mph is ok because your speedometer can be off by that much by fmsca but no excuse just drive safe .
     
  4. #wishfulthinking

    #wishfulthinking Light Load Member

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    Speeding is not tolerated at my company. Our trucks run good for company trucks. Your first time getting caught speeding, whether it s a warning or a ticket, your truck will get turned down to 60 mph for 30 days. Your second offense will result in termination. Believe me, just thinking about not being able to drive over 60 mph everywhere for 30 days is enough to keep most of us well behaved. For the ones that don't heed the warning and get turned down, they remind us why we should be mindful of our speeds when driving.
     
  5. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    They're allowed to read up to 10% fast, but 0% under is allowed. That's why they are likely to read slow because it's like blackjack. It's over as soon as you're over.
     
  6. Oldironfan

    Oldironfan Road Train Member

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    Well news to me. I did not know the EPA existed since the beginning of time.
    So praise be to the EPA my new God.
    Time for me to go to the church of the EPA and pray for forgiveness for breathing. Because CO2 is what we exhale and that stuff is a greenhouse gass.
    The EPA needs to take my desire to do triple digits in a rig away. I've only drove 96mph on flats under power of truck. I have done 106mph but that was loaded going down a grade so that does not count.
     
  7. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    Weren't you quitting the industry?
     
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  8. Oldironfan

    Oldironfan Road Train Member

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    Soon after Sept, 1st.
     
  9. brub1155

    brub1155 Light Load Member

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    Its crazy I got pulled over in upstate NY where I live for the last 4 yrs going 83 personal car, the driver in front of me was speeding so I hopped behind them and got pulled over, the trooper told me that the car in front of me was going 80mph and I was going 83mph, and that they only pull over people going over 80, now I drive at exactly 80 or 79 and pass troopers all day and don't get pulled over. In a tuck though i would be very careful, lol my truck can only go 65 anyways
     
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  10. wore out

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    I have to be misunderstanding here. 10-14 over is 0 points?
     
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  11. MBAngel

    MBAngel Medium Load Member

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    Do you not know about the industrial age? Do you not know the difference between breathing and burning millions of years of fossil fuels over 2 centuries????
     
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