ATA wants to have governors in all trucks- 68 mph limit!
#11
10-25-2006, 05:29 AM
Well you certainly couldn't govern 'em at 69. Then everybody would be blowing rods.
...now that is hilarious!... ...the interstates here are 65mph speed limit.. ...I drive 5 mph over the speed limit sometimes 7 over (on the interstate, weather and traffic permitting of course)...so I don't want to be governed at 68 on a 65 mph road...but I will say that however fast the big truck is going, four wheelers will go just a bit faster, so governing the big trucks might have an affect on overall traffic speed...it seems to me the fourwheelers see the big truck as their next challenge, to get by them, then go on to the next one...even if the big truck is going 80 mph or more, it will be passed, so in that respect, it might be helpful if the truck is governed...if the big truck is held to 68, alot (not all) the 4 wheelers would only have to go 70-72 mph to conquer their next challenge...and that would make it safer maybe...
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#12
10-25-2006, 05:30 AM
Originally Posted by One
Theres aleardy a thread in the RULES AND REGS section about this
#13
10-25-2006, 05:31 AM
....but I think the real push to govern the trucks is coming from a handful of the big carriers...
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#14
10-25-2006, 07:56 AM
Just be glad you're not in Europe. Most European trucks are governed at 85 km/h (53 mph), though I think in the UK they're allowed to go 90 km/h (56 mph).
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#15
10-25-2006, 08:47 AM
Theres aleardy a thread in the RULES AND REGS section about this
If they set all the trucks to run at 68mph, can you imagine all the States that would loose revenue from not writing all those tickets. :sad:
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#16
10-25-2006, 08:55 AM
Originally Posted by Big John
Theres aleardy a thread in the RULES AND REGS section about this
If they set all the trucks to run at 68mph, can you imagine all the States that would loose revenue from not writing all those tickets. :sad:
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#17
10-25-2006, 09:19 AM
Originally Posted by yoopr
Originally Posted by Big John
Theres aleardy a thread in the RULES AND REGS section about this
If they set all the trucks to run at 68mph, can you imagine all the States that would loose revenue from not writing all those tickets. :sad: Besides, they could never make it tamper proof, there is always a hacker that is way ahead of the game.
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#19
10-25-2006, 03:27 PM
Originally Posted by yoopr
One LONG Convoy stretching from Coast to Coast :P
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#20
10-26-2006, 01:55 AM
Originally Posted by tthunderdan
....but I think the real push to govern the trucks is coming from a handful of the big carriers...
They want all the o/o to be cut back to the same speed they are- or at least they want all o/o to have no reason to be competiton. |
