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Originally Posted by 285_HEAT
I work as a traffic unit on 285. Not in Cobb County, so I'm not THAT bad. :lol: I tend to look at big trucks over 70, depending on what the traffic is doing. I would say that 75 mph or more will get my attention, pretty much any time of the day. Even at 2 - 4 am I rarely see a truck over about 72 or 73.
However, I can promise that anything starting with an 8 will get my attention. In the last two weeks 80, 83 and 84 on trucks, and between 12noon and about 4 pm. I'm not sure why these guys were doing this, considering how serious that is for a CDL, and especially daytime traffic, but they were. I believe that they are also the minority that makes the rest of the trucking community look bad in the public eye.
Cobb County's traffic unit is almost all cross trained as truck inspectors also, and they are a PIA for cars, also. However, from what I've seen they also tend to be uniformily fair, sorta the pick on everyone equally. *I* don't speed by more than 7-8 mph there, so take that for what it is worth.
I hope this helps!
Heat, would driving the speed limit of 55mph, be ok?
Im a cautious person, and being in a big rig, I think that warrants A LOT of it. :lol:
I get ppl all the time, in my passenger vehicle, that ride my tail, and Im doing the speed limit :x I get so sick of tailgaters. And while riding with my instructors, ppl like to crowd us sometimes while in the rigs.
I see instances down here in Valdosta, GA, that amaze me. Like ppl following a rig, on his bumper, going 70 mph down I-75. :roll:
All he has to do is have an emergency stop, and bam! or worse.
Honestly, I dont like to speed in a rig; going over 65(probably cause im a noob) gets me a little edgy unless it's a good stretch of open road.