75 Speed Limit - How Fast

[riltri]

We are heading to Utah from NC. I-40 most of the trip with speed limits at 75mph along much of the way. I do NOT go that speed when pulling. What do you guys do?

ETA: Carlisle HD Radials rated to 81mph

[Cummins12V98]

MFL wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"Jerry,
I wasn't accusing you of flaming or talking about your post - but was adding to it."

Jerry doesn't own the stick he just stirs it. 😉

Thanks Barney! What you added was a great tip, and very much to the point needed!

Ron, me stir??? I always enjoy a little poking/teasing, and correcting, as long as I am the one doing it!:) Kinda like always wanting to be the winner, doesn't make a bad sport! Just a good player!:B

Lol,
Jerry

A bit of humor is good!

[MFL]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"Jerry,
I wasn't accusing you of flaming or talking about your post - but was adding to it."

Jerry doesn't own the stick he just stirs it. 😉

Thanks Barney! What you added was a great tip, and very much to the point needed!

Ron, me stir??? I always enjoy a little poking/teasing, and correcting, as long as I am the one doing it!:) Kinda like always wanting to be the winner, doesn't make a bad sport! Just a good player!:B

Lol,
Jerry

[Cummins12V98]

"Jerry,
I wasn't accusing you of flaming or talking about your post - but was adding to it."

Jerry doesn't own the stick he just stirs it. 😉

[Mike134]

Tvov wrote:

riltri wrote:
Can't believe all the varying responses to my simple question....amazing!
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Oh I laughed when I first saw the title of this thread! I knew it would get fun.

Oh yea..... that question and can I tow this with my 1/2 ton brings out all the chest thumping opinions..........

[rhagfo]

BackOfThePack wrote:

rhagfo wrote:


Wow, talk about it is all about me attitude.
First of all if you are in the right lane, you need to yield to a vehicle passing you in the left lane, you just can't bull your way into the lane, same on returning to the right lane.

Well if you are driving defensively you are looking down the road and not beyond your ability to slow or stop for traffic issues.

Lastly if you pull from the right lane into the left lane and strike a vehicle already there, you are at fault, not the vehicle already in that lane.

Wrong.

1). A vehicle passing at a 7-mph variance will, with some minor slowing on the part of the travel lane vehicle, get around the right lane vehicle quickly.

2). But those on his tail have ZERO right-of-way. It’s illegal to block the left lane. No exceptions. Tail-gating and lane-blocking aren’t a defense to being knocked off the road. Illegal passing, by definition.

The road design IS the rule.

Faster traffic NEVER has ROW except in the confines of a legal pass.

I’ve had several hit me this year as I LEGALLY moved left. Thought they could speed up to block me: (1) They were illegally in the lane to begin with; (2) “Blocking” can be a go-to-jail offense.

Wake up.

I spend my days maintaining the MAXIMUM distance I can (traffic volume); slowing from a cruise speed by 10-mph TO GET OTHERS AROUND ME FASTEST.

When the idiots jam up ahead of me to pass a slow mover, I back off and wait. Only them do I pass. Alone.

Had an extremely slow big truck get onto the Interstate yesterday at a distance that only emergency braking could solve. I signaled and moved left. LEGALLY, as vehicles illegally tailgating DONT EXIST.

You NEED TO EXPECT THAT (what your father SHOULD have taught you).

Had someone hit your car, but you had no insurance? Same principle, YOU shouldn’t have been on the road. The other guy could be drunk and ran a light. Your fault.

Anyone thinks a big truck driver should roll his vehicle (as that will happen) versus move into the left lane is a fool.

Left lane confers ZERO right-of-way. All risk assumed except within the confines of a legally-executed pass. YOU CANNOT OTHERWISE BE IN THE LEFT LANE.

Your commuter miles = ZERO highway experience.

A guy running the legal minimum of 45-mph MAY decide to move left. You’re running 77-mph AND ARE OUTSIDE THE PASS ZONE you’re screwed.

What speed you “want” to run has ZERO to do with responsible driving. High traffic volume means you don’t get to run the upper limit.

“Overtaking” isn’t passing. Has no defense. IS a traffic offense.

A big truck needs more than 350’ clearance between him and anyone else. It’s when he needs to move to the left lane. And does. Do you believe it smart, safe, prudent or legal to cut between him and the vehicle he’s passing (from the right lane)?

Did you enter a rural Interstate and fail to have BOTH a 5-7/mph leeway PLUS 350’ ahead of a big truck? Otherwise, it’s an illegal maneuver you’ve made. You CANNOT force the travel lane occupant to have to brake or steer to avoid. Period.

Passed a big truck and re-entered the right lane ahead of him without a football-field length difference? (Same thing).

None of what I’ve written was any mystery 50-years ago, even 40.

ROW is everything. And it’s defined.

Your “presence” where you aren’t supposed to be, can — and will — get you killed.

Know the rules. A turn signal is A SIGN (which you must observe) where ROW has defined who may do what (when).

I’m not required to sacrifice my life for yours. And I won’t. Same as you.

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The statement in red peaks my intrest, you have been hit several times moving left. You claim that the vehicles speed up to prevent you moving left. You also talk legally, and reference "Overtaking" later as not being a legal pass.
Seems to me that if there are three or four vehicles in the right lane going slower, I am not going to pass one at a time on an interstate, pulling back right as I clear each, I will take them as a group.

[Tvov]

riltri wrote:
Can't believe all the varying responses to my simple question....amazing!
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Oh I laughed when I first saw the title of this thread! I knew it would get fun.

[BarneyS]

MFL wrote:

BarneyS wrote:
Another tip.
Stop the preaching and the bragging. That will keep the flamers away and reduce my work load! :B Some really good advice buried in amongst other stuff in your posts above.
Barney

Hey Barney, didn't mean to flame, but guilty of teasing a little. I think we may have inherited from a forum that banned? It is easy to understand the heightened road rage on the roadways today, with attitudes doing the driving, and the ROW can mean DEAD right.

Appreciate your hard work! I'm sure you are well paid! :B

Jerry

Jerry,
I wasn't accusing you of flaming or talking about your post - but was adding to it. :B
Barney

[Edd505]

BackOfThePack wrote:

MFL wrote:
The GOOD NEWS...you are in the Fort Worth area!

Jerry

Nope. I’m all over the US. With experience you can’t hope to match for vehicle type, weather, roads and loads. And it looks (again) with understanding of the rules you ignore when convenient.

You one of them runs at too high a speed into a construction zone to “get ahead” of the big truck. Jam yourself in front of him as he tries to keep a reasonable distance? And you’ve attached your nose to the hindquarters of the car ahead of you. Who has done the same again, and again, seven cars ahead? No braking distance at all?

The Midwest beats the South any day for intelligent drivers. As a class, they’ve all but disappeared (farmers & ranchers used to be among them; not any more). Connecticut is — generally — the state where skill & vehicle & ROW best come together.

Indiana doesn’t have the worst drivers. But they’ll take advantage of the lower truck speed limit to cut over too late, brake, and exit the highway. Enter a single lane. Even accelerate to do it.

If that truck driver had to brake to avoid hitting you the “accident” won’t be his fault.

If it’s me, I know how to keep my truck upright and lane-centtered to come to a controlled-stop. It WON’T be with you jammed under my right Steer tire. You’ll be somewhere other than on the road is my guess of how it’ll go.

Unlike you I have a family who expects me to come home. Also unlike you I have devices recording all that I do. A medical card. HOS regulations. I must daily certify the vehicle is safe to operate. Etc.

And I’ve gamed out how to control a situation with the least damage.

Whether or not you go home is up to you.

Know the rules. Stay inside them.

For an RV’er, ones at the helm of the LEAST capable vehicle out there.

With the least capable driver (he’s always the new guy). On a two week vacation you MIGHT have worked out the rhythms by the time you get home.

Every one believes that they are good drivers.
The differences between best and worst are tiny.
At speed, it’s all about vehicle separation.

Use ROW — and separation — then the habits become natural.

Having a trailer behind you shouldn’t occasion ANY CHANGES WHATSOEVER.

But RVers are bad drivers. How do I know? Just read here about “engine power”. And NOTHING about steering control or antilock trailer disc brakes. “Payload” and “Tongue Weight” and “Tow Capacity” and other non-existent (imaginary) “concerns”.

What’s the RVer answer to what they think is a bad TV? Get a worse one.

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Not quite correct there are a lot of "depends" in ROW. How do I know? Twenty five years county patrol, zero accidents but investigated a ton. Then bought a class 8 when I retired and ran as O/O under the same conditions you quoted, HOS, Sat tracking (I leased to a large co)
Again zero accidents, sold after 750K due to medical issues.

You and I know in the class 8 you leave some space and someone is going to take it. The safe driver, what ever hes driving, needs to be driving 1/4 mile or more ahead and adjust your driving by whats happening way up there. Yes merging into traffic has become a lost art in the it's all about me world.

[fj12ryder]

Cummins12V98 wrote:

MFL wrote:
Lol...welcome to the forum! Yes, all kinds of people make up these forums. You will be an interesting member! A tip...shorten your posts! Oh, now tell us you are also a hiway safety engineer, when you aren't trucking/typing!:Z

Jerry

YEP! I started to read then decided I was not Into reading a novel.

Good point, since "A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction". 🙂

[Cummins12V98]

MFL wrote:
Lol...welcome to the forum! Yes, all kinds of people make up these forums. You will be an interesting member! A tip...shorten your posts! Oh, now tell us you are also a hiway safety engineer, when you aren't trucking/typing!:Z

Jerry

YEP! I started to read then decided I was not Into reading a novel.

[Mike134]

riltri wrote:



Most of the other RVs are moving around 65mph except the delivery company drivers...I won't offer comment on their driving.

dare I guess the name on the truck is 5 letters F**E* ?

[GDS-3950BH]

riltri wrote:


The only issue thus far are the freak'n morons who enter the Interstate going 10-20 mph slower than the moving traffic and pulling right in front of us (and others....witnessed a road rage incident caused by such a move in AR).

Covidiots........I have had more close calls caused by the other guy in the last 6 months than in my prior 40+ years of driving combined. Friday afternoon I drove from Arlington VA to Morgantown WV. It was a total clusterf%$k with I-68 being crammed full of inconsiderate self serving jerks. I have never seen anything like it.

[riltri]

Can't believe all the varying responses to my simple question....amazing!

We left NC 5 days ago traveling West on I-40. I have set the cruise to 65 for most of the trip. To date, we have had no issue with big rigs. I always signal to them when they have cleared me and it's safe to move to the right again.

The only issue thus far are the freak'n morons who enter the Interstate going 10-20 mph slower than the moving traffic and pulling right in front of us (and others....witnessed a road rage incident caused by such a move in AR).

Most of the other RVs are moving around 65mph except the delivery company drivers...I won't offer comment on their driving.

Be safe and respectful out there!!

[GDS-3950BH]

Likes to tow wrote:
I try to pull my 5th wheel at or close to 60. That equates to one mile per minute and if that is not fast enough then I should stay home. Too many people on the road with OEM China bomb tires!!! I'm running Goodyear Endurance and encourage everyone to think about their tires.

Just think about all the cars and trucks flying past at 75-85 running chinese tires while you're doing 60. Oh the humanity!!! Those folks are not thinking about their tires.

[Mike134]

I just keep tootling along like Mr Magoo.........64 MPH and smiling.........occasionally muttering "Road Hog"