Passed my road test.

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

My cruise control is always set at 2 mph over the speed limit. My trainer told me routes are set for allowances to run the speed limit so the speed limit I will go.

Even when the dispatcher says that the load is "hot"?

 

[pickup]

My cruise control is always set at 2 mph over the speed limit. My trainer told me routes are set for allowances to run the speed limit so the speed limit I will go.

2 mph over the speed limit is not obeying the speed limit, it's violating it. Hitting a deer while over the speed limit vs being under it can make a big difference when it comes to determing what is an avoidable accident and what isn't .

Speed limits are suggestions for what is top speed.. I'm not a time stealer, but my speed limit will be lower than the posted one , especially with traffic. And the engineers of the tractors with the wingman technology agree with me because those tractors slow me down even more than I would myself.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

2 miles over will get you run off the road in most places.

 

[HEFFERNAN]

With a tractor trailer, your speed is determined on road conditions and how far you can see with your headlights.
Posted speed limits are for perfect conditions.

 

[pickup]

Even when the dispatcher says that the load is "hot"?

There is a quote attributed to JB Hunt (the man for which the trucking company is named ) which I will paraphrase (because I can't remember exactly how it was phrased) : "There ain't no load that is hot enough that won't get cold when it is lying in a ditch".

 

[pickup]

2 miles over will get you run off the road in most places.

If you think a Swift Driver on a "hot" load is going to run me off the road , you better think again.

 

[Cementups]

Even when the dispatcher says that the load is "hot"?

I don't care how hot they think it is. Safety first.

 

[Jones]

My cruise control is always set at 2 mph over the speed limit. My trainer told me routes are set for allowances to run the speed limit so the speed limit I will go.

My cruise is generally set 2- 5 under the speed limit. If they have a problem with that I'm always willing to sit down and talk about it.

 

[jaker]

For my tractor 9th gear floored it maxes out at 54 , so that where I stay too hard to use cruise control when it's easier to smash the pedal all the way down