Driving from NY to Salt Lake City in January - best route strategy?
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Sunsprit I have made an assertion that most trucks on the road cannot maintain 80mph.
And I never asserted that all can and do so.
But many in this area of the country do when and where they can, as I have seen repeatedly day-in/day-out on the road.
Most of the large fleet trucks are governed around 65mph.
And I have provided lots of references to how the drivers can and do defeat these governors in the interests of gaining miles per day or better time utilization, among other factors influencing their decision to drive faster.
I never said all trucks are governed at that speed (all Canadian trucks are governed at 100kmh or 63mph).
Here again, you're blowing hot air ... With I-25 being the major N-S route across North America (esp Canada-Mexico transit), and I-80 being a substantial route E-W, we see a substantial number of Canadian licensed semi's through this crossroads area of the USA.
Many of those Canadian semi's are among the ones that are passing my 65 mph cruising RV. Again, I can see the DOT info and names on the sides of the truck, there's no mistaking their Canadian origins.
How your personal stories prove me wrong?
Obviously, my observations and lots of windshield time spent driving these highways is irrelevant to your thinking. Everything I do is wrong, according to you. I can't measure or judge relative speeds properly even with a GPS on my dash. I can't read the names of the trucks painted on them or the trailers, either, to your satisfaction.
You can sit at your computer in the comfort of your Mom's basement in your PJ's and you KNOW better than what I see everyday, right?
The fact is that most trucks driving I-80 or any other interstate cannot pass you cruising at 75mph in your RV. That is why being passed by 80mph truck is so memorable. It would be nice for you to provide some statistics. December 2nd, a leisurely 3 hours drive at 75 mph, 150 trucks passed me. Just an example.
As for saving fuel, it is not the only reason Prime etc. is so annoying. Nobody saves fuel by braking to 55mph on a downgrade you can safely descend at 70mph, you waste both fuel and abuse equipment needlessly .
I've repeatedly pointed out that there are far more trucker time/speed/distance considerations to address than simply governing to a maximum speed far below the speed limits of the highways being traveled.
Big and small companies fire drivers for "exceeding critical overspeed". Some, like Prime, take that to the extreme, but the rest are not much better. Driving 80mph downhill in a swift, schneider, etc. truck a few times would certainly get a driver canned. Speed data are collected and processed automatically, drivers red flagged and "mentored". The olden days are gone. Companies not only spy on their drivers 24/7, some install cameras in a cab. One must be absolutely desperate for a job to put up with all of that and much more.
Truck drivers do the work for many reasons. Desperation could be one of them, but I'll bet that most of them do it because it can be good pay for what they want to do. For many, it can be an equipment operator job with a steady income and a way of life.
Sunsprit I have made an assertion that most trucks on the road cannot maintain 80mph. Most of the large fleet trucks are governed around 65mph, I never said all trucks are governed at that speed (all Canadian trucks are governed at 100kmh or 63mph).
Do you have links to back up any of this, or are just making it up? Because I don’t think yours is the same reality that most anyone who has driven near trucks would have. Most of us see trucks traveling 80 mph all the time.
Googling: "Canadian trucks governed at 100 km/h” the closest thing I can find was a law in Ontario that required speed limiters for trucks to be set at 105 km/h but that law was declared unconstitutional years ago.
i'll second that parley's canyon is a freaking derby. it's frightens the hell out of me to drive it.
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