Well why do we have super bikes that can do 200mph plus? Cars the same way? I think 80-85 in a truck would be just fine. Maybe limit it to experienced drivers of xx amount of years and rookies be set down to 75 or something.

What I think is the problem......don't want to "P" off the law man, but here goes. I go through several construction zones on the way home and to work. I do the speed limit of 60mph in the zone. I get passed by everything and everyone, Grandma, truckers, young, old middle age smokin' my doors. No turn signals, cutting you off and rubbing paint. Cars with broken tail lights blinding you as they cut you off. Now, who the heck should be taking care of this? Perhaps the lawman? If you ain't out on this stretch of the interstate every other couple of months how the heck are you gonna enforce the law? I see them once in awhile driving to work and he'll(lawman) will blow my doors off and then there will be a line of cars tailgating his butt doing the same speed? I figure if I jumped in line he would turn around in the middle of the interstate and throw on the lights to pull me over!!!

The ATA or whatever needs to go hold hands with the ACLU and maybe get on the same plane to Iraq or Iran where we can drop them off permanently.

 

They can still collect money from drivers hitting the override switch. Official use for the override being for passing and running hills. (Like law enforcement will like that.) But they can still pull over the guys who were running on the override all the time. It would work better with there being a time stamp and maybe a speed chart. (if it just showed what speed it pegged at then it might show where they where running that hill.) I had the idea for private vehicles not just OTR trucks.

 

Speed limiters are wrong, period. You put one on, somebody will figure out how to disable it. We don't need more laws, just people to obey them. Throw in a little common sense (which isn't so common anymore) and a little common courtesy (which isn't as common as it should be) we'll be fine, without the Feds doing anything.

 

ATA also wants the regulaton to include DOT checking trucks at scales to make sure limiters aren't tampered with .

 

When i worked in the quarry, all our macks were governed to 62mph. We sent three of the CL700s on a trip from NY to NC to pick up parts for a crushing plant. The drivers did not want to be governed to 62mph on the major interstates they would be on, as it would most definilty be a hazzard. We just unhooked the spedomoter drives, and the trucks could run as fast as they wanted to.


I drive a Peterbilt at work, and pull a lowboy trailer. Our trucks are not governed. I generally run right on the speed limit, maybe 5 over at the most on major highways. Some of our guys will run 85+ whenever they get the chance. I would have no problem having my truck governed to 75 or so.

 

The point is a limiting device would..
1] Raise the cost of trucking due to the fact it would take longer to get from
point to point.
2] There would be more accidents when cars have a limit of 70-75 and trucks
at 65-68. This has already been proven to both the ATA and FHWA.

 

That doesn't make sense to me. It's only a 5 mph difference in speed.

 

Out here in the West where we have 75 MPH limits on the interstates that would be at least 7 MPH speed difference, but only if everyone were driving the limit. Even on a four-lane divided highway it can be pretty dangerous.

The truckers are not usually the problem (although when they insist on passing when they only have a 1 or 2 MPH speed difference it can be bad), it's all those morons that think they own the left lane.

There are a lot of people in this country that have never heard of or understand the concept of drive right. We need better driving training.

Tony

 

5 m.p.h. can make a big difference . In heavy traffic it prevents trucks from moving to the left if someone fails to yield when coming off a ramp or if someone suddenly pulls off the shoulder . When trucks move slower there are always idiots that try to pass them then cut back over to make an exit a few hundred feet ahead .

 

technically, there are systems already out that can-do limit the speeds of big rigs. qualcom is one, direct satt feed to company-they can limit, track, or shut down any computer controlled vehicle, if equipped with the system.

 

I'm a former OTR (over the road) driver and currently local, with over 19 years of experience.
Speed does not cause accidents!!!!! Drivers do.
Trucks need to be able to keep up with traffic, and have a reserve for passing.
Yes, some truckers drive way too fast for conditions, as do some car drivers.
Yes, some truckers drive while too tired, again, as do some car drivers.
If any "devices" are put on, it should go on all vehicles, not just trucks.
Anyone with a license can jump in a motorhome, or rental truck, and drive all night, after working all day, with no training, no restrictions on how many hours allowed to drive, and no stopping at weigh stations for safety checks.
I don't recall the exact number, but somewhere around 80% of truck accidents were caused by someone in a car, and the trucker crashed trying to avoid them.
Unsafe drivers are the main problem. Whether it be inattentiveness due to cell phoning, etc., or DUI, or impatience, or poor driving skills, that is what needs to be addressed, of course that would be political suicide, and would never happen. Much easier to blame "those damm truckers", than to actually solve any problems.

 

Yeah, I believe it when you say it's normally someone in a car who causes a crash with a trucker. It edit me off how a lot of people don't know how to drive. They think a truck can stop just as fast as a car.

 

When I am driving something..anything, I will decide how fast or how slow that rig will go. It's called, "being in control". If at any time I feel that I dont have 100% complete control in my Dodge, Pete, Freightliner, or any other piece of equipment that I may be operating, I shut it down. Period. When I am in the drivers seat, only I am responsible for the safe moving of a load or dirt or whatever. Not anyone else. State, fed, self appointed or whoever. Am I being a hard edit? You bet I am. The more you give, the more they will take. It's hard enough making a living today with everyones rules, taxes, fees otherwise known as legal extortion. Mabey they might consider puting speed limiters on those with tunnel vision and lack of hearing. Those who hold everyone else up by not driving with the flow. Those who fail to keep right...right where I am unless I need to pass a slower rig. Think about it? Lets put speed limiters on every registered vehicle. Fewer accidents since everyone is going the same speed. Less road rage, better economy, and the end of high speed police accidents

 

i drive a car mostly, and it just amazing on how many other cars/suvs give trucks grief. i try when i can to let trucks in, and the such-just being a courteous driver, and yet you get these idiots tailing you because you backed off to let a guy in. i wish people would just chill. just sit back, relax, and enjoy the drive,

 

I agree with you 100%. Everyone is always in a gigantic hurry and they think that the extra 20 feet of space that the car they just let in takes up is going to delay them hours on their trip home from work....It's gradually spread across the entire country and most people are the same way.