tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3757662773204550230..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: A day on the roadPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-1999319749417275172013-02-22T01:37:27.195-06:002013-02-22T01:37:27.195-06:00Ian is absolutely right. Add to that the fact tha...Ian is absolutely right. Add to that the fact that most company trucks are governed at a certain speed, and the only way to surpass it is to freefall down a hill...you get the picture.<br /><br />It's not a matter of 'agreeing amongst ourselves.' You assume that we have any choice in the matter; we don't. If company drivers had a choice, our trucks would go as fast as the motor, drivetrain and weight would let them...but our opinion means nothing compared to that of a bunch of bean counters who've never seen the inside of a truck, yet think they know better than we, how we should do our jobs.<br /><br />If you'd like additional information, give me a shout. After 17 years on the road, I can tell you dang near anything about why us truckers do what we do.Wraithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791730539181731523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-89024602461536667882013-02-21T12:28:11.555-06:002013-02-21T12:28:11.555-06:00Truck drivers are the only citizens required to re...Truck drivers are the only citizens required to record and produce where they were, and what they were doing for the last seven days including days off, and are legally limited to how many hours they may work. Top it off by being paid by the distance traveled in those limited hours, then traveling at the maximum speed available to them becomes the correct economic policy.<br /><br />Stopping to eat also is effectively prohibited.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16255910668773580942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-64982514117541386222013-02-21T09:34:19.000-06:002013-02-21T09:34:19.000-06:00I played leapfrog most of the way across Nevada on...I played leapfrog most of the way across Nevada on US 50 with a truck. Me in a elderly two-door Civic, he in an overloaded 18-wheeler hauling hay. I'd pass him going up the hill at about 40mph, he'd pass me going down hill at about 75mph. I think we were thoroughly tired of each other by the time we hit Fallon, NV at the end of the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com