Why Does Truck Passing Truck Go about same speed

Yes, the majority of company trucks are governed. Many are set at 65mph and the next popular setting is 62 mph. But it can be anywhere the fuel manager dictates from 55 to wide open. For the most part it is a controlled fuel savings for the company. They have many options what they can do with the trucks computer.

The governed trucks for the most part run with the pedal flat on the floor or the cruise on.

And yes, like the others said, you get two like governed trucks, ther might be a 0.1-0.5 mph variance, and the drag race is on. A sensible, courteous driver in the slow lane will let up and get it over with. But unfortunately there are some that refuse. Some will use hills to their advantage if their truck is lighter or has more horsepower.

The gov't was trying to get all trucks set at 65 mph. It would be twice as bad then.

 

Don't forget the hills too...a heavy truck can run 67 on flat land but that hill may slow the driver enough to where they are "stuck" beside the lighter 64 mile an hour truck

 

Ain't it going to be just wunnerful when the FMCSA sets down a rule for all trucks to be governed at 65? Talk about congestion... lines of trucks all going about the same speed, and more lines of trucks going just a little faster trying to pass the slower lines of trucks.

This is really gonna be fun.

 

Ah don't worry now....California will be on the forefront and require ALL TRUCKS to be governed at 45....Just to "Level the Playing Field".....

 

That was one thing I liked about the Schneider Freightshaker I drove for a while.
It was set at 61 mph on the cruise and the qualcom kept track if you went overspeed which could affect performance bonuses but you could do 64 on the go pedal,you had to use it sparingly but it was handy to give her a boost to pass a slower truck quickly.

 

I don't get the luxury of driving on 4-lane interstates, except when I'm dead-heading. I run 2-lane, curvy, hilly highways, due to having to gross 85.5k. Now you want to talk about traffic jams. Try coming up on one of these 62mph trucks, like TMC, yes I did just yesterday. No way to pass due to a lot of oncoming traffic. My truck is governed at 72mph. I finally stopped at a local small TS, just so I could let him get on down the highway. There was quite a line of cars and trucks stacked up.

Just in the last couple of days I've had a truck crawl up on my mudflaps, while I was running flat out at 72 mph, speed limit was 65. I do this on stretches of road with hills coming up, so I can make it up them without having to slow to 50-55 mph. It was a woman driver. She almost pushed me up the hills. I can't tell you how nerve racking it is to have another truck so close to you, that she felt the need to tell you, "let me know if you're going to back out of it, or step on your brakes". The first stretch of road, that she could pass, I told her I'm backing out, get around. When she started to pass, I hit the brakes hard, just to get away from her. There was 2 other trucks ahead of me, and she continued to do this. The front truck told her, I'm not backing out, so back off.

Yesterday, I had a KW W9, on my tail, because I was behind a small SUV, that was driving 50-55 mph. He would then speed up, about the time I could pass to 60-65mph. This went on for miles. Finally the SUV turned off, and kicked it in the arse, so did the KW, riding my mudflaps. He then decided to pass, fine, I hit the brakes, let him around. Once he got in front about 8 semi lengths I kicked it up again. This fool thought he needed to pass me, so that he could turn off, just 3 miles later. What made this bad, was that the taillights, brake lights were so dirty that you could not see them, until you were too close. He didn't start slowing to turn, he slams the brakes.

Finally, this is in the same day, in fact when the KW came up on me, farmer John decides to pull out onto the highway, on a curve, driving his nice shiny, John Deere, max speed about 20mph. No way to go around, oncoming cars, I nearly stalled the truck standing on the brakes, full jakes.

At least, we don't have the turtle races going on. That would always end badly on 2-lane roads. But those that are governed at 62, do not back out to let the cars, or other trucks around. What I hate seeing is 3 or 4 trucks following each other with just a few feet between them.

 

that is not bad its worse when the truck racing are from the same company. years ago i was gonna write a book called the art of passing but then again i was running around the west doing 90. companies are slowing their truck down so they say to conserve fuel but in actuality the slow them down so when the half/// driver behind the wheel has a accident it will minimize the damage. SITUATION driver running come over hill doing 85 and traffic is at a standstill and he cant stop what happens then you got a driver in the same situation doing 63 how many cars does he take out.

 

So what's the driver governed at 62 supposed to do? We all have our jobs and schedules to meet. Just because you can run at 75 in a 65 zone doesn't mean that those of us who are governed at a lower speed have any less right to be on the road. Get over yourselves and deal with it.

 

When I drove a 350hp was a big daddy and you only saw 400hp once in a while.
Mostly 240hp to 300hp with 7 to 10 speed box.
Most trucks ran between 100 000 and 130 000lbs so most of the time you had the pedal mashed to the floor.
Overtaking often ended up being a mile long excursion.
There was noway the truck being passed would back off because it took them half an hour to hook the next gear and they were barely hanging on.
The truck passing was in the same position just a 100 or so rpm better off.
Things are a lot better now with 500hp to 600hp and 16 to 18sp the norm.
Unless it was safety critical the 4 wheeler would just have to wait.
Pulling out from a stop you could often see who was heavy and low powered.
You didn't want to get behind them.
Unfortunately it was often me.

 

yes,maybe.but governrd 62 in a 65,do u think u should be in the hammer lane?