why do YOU hate CA?

All this coming from a NON tax paying NON resident.

OH...and never pulled a load of produce out of Cali in yer life.

Bite me

 

BECAUSE, California thinks they are special, and sets emissions requirements that go against the rest of the country. So if you are an owner operator and have an older tractor you may be prohibited from going there.


K

 

Drivers love to hate on CA, but I spent much of my OTR time in CA. I treated it like OH and never had any problems. I think much of the problems in CA are that they have stricter rules, they give less tolerance for screwing up, and many drivers expect to do what they've always done and enforcement is interpreted as a personal insult. It seems some drivers buy or drive fast trucks and think that means they don't have to watch speed limit signs. They think the world is one big parking lot and warning signs are for losers. If your attitude is "what are the rules, so I can follow them" you won't have many problems. If your attitude is "but I always do X, what do you mean I can't do X?" you will have problems everywhere.

If you think the fact you are late, hungry, tired means the rules don't apply to you stay out of CA. If you understand it's your job to read every speed limit sign or every truck lane restriction sign and comply you are in fine shape. No, there aren't warning signs for trucks to stay in the right lanes every 2 miles, but a wise driver with any hearing knows CA is looking to bust you so stay right. No, CA doesn't warn you to keep flashers off while moving slowly up/down hills but many local drivers will alert you if you creep along with your 4-ways going.

Just treat CA like you would treat a trip into any other hostile area and you will be OK. I drove everywhere, including CA and OH and was always careful to keep my speed within 4-5 mph of the posted limit and didn't have to worry about radar. I think too many drivers believe the lie some driver got a 1mph speeding ticket and then foolishly choose to just drive too fast because they don't pay attention or put too much faith in the CB.

Drive like the boss and the cops are following you and you will have very few problems.

 

Tscottme the only part of your statement that is wrong is the 4-ways. I live in Calif and use my 4 ways going up the Siskoyus, Grapevine, and the Cajon grades and haven't been pulled over by CHP yet. Yes in some areas you can sneak by doing 65 in some areas, but I don't recomend it. I even had a DOT Bear at the Banning scales tell me the reason that 90% of the drivers that get tickets there is due to their attiude.

 

Scuby you are wrong. It IS against CA. law to run with you 4-ways on. I ask a CHP DOT cop about it 3 months ago. He showed it to me and it dose say that it is a violation to move with you 4-ways on unless it's and emergence.

 

Because of stupid al gore and his possy of environmentalists that ends up costing me more and more money as a o/o!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't hate it i have loads to and from cali every week but it makes everything more difficult.

 

Split speed limits.....
Rest stops are being shut down.....
CARB regs.....
Taxes for O/O's IRPed in CA.....
4-Wheelers who think it's ok to cut-off a truck in heavy traffic and then slam on their brakes.....


Bottom line...CA sucks......It's going to be part of Mexico anyways.....The farms are all dying because all of the water used for irrigation is heading straight for the Bay......
I could go on.....Not enough bandwidth to explain it all though....