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Originally Posted by brostholder
My pet peeve is the 18 wheeler that pulls into the left lane to pass another 18 wheeler but won't speed up enough to make the pass and winds up going down the road side by side for miles while traffic backs up behind him. I would love to hear from some of our retired over the road drivers as to why some truckers do this.
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Most are paid by the mile. Most are governed at 68MPH, +or- ,and they try to squeeze out a little more to pass another who is also governed. The trucker in the right lane isn't going to slow down as he/she wants to get the miles in too. Those that pass you at a high rate of speed are usually independents. They, the indies, can be especially dangerous. Nobody at the home office checking them on a GPS. No surprise drug tests by HO safety people. And they know where the highway patrol officers are.
BTW, on a crowded highway with bumper to bumper in both lanes at near speed limit will be difficult to enforce.
RV's are sometime as guilty as truckers for hogging the passing lane. They are not governed but get out there with the big boys then get timid and or reach an upgrade and can't complete the pass.