Pitfalls from speeding

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

  1. Oldironfan

    Oldironfan Road Train Member

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    Fact the world is flat. As long as you are on the surface, it seems true.
    Not sure why the moon looks round?

    So a speeding ticket in a cdl truck is less points than a headlight, out which is 10 points.
    Who the #### thought, "ok this point list looks very logical"?
     
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  3. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    And all of that is between loads of swinging shrimp on a flatbed reefer. :laughing-guffaw:
     
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  4. TallJoe

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    How much soot has been infused into atmosphere in the recent Cal fires? You could see the smoke from hundreds of miles. How does that compare with the emission levels by speeding trucks there? Nobody in the right mind goes below 55 mph in CAL outside cities. The same goes for trucks with deleted DPF/DEF or old trucks (supposedly banned there).
     
  5. tucker

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    Yes let’s scatter 4 million trucks like this across the country because it just doesn’t matter.
    DEA304BF-1E4A-4181-9DE3-502A14A584E8.jpeg

    The Earth has had volcanoes and wild fires for a long long time but the air is a hell of a lot cleaner in Los Angeles since the CARB rules came along around 2007.

    Every moron thinks every rule and law is bad.
     
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  6. TallJoe

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    This is one big green idiots brainwashing propaganda. Where did you see 4 million trucks exuding this much smoke?
    The Greens have rich mamas and papas and they don't have to work hard to make a living. When I get rich, I'll stop driving over 55 mph or altogether and worry about clean air too. Before then, the climate change is no topic for me.
     
  7. TallJoe

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    Your fellow driver must be a slacker. He must have stopped at every of the 3 oasis between Ohare and Gary and took a nap for 3 hours each time, since it took him the whole day to get there. He had to blame it on a traffic, although it is never that bad to the point that your being smart earned you 380 miles. I know because I am there all the time.
     
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  8. TallJoe

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    The other day I was parked in Rochelle, IL about 70 miles form my parking. Due to humid and heat AND.....Mother....ing HOS law that no longer can be overridden by common sense (I could get myself a secret ELD switch but for now I don't have it), I was there idling for all of the 10 hours. Fuel burnt at the rate of 1 gal per hour. Had there not been stupid HOS law, I would have gone home and the air would have been a little bit less polluted. Therefor I say that FMCSA and Elogs are to be blamed for climate change....That's right!
    OK I'll stop spamming now, I am getting ready to go to a nice Michigan beach. I'll take I 294 from where I live, then I 94 through IN and MI -- there is not going to be any traffic. I'll enjoy nice clean air over there. Far away from all these nasty trucks.
    Have a good Sunday.
     
  9. DSK333

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    China and other countries will continue to do more environmental damage no matter what we do. Hell, they even have manipulation capabilities to creat man made blizzards. What about all the these über rich POS that are spewing this nonsense and getting richer for it while they don't do a single thing to reduce their own carbon footprint?
     
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  10. shogun

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    Awesome pic, Tuck. Too bad we can’t smell the unburnt diesel.
     
  11. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    :p

     
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