So, do you Class A guys follow the No Truck signs and avoid those roads? The main street to my house is a No Trucks road, but I have to get home to load/unload and trucks use them all the time to deliver furniture to peoples homes?So what criteria do you follow? My GPS always tries to route me around the No Truck roads. Do you listen to your GPS or ignore it?Has anyone gotten a ticket for driving their Class A in No Trucks road?

I always get frustrated with those signs...if they mean no trucks because they don't want semis using the road as a shortcut, then I would say it doesn't apply. Sounds like that is the case with your neighborhood road.But how do you know "no trucks" isn't for a reason? Like road too narrow, turn too sharp, bridge too low? It's the operator's responsibility to know that his vehicle can safely travel the route he chooses, so without knowing the reason for a "no trucks" sign I generally avoid routes posted as such.

Sprink-Fitter wrote:Is a class A a truck?Not a truck, but as big and heavy as a truck! So can LEO consider it a truck? And fine you for being on that road? Doing Google searches a lot of people seem to think it's for through traffic, but if you have a need to on that road you are okay.

Sprink-Fitter wrote:Is a class A a truck?For speed laws YES and probably for No Trucks BUT if I get stopped on a No Truck I was looking for a laundromat or a Radio Shack...Oops, they just went under.

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PastorCharlie
Explorer
Mar 12, 2015
bigred1cav wrote:
Is your RV registered as a truck or a Motor Home? Ask your state BMV what your vehicle is?

Abner055 wrote:
So, do you Class A guys follow the No Truck signs and avoid those roads? The main street to my house is a No Trucks road, but I have to get home to load/unload and trucks use them all the time to deliver furniture to peoples homes?

So what criteria do you follow? My GPS always tries to route me around the No Truck roads. Do you listen to your GPS or ignore it?

Has anyone gotten a ticket for driving their Class A in No Trucks road?

Registration: Private Passenger Vehicle....same as car.
PastorCharlie
Explorer
Mar 12, 2015
rockhillmanor wrote:
PastorCharlie wrote:
rockhillmanor wrote:
The left lane is for passing only.
Pretty much accepted policy in all of the states.

And trust me they'll enforce in. I got busted for 'staying' in the left lane in my car after I had passed one vehicle and didn't return to the right lane as fast as the cop thought I should.

Just try driving in the left lane any where's near Wisconsin/Illinois/Chicago. If the cops don't get you the semi's will just run you over.! :B

I have driven 40 plus states, coast to coast many times, and I find that your comment is not accurate about: "The left lane is for passing only. Pretty much accepted policy in all of the states. And trust me they'll enforce in.

There are a vey few states such as IL that has that policy.

Glad you know Illinois and other state laws so well. :W
625 ILCS 5/11-701(b), (d)

Illinois State Police
"Left Lane Law - While traveling on an interstate highway, a vehicle may not be driven in the left lane, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle. This prohibition does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles while engaged in official duties."

http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html

Yes I acknowledged that IL had the left lane law, I have driven in IL may times and had knowledge when the law was first enacted.
JimM68
Explorer
Mar 12, 2015
Another one where I find myself having to post before reading it all.

Motorhomes are NOT trucks. Not ever. Not in any state, just NOT.

Any sign specifically detailing TRUCKS, does not ever apply to a motorhome.

That said, it is still always the operators responsibility to ensure (hopefully before) that the road you are on is a road you can reasonably fit on.
time2roll
Nomad
Mar 12, 2015
In my area 'no trucks' was to stop the cement mixers, dump trucks and general construction traffic from taking a short cut through a residential area. Hard to enjoy your home when these heavy commercial haulers are grinding up the hill at 20 mph full throttle about every six minutes. Local traffic including needed local deliveries and RVs is not an issue.
Abner055
Explorer
Mar 12, 2015
Drove the main street going to my house that is rated No Trucks and a cop saw me and didn't seems concerned at all. So far I've taken the Class A home twice without issues.

I won't be hanging around on the left lane on the interstates excerpt to pass, so no concern there.
bigred1cav
Explorer
Mar 12, 2015
Is your RV registered as a truck or a Motor Home? Ask your state BMV what your vehicle is?

Abner055 wrote:
So, do you Class A guys follow the No Truck signs and avoid those roads? The main street to my house is a No Trucks road, but I have to get home to load/unload and trucks use them all the time to deliver furniture to peoples homes?

So what criteria do you follow? My GPS always tries to route me around the No Truck roads. Do you listen to your GPS or ignore it?

Has anyone gotten a ticket for driving their Class A in No Trucks road?
down_home
Explorer II
Mar 12, 2015
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rockhillmanor
Explorer II
Mar 12, 2015
PastorCharlie wrote:
rockhillmanor wrote:
The left lane is for passing only.
Pretty much accepted policy in all of the states.

And trust me they'll enforce in. I got busted for 'staying' in the left lane in my car after I had passed one vehicle and didn't return to the right lane as fast as the cop thought I should.

Just try driving in the left lane any where's near Wisconsin/Illinois/Chicago. If the cops don't get you the semi's will just run you over.! :B

I have driven 40 plus states, coast to coast many times, and I find that your comment is not accurate about: "The left lane is for passing only. Pretty much accepted policy in all of the states. And trust me they'll enforce in.

There are a vey few states such as IL that has that policy.

Glad you know Illinois and other state laws so well. :W
625 ILCS 5/11-701(b), (d)

Illinois State Police
"Left Lane Law - While traveling on an interstate highway, a vehicle may not be driven in the left lane, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle. This prohibition does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles while engaged in official duties."

http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html
J-Rooster
Explorer
Mar 12, 2015
You will be fine driving your motorhome on your road. Being a retired truckdriver my guess would be the sign is do to weight. Your RV is in the 20,000 lbs. range. My truck and trailer when I was driving weighed 105,000 lbs. way too much weight for a road like yours.
PastorCharlie
Explorer
Mar 11, 2015
A MH is mostly considered as a private limo, the ultimate luxury vehicle. :B