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.
California highways are similar, somehow they manage.
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, heād first get passed by a semi, as if he was standing still . . .
And then heād get SLAMMED by a tailgater
Heād be the CAUSE of traffic backing up
If you canāt keep up with traffic, get off the freeway
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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?
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You havenāt driven with me, you donāt drive where I do, so
SYM!
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You know what?
And I have a pretty good idea what SYM means . . .
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.
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 45ā 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.