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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Mike134 wrote:
Picture yourself on a camping trip that takes 23 hours to get to your destination. You work so you have limited vacation time. Too bad for you if you drive 2- 11 hour days, you need to rest 10 hours before driving that final 1 hour. Now do you see the problem?
I certainly do see the problem. No one should be driving consistently 11 hours a day, let alone arguing for more. And, yes that 23 hour trip should and would take more than 2 days. How about 4 hours of driving, then a break and another 4 hours of driving and then call it a day? 3 more hours on top of the 8 seems plenty and beyond what most of us should do on a regular basis.
