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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Cummins12V98 wrote:Thermoguy wrote:
In the NW, trucks still speeding and camping in the left lane... Sucks trying to get around them in heavier traffic. (not hauling myself)
I know we have a supply issue, but I see more large trucks on the road then I can remember in the past.
Truck in left lane passing on two lane freeway 100% legal at Truck speed limit of 60 mph when auto traffic is 70.
Now if they are in the left lane on three lane highway they are breaking the law unless passing just like you are in a passenger vehicle.
In most states, it is an infraction to hang in the left lane unless you are actively passing. If you are "passing" for the last 10 miles, you can and should get a ticket. Claiming you are passing is unlikely to hold up if you get the ticket but it's a rarely enforced law.
