Many trucks have speed governors on them.

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Many trucks have speed governors on them.

Author: Iggle (12916 Posts - Joined: Sep 14, 2007)

Posted at 12:42 pm on Nov 20, 2020

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So the difference in speed might be like 1 mph and the truck will take forever to pass. And then a slight hill can wreck the process entirely.

Replies to: "Many trucks have speed governors on them."

Timeout for a pet peeve on drivers. - NDavenue - 8:50am 11/20/20 (26) [View All]
- My personal favorite - wrdomerson - 12:00pm 11/20/20
  - Amen. Actually saw a trucker do this believe it or not. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 12:28pm 11/20/20
    - I have seen this, but most of the time the truckers are better about it than most. [NT] - wrdomerson - 12:57pm 11/20/20
    - Many trucks have speed governors on them. - Iggle - 12:42pm 11/20/20
      - I'm actually very sympathetic of truckers. They are there for their job. - NedoftheHill - 6:32pm 11/20/20
        I agree with you. I grit my teeth and sympathetically mumble - Iggle - 9:00pm 11/20/20
  - Wow, 55 is a highway limit? what part of the country is this? [NT] - holybull101 - 12:08pm 11/20/20
    - Georgia, many of the state highways are 55, some of the less populated stretches up to 65. [NT] - wrdomerson - 12:56pm 11/20/20
  - A sure cause of road rage. [NT] - NDavenue - 12:01pm 11/20/20
- Here's one...I do a lot of Interstate driving and have a car with "Adaptive Cruise Control" that - TyroneIrish - 11:46am 11/20/20
  - That bugs me too. Along with the people who speed to get ahead of you.... - NDavenue - 12:00pm 11/20/20
    - Amen!...actually, that one is higher up on my list. My first car was a '67 GTO convertible and - TyroneIrish - 12:16pm 11/20/20
- I don't understand this either. Or the people who leave four car lengths between them.... - Chris94 - 10:04am 11/20/20
  - It's maddening. [NT] - NDavenue - 10:15am 11/20/20
    - It's worse when people don't move when the light turns - Chris94 - 11:16am 11/20/20
      - I'm in a no honk area, but I honk anyway. My wife gets mad at me. - NDavenue - 11:57am 11/20/20
- There's actually a good reason for doing this, in some cases. - Rooney - 10:03am 11/20/20
  - I think we found our culprit. :). But if that knowledge were being employed........ - BaronVonZemo - 12:27pm 11/20/20
    - Good point. [NT] - NDavenue - 12:33pm 11/20/20
  - That is very informative. In my local area that's generally not the case. - NDavenue - 10:23am 11/20/20
- That is all the time in my area. Now it’s Q-tip season down here - TampaIrish - 9:07am 11/20/20
  - What is Q-tip season? [NT] - NDavenue - 9:54am 11/20/20
    - Another term for snow birds. You drive behind these seniors and they look like Q-tips - TampaIrish - 9:57am 11/20/20
      - Lol. Had never heard that term. Funny. [NT] - NDavenue - 10:01am 11/20/20
        It's the time of year where the license plates turn blue around here. - TampaIrish - 10:36am 11/20/20
- Re: Timeout for a pet peeve on drivers. - ELP - 9:02am 11/20/20