Originally Posted by
Ronald Blue
If they force the 68 mile an hour speed limit on all new large trucks it will really become a logjam. It's already bad enough. You encounter a truck running (governed for example 65 and another that may also be governed the same but whether it's lighter, it has slightly larger drive tires, or is slightly more aerodynamic is attempting to pass. 3 miles down the road it's a half a trailer length ahead. There are 30 vehicles lined up behind it and everyone is impatient.
A perfect description of I10 between Phoenix and the California line...and most of the trucks involved have "FEDEX" painted on the side. (I don't know if they have governors or not. I was once told that it was due to company rules that docked pay for late arrival at waypoints and also docked pay for excessive over-limit driving, enforced by black-box monitors.) For my more-or-less annual Sedona vacation, Google Maps claims that route is about 30 minutes faster than via I40;; in real life, the 50-mile longer northern route is far less annoying and a push on time.
Re camping in the left lane: on that same drive, the left lane is much smoother than the right lane, presumably because that's where the big rigs spend most of their time.
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