Are the trucks slowing down where you live?

[mjarrels]

Not slowing down... but STOPPED... two lane road on one side of the farm was just designated "No Thru Trucks"

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[George2615]

I have noticed lately that most of the big rigs are doing the limit which is 65 here. They used to do about 70 or more. Cars, trucks, and SUV's on the other hand apparently don't care about the price of gas, they still run 75 plus. I travel 17 miles each way on a 65 MPH road, I drive at 65 and never pass anyone. They fly by me at 75 or more, get off at the same exit (where I catch up to them at the red light) then they go to Wally World. I really don't know what there hurry was. They prices in the store don't go up till the night shift comes in.

 

[Eagleview]

If our trucks get booked three times they are deregistered for three months . Our trucks are speed limited to 100kph . If they fiddle with the speed limiter it is a huge offence , but some do as they have huge distances to cover with fresh produce and the like . We also have truck cam , it is a series of cameras over major roads at timed distances , if they see you going through one set at a certain time and you make the next set too quickly you have your picture taken and an infringment sent by mail . People winge about speeding trucks but winge even worse if thier parcel , produce or spare part is not thier first thing in the morning regardless of how far it has had to be transported . Our Diesel is at $1.49 per litre , our gallon is 4.56 litres compared to your 3.78 litres . A properly geared truck will be at peak torque of around 1600rpm @ 100kph and will return 2.2 kilometres per litre .

 

[jinman]

If our trucks get booked three times they are deregistered for three months .

It occurs to me that we should consider ourselves lucky that we don't have the same prices for fuel and the same speed restrictions. I once knew a Turk engineer who was designing a driveshaft tachometer to measure and record the speed of trucks and buses in Turkey. I would say we should consider our freedoms and be thankful. . . even if the fuel cost is going up.

 

[ronjhall]

Knowing how many truck drivers are paid. It's hard to believe that they are slowing down. When you are paid by the mile driven. Slowing down will lower your income. Independent drivers who have to pay for their fuel may slow down. But only to a certain extent. After that the mph pay starts to cut into their income.

 

[Tig]

I read that most trucks in Ontario are governed to something like 110kph which is about 65. Makes sense since that seems to be the average truck speed these days. I heard they are considering making this law.

 

[Eagleview]

Our insurance companies were threatening to penalise trucks that have cruise control fitted . In the old days a drivers foot come off the loud pedal as he feel asleep and he'd run off the road at 60 or 70 k's. Now with the cruise control they leave the road at full noise doing so much more damage . Its enticing to use the cruise control as the engine manufacturers will give you say 500 horsepower , but with the cruise set the computer will uprate to 550 horsepower . One of the tricks the truckies use is :- They will buy a new truck with low profile tyres and soon after they will change to standard hight tyres . The truck does'nt know the difference and happily runs at 115 kph even though the speedo reads 100kph . With our speed cameras monitoring our highways its of little value to speed . The only advantage is that if they hook in , they can pull up for a feed before they get to the next camera and use the time they have gained to eat . But if they get caught 3 times they loose the truck for 3 months and go broke .

 

[CinderSchnauzer]

I read that most trucks in Ontario are governed to something like 110kph which is about 65. Makes sense since that seems to be the average truck speed these days. I heard they are considering making this law.

As of March 2008 this is the status in Ontario:

The transportation minister has introduced legislation that will make speed limiting systems mandatory in large commercial vehicles. If passed, the legislation will require that all large trucks have a built-in electronic device that would limit its speed to 105 kilometres per hour (= 65 MPH)

 

[Eagleview]

Man , if that dog stood up on it's hind legs it would scare a Yowie out of the bush .