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Last week I was running some side-roads in PA. All over the place in small towns, they have signs that are worded something like this:

Brake retarders are prohibited in township limits

Ok - so just WTF is a BRAKE RETARDER? A retarder is something that limits your brakes. So, does that mean they want us to come through the town with limited braking?

I know that they were talking about engine brakes, but, because of their idiotic wording, I never shut my engine brake off once. I was HOPING that a cop would pull me over. That'd be such an easy legal battle to win.

Pretty much the same for towns that post signs saying that Jake brakes are prohibited. My truck has an engine brake, but it's not a Jake. Does that mean I'm exempt there?

How bout Mass. On the interstates. "Trucks Prohibited From the Left Lane"
Doesnt that mean. Trucks must remain in the left lane???
Any other state would say "Trucks Prohibited In the left lane"

If I had some extra money lying around, I'd buy a single drive axle tractor and a single axle trailer. I'd then put super singles on the entire thing, and drive around Georgia and Florida in the left lane and see if they tried to bust me for the "All vehicles with more than 6 wheels prohibited from left lane". :lol:

One of the many things I hate about the Northeast since I went up to Conneticut last Thursday is that one minute trucks are prohibited in the left lane and the next it ends and then they are probihited. Please make up your mind, it's tiring changing lanes every few miles. :roll:

As a general rule...with the exception of a few states. If the highway is 6 lanes or more....3 or more each way. Then trucks are prohibited IN the left lane. If its 4lanes 2 each way then there is no prohabition.
You probably were going from 3lanes to 2lanes then back again.

i got stopped for that on I-285 in atlanta running in the left lane bobtail poor cop had that deer in the headlights look after he got out of his car and saw the super singles on the truck... :shock: :shock: just wish i had the video camera running he just stood at the back of the truck looking at them for like 2 min.

It did get annoying pretty quick. Other than that being in the Northeast is pretty fun!

the signs now say, vehicles with 6 or more wheels.. thanks a lot :D

on I-285 today the sign said "no trucks OVER 6 wheels allowed in left lane"

Ahhh, Fredog....Ya missed one!!!!