# Brake drum smashes through windshield. (Fell from the back of a scrapmetal pickup?) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 23, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-drum-smashes-through-windshield-fell-from-the-back-of-a-scrapmetal-pickup/193504 "2023-10-23T19:03:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-drum-smashes-through-windshield-fell-from-the-back-of-a-scrapmetal-pickup/193504/21 "2023-10-28T02:46:56Z")
Talk about speed diggerential, the NY Thruway has a 65 mph speed limit most p;aces with most traffic going just under 75. The speed limiy for school busses and long double trailers (Thruway Tandems) is 55. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-drum-smashes-through-windshield-fell-from-the-back-of-a-scrapmetal-pickup/193504/22 "2023-10-28T03:24:59Z")
California highways are similar, somehow they manage. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/3/a36f97889f7fe6610bf3a50ceafc3ce7d159280f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-drum-smashes-through-windshield-fell-from-the-back-of-a-scrapmetal-pickup/193504/23 "2023-10-28T14:51:12Z")
I live in California Trucks do NOT drive 55 on the freeways And if @ChrisTheTireWhisperer tried to drive below the speed in the right lane here, he’d first get passed by a semi, as if he was standing still . . . And then he’d get SLAMMED by a tailgater He’d be the CAUSE of traffic backing up If you can’t keep up with traffic, get off the freeway ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-drum-smashes-through-windshield-fell-from-the-back-of-a-scrapmetal-pickup/193504/24 "2023-10-28T15:12:08Z")
Something that irritates me, truck companies that govern their rigs to 68 MPH. Two trucks, one governor does 69 MPH, he passes a rig doing 68 MPH, mathematicians, how many miles does the faster truck have to go to pass the slower truck? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-drum-smashes-through-windshield-fell-from-the-back-of-a-scrapmetal-pickup/193504/25 "2023-10-28T16:19:41Z")
You haven’t driven with me, you don’t drive where I do, so SYM! ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-drum-smashes-through-windshield-fell-from-the-back-of-a-scrapmetal-pickup/193504/26 "2023-10-28T19:27:29Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > You haven’t driven with me, you don’t drive where I do, so > SYM! You know what? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/b/9b6144a4331355057d46c74e11f85efff4326743.jpeg) And I have a pretty good idea what SYM means . . . ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-drum-smashes-through-windshield-fell-from-the-back-of-a-scrapmetal-pickup/193504/27 "2023-10-28T22:34:02Z")
Nothing personal. You just happened to be my 547th refuter - online or in person - and I snapped. Could have been anyone. Just sick n tired of having all of my experiences or suggestions refuted, is all. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-drum-smashes-through-windshield-fell-from-the-back-of-a-scrapmetal-pickup/193504/28 "2023-11-01T04:39:35Z")
I did not say trucks drive 55 on the highway. I said that the speed limit for Thruway Tandems on the NY Thruway is 55 or at least it was when I retired 28 years ag today. Thruway Tandems are pulling two 45’ trailers and the tractors that pull them have to be certified as up to tje job and display a TT number on them. The drivers have to be certified with a good driving record for the last 5 yeard and carry a permit. You also have to turn in a completed equiplist signed by you when you enter the toll booth. I do not know how they handle that now that they have eliminated that now that they eliminater the toll booths. You were allowed to weigh 143,000 lb with a tandem axle dolly under the tail trailer. Did I ever speed with a Thruway Tandem? The answer is, I was paid by the mile and my Mack was governed at 67-68 mph. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-drum-smashes-through-windshield-fell-from-the-back-of-a-scrapmetal-pickup/193504.md?page=1)