Author Topic: 1000km a week commute on an AAZ (Read 6139 times)

catlin_cava · « **Reply #15 on:** March 28, 2009, 11:59:13 am »

I find when they clock trucks at 105 it becomes more of a hazard...Go down to the sourthern states where the limits in day ar 85MPH, and being governed at 65mph... :shock:

jtanguay · « **Reply #16 on:** March 28, 2009, 02:48:37 pm »

Quote from: "catlin_cava"

I find when they clock trucks at 105 it becomes more of a hazard...Go down to the sourthern states where the limits in day ar 85MPH, and being governed at 65mph... :shock:

i can't wait till something happens... cars swerving to get around trucks because they're going so slow and then get boxed in and crushed. imagine a truck trying to merge on some roads going 105km/h??? maybe 110km/h downhill with a tailwind? :roll: most people have tunnel vision where they simply only watch in front of them and don't bother to change lanes to let slow vehicles merge...

catlin_cava · « **Reply #17 on:** March 28, 2009, 02:55:07 pm »

What company do you work for? I seen cars pull out and pass my brother and cut in infront of him and stop dead...like WTF!!! lol, well lets say his trunk and backseat are now one...my brother's truck isn;t clocked at anyspeed,

jtanguay · « **Reply #18 on:** March 28, 2009, 03:56:35 pm »

Quote from: "catlin_cava"

What company do you work for? I seen cars pull out and pass my brother and cut in infront of him and stop dead...like WTF!!! lol, well lets say his trunk and backseat are now one...my brother's truck isn;t clocked at anyspeed,

i'm not a trucker, but i understand where they're comin from :wink: its funny how people think they can just cut off a trucker and expect them to stop on a dime.

catlin_cava · « **Reply #19 on:** March 28, 2009, 05:41:48 pm »

No Offence to anyone...I find the best is in Montreal...a women Blew the red light and plowed into the tires on the trailer...we got out and she looked at us and said "you didn't me going thru the light?" my brother looked at her" BIG WHITE F*CKING TRUCK" lol :lol:

jtanguay · « **Reply #20 on:** March 28, 2009, 08:58:35 pm »

Quote from: "catlin_cava"

No Offence to anyone...I find the best is in Montreal...a women Blew the red light and plowed into the tires on the trailer...we got out and she looked at us and said "you didn't me going thru the light?" my brother looked at her" BIG WHITE F*CKING TRUCK" lol :lol:

that is pure gold! :lol:

diesel smoke · « **Reply #21 on:** March 28, 2009, 09:32:18 pm »

I average around 800-1000 Km a week on my car. :shock: I also drive highway 63, Alberta's deadliest highway. The limit is 100KPH, but the average is over 120KPH. :lol:

Turbinepowered · « **Reply #22 on:** March 29, 2009, 02:51:55 am »

Quote from: "jtanguay"

i'm not a trucker, but i understand where they're comin from :wink: its funny how people think they can just cut off a trucker and expect them to stop on a dime.

They do the same thing to buses. :roll:

catlin_cava · « **Reply #23 on:** March 29, 2009, 05:05:59 am »

A car cuts off a truck...at a 100kph...then stops...truck hits car...Truck Driver at fault for rear ending the car...happened to one of the guys in my brother's company...

the caveman · « **Reply #24 on:** March 29, 2009, 08:29:14 am »

Quote from: "catlin_cava"

No Offence to anyone...I find the best is in Montreal...a women Blew the red light and plowed into the tires on the trailer...we got out and she looked at us and said "you didn't me going thru the light?" my brother looked at her" BIG WHITE F*CKING TRUCK" lol :lol:

I used to do deliveries in different trucks here years ago. Now that i'm working odd hours, i'm driving in town more during week daylight hours. I couldn't do a delivery job anymore, i'd be in jail within a week for killing someone with my bare hands.

catlin_cava · « **Reply #25 on:** March 29, 2009, 08:47:43 am »

Now I know why they have a no fault insurance...

FoXBoXRaCiNG · « **Reply #26 on:** April 01, 2009, 08:13:52 am »

I love the air horn on my rig, and if I don't make it in time to stop for the person cutting me off... Well, I have a nice big bumper, and it will be 2/3 of the way into their car :wink:

aidan · « **Reply #27 on:** April 01, 2009, 09:36:20 am »

I was on a bus eireann journey from dublin to belfast a week or 2 ago now, they have cameras on the front of the buses and film the entire journey. Must be as a result of what you're discussing here.

Everything over 7.5 ton here is limited to 55mph on motorways, anything with a trailer is 50mph. It all seems to work fine, I sit behind them when on the motorway. The only problems caused are the age it takes to overtake each other. One example the other day was 4 miles!

aidan · « **Reply #28 on:** April 01, 2009, 09:36:35 am »

I was on a bus eireann journey from dublin to belfast a week or 2 ago now, they have cameras on the front of the buses and film the entire journey. Must be as a result of what you're discussing here.

Everything over 7.5 ton here is limited to 55mph on motorways, anything with a trailer is 60mph. It all seems to work fine, I sit behind them when on the motorway. The only problems caused are the age it takes to overtake each other. One example the other day was 4 miles!

catlin_cava · « **Reply #29 on:** April 01, 2009, 02:08:41 pm »

Most companies around here lock the trucks at 68mph, however there are a few that let the trucks wide open, such as my brother lol, truck/trailer grossing 80,000lbs, Cat C15 Twin Turbo Boosted to 600HP, Straight pipe 6inch dual stacks...Screaming down the highway at 85mph :twisted:

Author Topic: 1000km a week commute on an AAZ (Read 6139 times)

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