i guess owning your own rig has its plus's especially if you want to burn past the posted speed limits. if it doesnt affect the bottom line moneywise, go for it. on the other hand, being a company driver we have to put up with 65, 67, 69 or less, mostly less, i am a company driver, that means i play by their rules, and run it the way they want it ran, 65mph, i will still get there as fast and make my money. and it will be legal too.

 

great, so in a truck governed at 65mph, just run 60mph, then theres 5 mph left on the throttle. you dont need a fast truck to get out of a situation. you just need to slow down in the first place. your load will still be on time. generally its fast trucks that cause the situation, especially those fast trucks that blow by others in a 65mph state and tailgate others, 4 wheelers included, then have the nerve to whine and bitch about people going too slow.

yoopr, i can see your point, but a great percentage of drivers, use their fast truck as an excuse to bend the rules. and those drivers know who they are.

as far as governed for newbies.. so when is a newbie not a new driver in your opinion? when does that driver have the right to break the speed limits and earn the super trucker status?

when i say super trucker status, i am talkign about those drivers that sit in truck stops and brag about how much such and such ticket cost them that day, or how they called so and so DOT man a P**** or F*** or whatnot, those people may have fast trucks, but they are a hinderance to the rest of us proffessionals. they have no business being on the road, much less performing safety sensative job functions and holding a cdl.

I have a low tolerance for drivers of big trucks that think they are above the normal rule. if it is posted 65mph do you think its ok to do 66mph? not in the eyes of the law, or that poor little 4 wheeler you are tailgating. i get sick and tired of hearing a driver on the cb while running I-5 N/S in ca, or, asking what the "bears are letting them get away with" that particular day. i wish at times i carried a "badge" and authority, so i could ticket these drivers myself.

being a truck drivers requires a special permit, along with that special permit comes a degree of proffesionalism and respect. as well as consideration. and an ability to follow the rules.

i drive a gov. truck, i follow the rules, with only 3 yrs OTR so far, i am still a noob.. but i never had a close call, a ticket, or been late on a load


i know this is looking like a rant, i am sorry it may seem out of context, but its a sore spot. a trucker trying to make up time killed my loved one due to speeding his fully loaded big truck, he had been driving 15 years OTR and didnt think he did anything wrong. 72 in 65 he was doing, with no disregard for a little 4 wheeler doing 65 around an R.V. on a clear day in a 65 mph truck state. a 4 wheeler that carried my family.

tell me experience counts. not when it matters,. and not when you use it to show off or break the rules or try to look cool and be a big shot.

just follow the rules, that true proffessionalism at its finest.

peace