Originally Posted By: Fleetmon
You can place some of the blame for the lack of railroad freight options on the work hour rules and the "not in my neighborhood" folks that don't like/want rail traffic near them.
I'd like to see proof where Swift and Werner trucks are governed at 60MPH....let me see a company policy that mandates that speed.
May not be governed, but the drivers could be told to run 60. (Shaws did this a while ago, not sure if they still do.) Many fleets (along with the vast majority of rentals) are governed to 65...off the top of my head, Schneider and CR England trucks are governed to 65. (CRE lease-op trucks will run 70.) Werner trucks were, according to the ex-Werner guys I work with. Some trucks will run 65+, but the cruise control will not hold above 60. (Had one of those at work, and THAT was annoying!)
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Since trucks are the perceived problem let's just leave the underpowered RV'ers alone. A particular danger are the ones that rent a rig.....not even mentioning the ones that rent a huge rig and then attempt to tow a toad behind them. I-83 is full of vacationers every summer, most of whom could NEVER pass a commercial license test yet are still allowed to rent these monsters.
Even the slowest motorhome has a weight-power ratio that is
orders of magnitude better than an OTR truck! Also note: the vast majority of motorhomes (and every rental MH I have ever seen) is below the CDL weight cutoff; most are WAY below the cutoff, by more than 10,000lbs.
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I'm sure the whiners will eventually get their way and truck traffic will be reduced so we can then complain about $10 lettuce and $8 per-gallon-milk but hey - at least the roads won't be clogged huh?
Mexican truckers aren't the only polluters.....how about the ones that purchase older rigs to avoid new diesel technology or the ones that re-power units to avoid new technology? How may whiners in here have remote starters on their cars so their (or their wives/girlfriends/kids/etc) butts don't get cold in the winter? How many burn cord after cord of wood every winter?
Many drivers prefer older engines for simple reasons: they are more reliable, cheaper to run, and burn less fuel! (We have many emission diesels at work and they ALL suck rocks.) I do not use a remote starter and have no interest in one.
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I apologize for getting off-topic but trucks and their speed are not the biggest problem you'll face in life. I for one don't worry as much about truckers as I do the ones yakking/texting on their phones, the one who have to be infront of everyone, the "it's MY world crowd", and the one's that just strive to make everyone else around them miserable.
If you want the luxury of groceries and other goods available at YOUR leisure, start tolerating fellow motorists including truckers or stay off of the highways. If you have a hard time tolerating slower traffic then I would imagine your fellow motorists would all be better off if you simply stayed at home!
Err...have you considered switching to decaf?
