If these rule-makers, especially the Fed D.O.T., would have a chat with people who know and work in the trucking business they\’d have found this out years ago.
How would our fine law enforcement officials be able to fund their palacial police and fire departments if compliance to a REASONABLE speed limit increased? Can\’t raise em
The way they set most of their rural speed limits works very well. In Texas they cover the speed limit signs with black plastic where you can not see them. Traffic engineers then monitor what natural speed the majority of drivers travel over a period of several days. The speed limit is then set at the next 5 mph increment below the so called natural speed limit. I used to think the Texans were a bunch of kooks & nuts for doing this until I found out the practice is well accepted by traffic planners in other states. Leave it to a bunch of good ol boys to come up with something that works. (They play some pretty good football there too. Hook up em horns!) Texas State Troopers and Texas County Mounties still stop plenty of speeders (more in cars & pickups than 18 wheelers) and spend more time looking for drunk drivers and other offenders too.
Isn\’t this the state that sends law enforcement into bars, waits for a patron to have a couple of beers and then arrests the patron on private property for public intoxication?
Watch out, if MADD and AAIM have their way, we\’re on our way back to prohibition and I bet the giants in Texas are first on the bandwagon.
I think they are preparing to legalize currently illegal drugs and re-criminalize alcohol.
The shift in contraban creates a new profit center and shifts wealth from current legal marketers. This is much as changing property taxes changes market values.
The profit is in the change.
One of my best friends works for I-DOT (Illinois) and his truck was hit at 55MPH by a driver going 85MPH (estimate) in his Chevy Blazer. Now my friend, who was driving the I-DOT truck, might as well look at going on disabilty. He might not be able to return to full work again for I-DOT. His back hurts at all times, 5 weeks out from the wreck.
What we need is some way of stopping semi drivers from tailgating. Nothing seems to work – fines, loss of license, dead families on your conscience, etc.
Idiots driving big trucks riding on my butt even though I\’m doing traffic flow which is 10+ over the limit. They\’ve just gotta make those extra few miles in their shift even if it means scaring the *&^%! out of me.
As an underwriter I\’d like to hear how the trucking industry is approaching this issue. It\’s easily preventable – just back off, moron – but happens with incredible frequency.
One thing I will say – I have not experienced this much with trucks with big firms. I don\’t think I\’ve ever been tailgated by a Walmart, CFI, CRST, Roadway.
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If these rule-makers, especially the Fed D.O.T., would have a chat with people who know and work in the trucking business they\’d have found this out years ago.
How would our fine law enforcement officials be able to fund their palacial police and fire departments if compliance to a REASONABLE speed limit increased? Can\’t raise em
Unreasonably LOW limits = Munincipal Cash Flow.
How about if we fine the people who make rules based on what \”seems like\” rather than reality?
The way they set most of their rural speed limits works very well. In Texas they cover the speed limit signs with black plastic where you can not see them. Traffic engineers then monitor what natural speed the majority of drivers travel over a period of several days. The speed limit is then set at the next 5 mph increment below the so called natural speed limit. I used to think the Texans were a bunch of kooks & nuts for doing this until I found out the practice is well accepted by traffic planners in other states. Leave it to a bunch of good ol boys to come up with something that works. (They play some pretty good football there too. Hook up em horns!) Texas State Troopers and Texas County Mounties still stop plenty of speeders (more in cars & pickups than 18 wheelers) and spend more time looking for drunk drivers and other offenders too.
Well, I agree with Sammy Hagar I CAN\’T DRIVE 55!!!
Texas is full of mental giants AND Baptists.
Isn\’t this the state that sends law enforcement into bars, waits for a patron to have a couple of beers and then arrests the patron on private property for public intoxication?
Watch out, if MADD and AAIM have their way, we\’re on our way back to prohibition and I bet the giants in Texas are first on the bandwagon.
Keep giving up your rights everybody.
I think they are preparing to legalize currently illegal drugs and re-criminalize alcohol.
The shift in contraban creates a new profit center and shifts wealth from current legal marketers. This is much as changing property taxes changes market values.
The profit is in the change.
One of my best friends works for I-DOT (Illinois) and his truck was hit at 55MPH by a driver going 85MPH (estimate) in his Chevy Blazer. Now my friend, who was driving the I-DOT truck, might as well look at going on disabilty. He might not be able to return to full work again for I-DOT. His back hurts at all times, 5 weeks out from the wreck.
What we need is some way of stopping semi drivers from tailgating. Nothing seems to work – fines, loss of license, dead families on your conscience, etc.
Idiots driving big trucks riding on my butt even though I\’m doing traffic flow which is 10+ over the limit. They\’ve just gotta make those extra few miles in their shift even if it means scaring the *&^%! out of me.
As an underwriter I\’d like to hear how the trucking industry is approaching this issue. It\’s easily preventable – just back off, moron – but happens with incredible frequency.
One thing I will say – I have not experienced this much with trucks with big firms. I don\’t think I\’ve ever been tailgated by a Walmart, CFI, CRST, Roadway.
Yes, I do take firm names and call.
Ideas, anyone?
When possible, get out of the way. Don\’t imitate a speed bump.