LarryT wrote: > I think most truck offenses are expected to be caught at Weigh Stations - I > suspect the CB/CellPhone communications network keep the 18 wheelers > informed of the locations of radar - they know when to go fast and they know > when to slow down. >
Yeah, and like any industry there's a certain percentage of scofflaws. At one of the properties my company owns we had a sign in the parking lot that said, "NO SEMI PARKING, NO U-TURNS." It's gone now. A semi hit it while making a U-turn. > If you want to make time get behind a 18 wheeler who is moving at your > comfortable speed and stay there - safely back far enough for comfort -- but > that's an old trick. Course, I'm old so it works for me - ;-) > I like to follow them in stop-and-go traffic. They're good at figuring out the average speed traffic is moving and going constantly at that speed, instead of constantly stopping and starting.