Way too Fast For Me!!!

[SouthernComfort]

8) Howdy All...So I have no idea what Number I am ....but as you've heard on the radio....You ain't gonna believe this S$%T but it's true....


Happened about 2 years ago I was coming out of CA with a load of garbage (Produce) and was going to Hunts Point.
Had to make my last pick in Oxnard so I figured I'd go 40 and up....so right around 2 or 2:30 in the mornin' I was headed through AZ when I noticed there wasn't a thing around me for miles...so i put my foot in it a little and before I knew it I was doin 85+.

I cruised like this all the way up to Flag when I heard a familiar voice on the radio.
I hollered back and it my runnin buddy I ran out here with.
He said "Come on Comfort I got your front door"
So I slapped the dash and mashed my gas...got going downhill on the other side of Flag...when I saw the lights of a full grown bear hittin the other side of the mountain...he had a 4 wheeler pulled over ...on my side...
So what do I do...Yep...I hit the Jake...just like ringin his phone to let him know I was comin huh?
I couldn't slow down much with all the weight i had...so I just said screw it....the wind off my trailer caught his little mount me hat and blew right off his head...he jumped in the car and gave chase....I reckon about 4 miles down the road he finnally caught up with me and pulled me over.
I could tell he was upset but I have to hand it to him....he was real professional about the whole thing...he asked me If I knew how fast I was going...I said 85...then I run out of numbers...He chuckled a little...and told me come back to his car...as soon as I got back there he showed me the display on the radar....flashing....122... I about s%$t my pants...so He wrote me a ticket and took me downtown....I was in jail till the next moring when I posted $2000 for bail and was told on my way out...never to come through Flag like that again...well to make a long story short...4 weeks later I came through Flag and there he was ...waiting...he got on the radio and asked me if I was behavin'...?


Thats my story and I'm stickin' to it

[solo379]

WAW! You are so cool! Your mama must be real proud of you! :shock:

[38Special]

That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. I would have loved to see that donut dealers cap fly. It's only funny because it was you and not me.

My horses are bridled at 65, but every hill I go down, I let them run. Gravity and a heavy load are great. It's too bad no one warned you.

I was traveling thru PA last year with a hot load on a beautiful sat morning on I-80. I was bobbing and weaving, running with the pack trying to make up some time, good tunes blaring in my stereo. I went down a hill in the hammer lane, almost to the bottom I heard a bear alert, looked at my speedo at 86, thru on my jake and about ****. I hit the bottom at the legal limit. Thank God, and thanks to everybody working together.

Anyway, my view is, It only counts if you get caught! Take it easy Mario!

[solo379]

I belive that suppost to be funny storys, not B/S storys! :lol: So, please, don't insult people, hwo's been in a truck more than once! :evil:

[SouthernComfort]

Really solo.

I've got more miles backing up than you do driving forward.

[littleman2]

Dude you would have lost your CDL doing 122 simple as that the only thing you would be hauling is piza hut from the store to the peoples home on a pedal bike.

[SouthernComfort]

But I didn't lose my license...and thats the point

[littleman2]

What ever :roll: :withstupid: ! Just warn me whe you go driving thru my state so I can warn my family and friends to stay a way from the Nonprofessional driver in the long nose pete! Oh BTW if have not guessed I called the Bull :dung: on your story! Because in Arizona fifteen over is wreckless driving and wreckless driving in AZ with a CDL is automatic Loss of Licence for 180 day. Good Buddie.

[yoopr]

I've got more miles backing up than you do driving forward.
Hey now-that's my saying

You know they used to have a cop who liked to run that stretch from Flagstaff and Phoenix and he had a Toggle switch on his car and at nite he'd run with one light out and nobody expects a cop to only have one light so.......................

[wanderingson]

I agree with littleman2.....very un-professional. It's drivers like you,comfort,that give us a bad name.

[eddd22]

True or False? Doing 122mph.....Isnt That a felony in a semi-truck...u must be with a lenient company , either that or ur a really good driver. That would of been sweet though 122 mph in a semi...good luck

[A Diva]

:shock: : :oops: :? I just got my CDL's this month, and the story your telling doesn't make since. I respect my truck and the people around me .PLUSE I would never do anything to hurt my career in this industrue. What"s up with you? :idea: Mybe it's because I'm a women, or it could be because I love what I do< :wink: :wink: but I thank that stunt was risky and foolish. A Diva :sad:

[littleman2]

Its a false story not one bit is true. last I checked you can do 70 in AZ but I could be wrong. that would be 52 mile over that is felony reckless edangerment. instant loss of drivers licence and loss of truck. so total bs. and welcom to the wide world of trucking diva.

[solo379]

Really solo.

I've got more miles backing up than you do driving forward. :lol:
To do that, you'd have to back up at 122mph, for about 15 years! :lol:
But, don't tell, i know, you've done that too! :lol: :lol:
And, by the way, why didn't your "front door", tell you about the bear? :roll:

[yoopr]

Just another truckin tale coming from someone who thinks we all just started driving

[ronnieman49]

Well now, If he said He pulled his CHUTE when he applied his Jakes I would have believed him :roll:

[285_HEAT]

All I know is that's more than my little Impala will do. I still miss my Crown Vic!!!

[THE Phoenix]

well mister truck driver i don't care what anybody says...... if u say its so i believe u... u must of had angles sitting on Ur shoulders... and thankfully everybody and everything turned out OK !! :P :moose:

[8ball]

what's up with SOCO,man?.....i've seen him on other boards...chill bro...
122,and you still have a CDL?..yeah....get one again....lol....
**** dude.....

[PorkChop]

Whats the difference between a Porcupine and a Peterbuilt?

[Little D]

Yeah, what was your J.B Hunt truck number again?

[yoopr]

It was a BS story from the very beginning

[Blacksheep]

That story just doesn't add up, but it's your story, tell the way you want.

[brian]

I find it hard to believe that pete got up to 122 mph, I had mine at 97 once (in a controlled enviroment dont everyone jump on my ass :) ) and that poor little cat it previously had was rattlin its ass off

[MACK]

The fastest I ever go a truck to go in a 'controlled environment' was 102 in a 1991 single axle Volvo with a M11 Cummins set at 250hp

[yoopr]

Yeah, what was your J.B Hunt truck number again?

LOL

[RoadRunner9501]

The fastest I ever go a truck to go in a 'controlled environment' was 102 in a 1991 single axle Volvo with a M11 Cummins set at 250hpu HAVE to be joking....with an M11??...the SLOWEST they Make??>....tell us another one...

[Smooth Operator]

going 75 is good enough for me i dont need to burn fuel like that so slow it down driver keep it safe

[yoopr]

going 75 is good enough for me i dont need to burn fuel like that so slow it down driver keep it safe

Yeah-Since When did werner trucks do 75 :wink:

[RockyMtnProDriver]

My computer tells me that if you wanted to go 122 mph in a tractor trailer, you will need in excess of 1,000 hp to do it.

Even if you could get that HP out of an engine, unless your transmission, universals and drive shafts where made out of Titanium, I doubt they would not handle the power.

Now, that being said, I did see the result of 110 mph once.

It was an Aerodynamic Kenworth at the bottom of a 8 mile 8% grade. He topped the hill in 8th, popped it into 8 th over, burned his brakes to the ground, slipped it into Mexican Overdrive to save the engine and then drove past 3 runaway lanes before he could not negotiate a 40 mph corner.

The trailer flipped over the guard rails which flipped the tractor on its side. That is what saved it from going over the same 500 ft cliff that the trailer went over.

After sliding close to 700 ft on its side it came to rest in the middle of the road.

He was from Ohio I think.

He walked away from it, without a scratch.

I don't think he came back.

[yoopr]

I think he meant 120KPH :P

[RockyMtnProDriver]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

120 kmph....hell, even my Ford 9000 with a 350 cat could do that.

[DD]

I think all trucks can do 120 kph and defininetly downhill.

[DD]

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[yoopr]

Our Mercedes in Iraq would top end at around 120 but that was It :evil:

[Smooth Operator]

hey yooper when i got my truck they hadnt got to it yet to turn it down so thats why i can go 75 it will do 85 but thats between me and you so dont tell anybody

hey yooper when i got my truck they hadnt got to it yet to turn it down so thats why i can go 75 it will do 85 but thats between me and you so dont tell anybody

Whats it pay not to make a call to werner :wink:

[yoopr]

hey yooper when i got my truck they hadnt got to it yet to turn it down so thats why i can go 75 it will do 85 but thats between me and you so dont tell anybody

Whats it pay not to make a call to werner :wink:

LMAO-I was just curious about a Werner going 75-Never saw that before :P
I'm with Sanchez-HOW MUCH

[solo379]

When i've got mine from the dealer, factory setting was 80mph on cruise, and 85mph top.
When i was servicing it at CAT dealer, i asked them to take out any limits on a top speed, so now it shows 127mph, but i believe it's a top speed for the engine, but would require different gearing for the truck to go that fast. :wink:

[taillights67]

I run 89 all the time from Flagstaff to Utah... It gets very tempting out there at night to hammerdown....

Unfortunately, my Freight has never been over 90... I don't have the balls.... I rarely run more that 10-12 over. As they said... in many places, 15 over will put you in a heap o' trouble....

[MACK]

The fastest I ever go a truck to go in a 'controlled environment' was 102 in a 1991 single axle Volvo with a M11 Cummins set at 250hpu HAVE to be joking....with an M11??...the SLOWEST they Make??>....tell us another one...

No I'm not joking but the truck was bobtail and that speed gun said it was 102.

[yoopr]

I run 89 all the time from Flagstaff to Utah... It gets very tempting out there at night to hammerdown....

Unfortunately, my Freight has never been over 90... I don't have the balls.... I rarely run more that 10-12 over. As they said... in many places, 15 over will put you in a heap o' trouble....

yeah-so is I-40 in the Mojave but there's always CHP wandering around slowing everybody down. That 55mph speed limit is E V I L :evil:

[outcast]

when I was in orientation at SRT our safety guy was showing us how our trucks computer will snitch on us. He showed us a report of a driver doing 115mph down Mt. Eagle. Of course the truck was rolling not powered by the engine. But none the less it proves the stupidity that still exists

[stanger35120]

see he said his running buddy had the front door....so was he going 122mph too????? some buddy if didn't say smokey was up the road......why would ya wanna do 122 in a truck anyway.....thats just asking to hurt yourself or others.....it's not like your driving a mustang or anything...it's a truck.......

as for warner trucks...thier show truck has 2 detroits back to back in it...he's putting 900 hp at the wheels...and 1200 ft lbs of torque....when he came to my school....we could hear him 3 miles away getting on the interstate when he left....said he was pulling a ld for old man werner somplace out west....going up hill in 18th doing 70 mph and the reason he wasn't going any faster was the car in front of him wouldn't move outa the way......

[Windwalker]

Okay. My truck is not governed. With 342 rears, I'm told that top end is somewhere around 127. Now, have I ever had it up there? Absolutely NOT! The tires we're riding on are only rated for 75. And I've had the dubious pleasure of having a steer blow out a sidewall at 68 mph in Kansas. Want to see just how mushy the steering can get with only one good steer tire? Want to see just how far down you have to bend to kiss your sweet ***** good-bye? Then go ahead and mash the throttle. But let me know where you are so that I'm not on the same road with you.

[kimahri1114]

Heres the real shocker...........I am only 15, never even been in a semi, and I realized that it was a lie. Seems to me that someone wants some attention. If you had been going that fast, I would slap you because more than likely, you would break something pretty quick going that fast even for a short period of time. Respect your equipment, and it will take care of you. Dumbass.

[sdeck11]

Ineed to get some taller boots. It is awful deep. :roll:

[RLGTRUCKING]

Hey, I've gone 955 mph before in my work machine......... It was a Tomcat !!!!!!!!! AHHHH, boy I miss those days !!

[yoopr]

can't believe this old BS threat is still alive :P

[kimahri1114]

Hey, I've gone 955 mph before in my work machine......... It was a Tomcat !!!!!!!!! AHHHH, boy I miss those days !!

..............um are you sure you don't wanna check that again? Isn't that just a little above TOO FAST?

[9ball]

Hey, I've gone 955 mph before in my work machine......... It was a Tomcat !!!!!!!!! AHHHH, boy I miss those days !!

..............um are you sure you don't wanna check that again? Isn't that just a little above TOO FAST?

i think he's saying he was a tomcat pilot.

[skills]

A tomcat is a military jet. So that is not way too fast.

[460 cummins]

hahahaha, sounds like a trucker story to me, and yeah if your running, why didnt he warn ya, in p.a. here, when theres a bear, all you hear on 19 is the fireworks booming about the bear

[Windwalker]

I'm with Yoopr. I can't believe this thread is still going..... :shock:

But, since we're still swapping lies :wink: There was one trip when I made 600 miles in just under an hour. That was in an F-111. We left the Kennedy and one hour later, I was getting out on the ground.

[brian]

I revive this thread yet again :lol:


I had my kenworth somewhere over 100 when my wife called me recently while I was in cheyenne telling me one of our newborns was in the hospital with a respitory problem, I think the tires on my skateboard came off the ground whenever I hit a big pothole on I25.

[yoopr]

damn-This was started before I even went to Iraq.
:P
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2003 1:31 am

[TrooperRat]

955 mph is, obviously, bs.
However, in the "old" days, when I used to drive through Texas on a regular basis, and the road between El Paso and San Antonio on I-10 was and is about 500 miles, we used to "let-er-go". There is NOTHING out there between the two cities, at least nothing to get excited about. The troopers didn't bother with us, we would run "convoys" of 5, 6, 7, 8, however many trucks we could get together.

One time, in Texas, on I-10, however, I REALLY let-er-go. There is a mountain grade out there somewhere, it's been too long, I don't remember exactly where. I knew this grade, it's STRAIGHT down, there are no curves to it. One day, coming up to that "grade" I decided to go down it in neutral. Lol.

The speedometer on that truck went up to 110 - it was an Astro semi. The speedometer was pegged, well beyond 110. Whatever speed I was going, halfway down the mountain, a very large deer with large antlers came out of nowhere and STOPPED, dead in it's tracks, in my lane. It was staring, motionless, at my truck. I shut off the headlights and prayed to God that I wasn't going to hit this animal, because going this fast, well, it's a done deal - the truck was going to crash and I might be dead. Or not, who knows.

At the very last, possible second for that freakin' animal to move - he DID. He bolted and ran. I think my heart was visibly showing!
BS? Call it what you want, I was there, it's one of those vivid memories that never goes away.

[solo379]

BS? Call it what you want, I was there, it's one of those vivid memories that never goes away.

Actually, i've called his story BS, not just because of speed, a lot of things didn't add up there.
Your story, seems to be straight.... :roll: :D

[Jackrabbit379]

Like Yoopr said,this thing is still going. :shock: Yep,one thing about this industry,there is a lot of bull being shot. :P

Yeah,I used to have a 2000 379 with a 1200 cat,18 speed,with 3.55 rears. It'd run 95 at about 1100 rpm. I used to run a WalMart dedicated,hauling their toilet paper. :P :lol: :P :lol: :P

I did have a triple digit tractor at one time 88 Internation 9300 set up with a 444 cunnions set for 720 at the flywheel thanks to Bruce at diesel injection of Pittsburgh 13 double over and 3.55 rears on 24.5 big rubber. She would run the best run I had was Streator IL to Ferdoina NY 560 hub miles in 7 hours actual time that is how long it took me time stamps on the bills since it was a load to keep the plant running in NY. Streator messed up and loaded me late not a shocker there however. needless to say I miss that old girl. I wish I had taken my boss up on the offer and bought it if I kept my foot out of it it got 6.5 MPG foot in it 4.5.

[wot i life]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

120 kmph....hell, even my Ford 9000 with a 350 cat could do that.Thats actually 30kph more than the speed limit in Europe....
Get caught doing 120kph over here and you go straight to gaol :shock:

[Windwalker]

Well, I DO HAVE a "triple-digit" truck. So, now, for the rest of you that tell us all just how fast you can go, I'd like to know how many times you've had to stop because you "THREW THE TREAD" off the trailer tires? Get it up over about 85 or 90 and you find out that the trailer does not have as good quality rubber as what you have on the tractor. As a matter of fact, if I took the governor off my truck (set at 85) I might even throw the tread off MY TIRES, and that would get a bit pricey.

[Jackrabbit379]

Yeah,I wish that I did have a 379 with a real motor that ran like a scalded ape,but on a serious note Windwalker,I hate re treads. Aughta be a law against em. Shoot,our trucks are governed at 68/69,and we lose treads all the time. Seems like in the summer,its 2 or 3 a month,and that's running at 68.

[LOAD IT]

His front door was running 125, also how accurate is the radar clocking from behind, going the same direction?

[bgtrk609]

why all the b/s accusations,unprofessional,etc. bottom line is anyone who has driven a truck withthe ability to go that fast has gone that fast! as fa
as loosing your liscence,most states say 15 over,Ive been stopped in,ny,ct,and vermont for 15 or more over,only got a ticket in ct,79 in a 65 he actually got me at 82. most troopers wont nail you if your not being stupid about it,heavy traffic,tailgating etc. Yea I know its stupid to go that fast,whatever. Ive been running big hammers for 6 years now thru pa,ct,ma,vt,ny,oh,md,va,I drive for a small co. [10 trucks]the troopers in the areas I run get to know whos who,they see us daily know we arent habitual offenders,as long as we dont go overboard its all good. my logs are always legal,my equipment top notch,I dont fear the dot,or police,I have nothing to hide,If I get a fine or ticket,I must have earned it! I must ad,Ive never gotten a bogus ticket or fine,never really been harrased by any enforcement types. I think its all inthe way you present yourself.

[madii'swife]

why all the b/s accusations,unprofessional,etc. bottom line is anyone who has driven a truck withthe ability to go that fast has gone that fast!

That's like saying EVERYBODY has tried drugs, or tried alchohol, or tried smoking. Just doesn't hold up. You just can't make blanket statements like that.

[bgtrk609]

When i've got mine from the dealer, factory setting was 80mph on cruise, and 85mph top.
When i was servicing it at CAT dealer, i asked them to take out any limits on a top speed, so now it shows 127mph, but i believe it's a top speed for the engine, but would require different gearing for the truck to go that fast. :wink:
no ,it will run that speed,the way the computers are set up they go in and set top speed for the gear,in other words,if you have a 10 spd. they set top speed at 100,actually what they set is max rpm for that gear,the computer is programmed by motor,transmission final drive ratio,rear axle ratio,and tire size. Im pretty sure that the newer systems actually have the ability to set max rpm on all gears,for trucks used in fleet applications to prevent overspeed in the lower gears say in a city operation truck.These new electronic engines dont have actual govenors like a mechanical motor,the computer is the governer,whatever the computer is set to do is waht the truck will do.

[solo379]

These new electronic engines dont have actual govenors like a mechanical motor,the computer is the governer,whatever the computer is set to do is waht the truck will do.
Are you saying, that trucks with the same motors, will have the same "top speed", regardless of type of tranny, rear end ratio an tire size? :roll:

[nightprwlr]

I had a '85 Mack Superliner w/500 hp V-8 I got nailed on I-255 for 92 in a 55 I had it put on supervision it never went to the state. I used to have an '88 International eagle it would do 126 mph a friend clocked me on his riceburner, of course I don't know how accurate his speedo was but I'm sure it was close enough. Iknow in that year I got way too many tickets,usually because of someone's b/s on the radio and no one talking about the speedcops.That's truckin' in the fastlane. Speed is a freedom a choice and should not be ruled by governments.

[Twilight Flyer]

Speed is a freedom a choice and should not be ruled by governments.

You have the freedom to commit any crime, violent or non-violent. Problem is, there are consequences to breaking the law and speeding is breaking the law. You may not like the fact that there are speed limits, but they are there for a reason and you break them (we all do) at your own peril.

Try on this scenario:

You are traveling at the speed limit, your logs are correct, you are doing everything right. Car crosses the center line and you hit them head on, killing a family of four. Nothing you could do and it was obviously their fault. And because you are completely within the law, you'll be fine. No loss of job, no black mark, nothing. It was an unfortunate accident, but an unavoidable accident nevertheless.

Or:

You are traveling 15 MPH over the speed limit, your logs are correct, you are doing everything right except maintaining your speed within the law. Car crosses the center line and you hit them head on, killing a family of four. Nothing you could do and it was obviously their fault. But, because you were speeding, you're job is gone, your driving career is over, you are most likely going to do jail time for vehicular manslaughter, any kind of an income you make for the rest of your life is going to be garnished to pay off the multi-million dollar lawsuit slapped on you and your estate. In essence, your life will never be your own again. Just because you were speeding.

As I said, speed limits are the law, like them or hate them. At least in my book, the potential consequences far outweigh my desire to get somewhere 5 or 10 minutes earlier.

[ssoutlaw]

My computer tells me that if you wanted to go 122 mph in a tractor trailer, you will need in excess of 1,000 hp to do it.

Even if you could get that HP out of an engine, unless your transmission, universals and drive shafts where made out of Titanium, I doubt they would not handle the power.

Now, that being said, I did see the result of 110 mph once.

It was an Aerodynamic Kenworth at the bottom of a 8 mile 8% grade. He topped the hill in 8th, popped it into 8 th over, burned his brakes to the ground, slipped it into Mexican Overdrive to save the engine and then drove past 3 runaway lanes before he could not negotiate a 40 mph corner.

The trailer flipped over the guard rails which flipped the tractor on its side. That is what saved it from going over the same 500 ft cliff that the trailer went over.

After sliding close to 700 ft on its side it came to rest in the middle of the road.

He was from Ohio I think.

He walked away from it, without a scratch.

I don't think he came back.

I know this is a old thread, but he says you need 1000 hp to go 122mph??? This guy has never met 1 of the Cooney Bros out of utah in the early 80's with w900 v8 cat and a set of boxes!!!!

[jorlee]

When i've got mine from the dealer, factory setting was 80mph on cruise, and 85mph top.
When i was servicing it at CAT dealer, i asked them to take out any limits on a top speed, so now it shows 127mph, but i believe it's a top speed for the engine, but would require different gearing for the truck to go that fast. :wink:
no ,it will run that speed,the way the computers are set up they go in and set top speed for the gear,in other words,if you have a 10 spd. they set top speed at 100,actually what they set is max rpm for that gear,the computer is programmed by motor,transmission final drive ratio,rear axle ratio,and tire size. Im pretty sure that the newer systems actually have the ability to set max rpm on all gears,for trucks used in fleet applications to prevent overspeed in the lower gears say in a city operation truck.These new electronic engines dont have actual govenors like a mechanical motor,the computer is the governer,whatever the computer is set to do is waht the truck will do.


The way I was taught in college, was they can be governed different ways. You can speed limit the truck. Regardless of RPM and gear it will go XX mph. That's the most common.

There is one that I refer to as a stairstep governor, that will teach drivers how to drive. Those that like to hit the RPM governor at each shift. For example 0-25 mph will only do 1300rpm, 25- 45 1600 RPM 45-XX Engine governor.

If your truck speed limiter reads 127mph, guess what you can go as fast as you darn well please. 127 is known as no limiter. If it's anything but 127 your limited to that speed.

There are may different parameters to set on these computers it's almost crazy. If you don't like your low idle speed, because your dash rattles, and mirrors bounce until you get a higher engine speed. That also can be changed to whatever you want.

Hope this is a better understanding of how limiters are set.

[coastie]

I had a Truck Goverened at 72MPH and hated Hills. I was traveling through SC and going down Hills I let it roll so I could make it up the next with out dropping to a dangerous slow speed. Just past Spartanburg, Going down a Hill I noticed dust coming out of the Middle of the Interstate but still did not see any car. After I got to the top and back at the speed limit, A SC Trooper pulled along side of me and just looked up at me and then cut infront and got off the Interstate...

[Phantom433a]

My computer tells me that if you wanted to go 122 mph in a tractor trailer, you will need in excess of 1,000 hp to do it.

Even if you could get that HP out of an engine, unless your transmission, universals and drive shafts where made out of Titanium, I doubt they would not handle the power.

Now, that being said, I did see the result of 110 mph once.

It was an Aerodynamic Kenworth at the bottom of a 8 mile 8% grade. He topped the hill in 8th, popped it into 8 th over, burned his brakes to the ground, slipped it into Mexican Overdrive to save the engine and then drove past 3 runaway lanes before he could not negotiate a 40 mph corner.

The trailer flipped over the guard rails which flipped the tractor on its side. That is what saved it from going over the same 500 ft cliff that the trailer went over.

After sliding close to 700 ft on its side it came to rest in the middle of the road.

He was from Ohio I think.

He walked away from it, without a scratch.

I don't think he came back.

Gotta agree.....sr68 from Kingman to Bullhead City, Az. has a 12 mile 6% with 2 ramps and a stoplight at the bottom after a blind corner. This young driver started down the hill with a tanker of fertilizer and ended up rolling on the corner. He was lucky, no injuries. When the trooper asked him what happened, he said he panicked and missed both ramps, bet he never drives again.

Some states say that anything over 15 on the posted limit in a commercial vehicle is attempted manslaughter. Keep THAT in mind.