Truck Camper Speed

While "cruising" with the TC and even without.....Red doesn't like to go faster than 60......really wasn't designed to. If people don't like that its to bad, the minimum speed on a highway is 45 mph, but then most people don't know the traffic laws anyhow. They still talk on there phones, pass on the right, and don't know what merge means......lol

I will not allow myself to be pushed into driving at speeds I feel unsafe at. I will also not be pushed into pissing my cash out the window to gain a half an hour. Disiplined driving habits can save me 200-300 dollars easily on a long trip.That said, I am more likly to drive my speed regardless of surroundings on interstates and roads with 2-3 lanes each way. If I end up on a 2 lane (one in each direction) ,more often than not, if I see a backlog of vehicles behind me I will figure some safe way to let them by. Theres plenty of local roads like this for me, and thats exactly what I do, its driving curtisy. But on the same token, many of the 1 lane in each direction roads Im on are speed limited to 35-55 mph. Usually for a reason, many tight turns, residential homes etc. If this is the case, sometimes I will do the limit regardless of impatient drivers stacking up behind me. I have yet to see an accident I have caused directly but wonder how many accidents have been avoided by forcing the flow of traffic slower. How many kids dogs wernt hit, bycyclists side swiped, etc. Seems the new crop of drivers learned how to drive playing no real world penalty video games, and think nothing of staring at thier laps for minutes at a time while composing some useless text to a friend on thier phones. Im not adusting myself to thier impatient fast driving style just so they can save a few minutes and pump up thier endlessly needy egos.

I usually go with the flow which is normally 5 over.

Threads like this is when I mis jponder. :(

JoeChiOhki wrote:

dreeder wrote:

JoeChiOhki wrote:

Ernie Fergler wrote:

You may never have HAD an accident; but how many have you caused???

I always follow a few simple rules:

1. I will not drive irresponsibly just because others are doing it. This includes driving in excess of the speed limit, no matter how many times the old "Johnny jumped off a cliff, so you should too" logic is trumped out :p.
   
   The same goes for the old "You'll get a ticket" adage. I've driven all over hell and high water, including through downtown chicago with an RV, still zero tickets for not "keeping up" and driving the speed limit. :p.
   
   
   
   
   
2. I will never lose a nights sleep because another driver could not figure out how to act maturely and drive their own vehicle responsibly and caused a wreck. ;)
   
   

I believe that the response was more directed at driving under the speed limit on two lane roads which causes people to pass and quite often that does result in very nasty crashes. I am not defending the morons that pass unsafely but they do it because of the vehicle going under the speed limit. I cringe when I am behind a vehicle that is going under the speed limit on a 2 lane because the morons are about to crawl out from under there rocks.
Now its easy to say I'm not doing anything wrong and you're right, you're not but that doesn't matter to the family that dummy just wiped out because he made a bad pass on you.
I like the poster's that stated how they will drive under the speed limit until they start to impede traffic and then will either hit a pull off to let traffic pass or they will run the speed limit until they can let traffic pass. That is a smart a considerate attitude, especially for the oncoming traffic.

I look at this way, it doesn't matter what is impeding the people that in the end are the only ones responsible for causing the accident because of their immaturity and impatience.

There will always be some snowflakes that shouldn't be driving if they cannot handle the fact that you have an assured likelihood of getting stuck behind a slow moving vehicle on a 2-lane road and that it might take a long time to get to a safe place to pass.

Snowflakes is a good word for them....to bad they don't melt..:)

dreeder wrote:

JoeChiOhki wrote:

Ernie Fergler wrote:

You may never have HAD an accident; but how many have you caused???

I always follow a few simple rules:

1. I will not drive irresponsibly just because others are doing it. This includes driving in excess of the speed limit, no matter how many times the old "Johnny jumped off a cliff, so you should too" logic is trumped out :p.
   
   The same goes for the old "You'll get a ticket" adage. I've driven all over hell and high water, including through downtown chicago with an RV, still zero tickets for not "keeping up" and driving the speed limit. :p.
   
   
   
   
   
2. I will never lose a nights sleep because another driver could not figure out how to act maturely and drive their own vehicle responsibly and caused a wreck. ;)
   
   

I believe that the response was more directed at driving under the speed limit on two lane roads which causes people to pass and quite often that does result in very nasty crashes. I am not defending the morons that pass unsafely but they do it because of the vehicle going under the speed limit. I cringe when I am behind a vehicle that is going under the speed limit on a 2 lane because the morons are about to crawl out from under there rocks.
Now its easy to say I'm not doing anything wrong and you're right, you're not but that doesn't matter to the family that dummy just wiped out because he made a bad pass on you.
I like the poster's that stated how they will drive under the speed limit until they start to impede traffic and then will either hit a pull off to let traffic pass or they will run the speed limit until they can let traffic pass. That is a smart a considerate attitude, especially for the oncoming traffic.

I look at this way, it doesn't matter what is impeding the people that in the end are the only ones responsible for causing the accident because of their immaturity and impatience.

There will always be some snowflakes that shouldn't be driving if they cannot handle the fact that you have an assured likelihood of getting stuck behind a slow moving vehicle on a 2-lane road and that it might take a long time to get to a safe place to pass.

65-70mph if conditions allow, truck likes this speed, up or down 10 mph just a seconds away....

JoeChiOhki wrote:

Ernie Fergler wrote:

You may never have HAD an accident; but how many have you caused???

I always follow a few simple rules:

1. I will not drive irresponsibly just because others are doing it. This includes driving in excess of the speed limit, no matter how many times the old "Johnny jumped off a cliff, so you should too" logic is trumped out :p.
   
   The same goes for the old "You'll get a ticket" adage. I've driven all over hell and high water, including through downtown chicago with an RV, still zero tickets for not "keeping up" and driving the speed limit. :p.
   
   
   
   
   
2. I will never lose a nights sleep because another driver could not figure out how to act maturely and drive their own vehicle responsibly and caused a wreck. ;)
   
   

I believe that the response was more directed at driving under the speed limit on two lane roads which causes people to pass and quite often that does result in very nasty crashes. I am not defending the morons that pass unsafely but they do it because of the vehicle going under the speed limit. I cringe when I am behind a vehicle that is going under the speed limit on a 2 lane because the morons are about to crawl out from under there rocks.
Now its easy to say I'm not doing anything wrong and you're right, you're not but that doesn't matter to the family that dummy just wiped out because he made a bad pass on you.
I like the poster's that stated how they will drive under the speed limit until they start to impede traffic and then will either hit a pull off to let traffic pass or they will run the speed limit until they can let traffic pass. That is a smart a considerate attitude, especially for the oncoming traffic.

Ernie Fergler wrote:

You may never have HAD an accident; but how many have you caused???

I always follow a few simple rules:

1. I will not drive irresponsibly just because others are doing it. This includes driving in excess of the speed limit, no matter how many times the old "Johnny jumped off a cliff, so you should too" logic is trumped out :p.
   
   The same goes for the old "You'll get a ticket" adage. I've driven all over hell and high water, including through downtown chicago with an RV, still zero tickets for not "keeping up" and driving the speed limit. :p.
   
   
   
2. I will never lose a nights sleep because another driver could not figure out how to act maturely and drive their own vehicle responsibly and caused a wreck. ;)
   
   

Between 55 and 60 98% of the time, but my GPS says 58-64......guess my speedo is off.