Are OTR truckers restricted from speeding?
In a trip over the weekend, we spent a few hours on Sb 95 from NC, through SC, into GA. What I noticed was every single OTR truck doing the speed limit or less. While not faulting the trucks and I hav...
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For years, part of my retirement plan was just park my old Pete, and only work enough to pay the insurance unless something was going on that raised demand for trucks short term. But when the regs said I would have to go to E-logs that idea went out the window. I don't think I ever slept 10 hours straight. And for years I have been of the mind I can't get where I'm going driving 10 hrs a day, load likely ain't worth hauling. But, if about 2-3 afternoon I see I will be hitting a metro in rush hour, I would stop, take a couple of hr nap, then drive thru supper time. Depending on how much time I spent waiting to load/unload that day, that nap might put me over the 14 before I park for night. (Pretty good at napping while waiting, but that don't count either) Running my looseleaf paper, just get to where I spend the night couple hrs ahead of clock, be ready to roll next morning. E logs, from the time the truck turns a wheel, 14 hours later, it tells on you.
Now my old Cat never got great mileage, but running 62 MPH, if limits allowed, was best for average speed/fuel burned/aggravation. If the load needed to get there in less time, better be more than average money on the table.
I heard years ago, if a truck was going to run in parts of Canada, law required speed to be limited. And when fuel costs spike, some fleets reset max on trucks.
Now my old Cat never got great mileage, but running 62 MPH, if limits allowed, was best for average speed/fuel burned/aggravation. If the load needed to get there in less time, better be more than average money on the table.
I heard years ago, if a truck was going to run in parts of Canada, law required speed to be limited. And when fuel costs spike, some fleets reset max on trucks.
