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re: Why don't long haul trucks have their own lane?
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:20 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:20 pm to Eli Goldfinger
I hear ya. At least once a week, I take a pic of a truck overturned on my route. But, as long as there are deliveries to be made, some trucker will haul it.
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Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:21 pm to GrammarKnotsi
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this..I'd pay $7 for a loaf of bread if it would keep trucks off the road
Would not make a difference in Louisiana. It's mostly regular passenger vehicles that seem to drive slow and/or stupid, clogging up traffic.
Many truckers do their driving at night, you should thank those guys.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:22 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
You have some big trucks that are limited to 60 or 65mph. That causes huge backups. You also have the underpowered ones going up grades, that end up creeping at 5mph. A lot of trucks rely on speed to get them up grades. Can't do that if they're behind 80k worth of grandma.
IMHO, all major cross-country interstates should be a minimum of 6 lanes everywhere. Trucks should be limited to the #2 and #3 lanes only. No exceptions
IMHO, all major cross-country interstates should be a minimum of 6 lanes everywhere. Trucks should be limited to the #2 and #3 lanes only. No exceptions
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:23 pm to GrammarKnotsi
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They are called railroad tracks...
this..I'd pay $7 for a loaf of bread if it would keep trucks off the road
Would you drive to the nearest railroad track to pick up said loaf of bread?
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:28 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Big trucks actually help traffic flow on interstates during rush hour. Passenger vehicles constantly stopping and going is what causes backups
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:29 pm to Tbonepatron
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a higher speed limit
Totally agree. Think about the fuel economy increases!!!
If they go 120 mph they save gas
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:30 pm to Eli Goldfinger
So you're suggesting the city should step in and put a blanket mandate on when businesses can receive freight deliveries?
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:30 pm to Hammertime
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Passenger vehicles constantly stopping then looking down at their phones and then not going is what causes backups
FIFY
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:31 pm to TheIndulger
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They do. It's called the left lane
No.
Just fricking no.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:33 pm to Snipe
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o basically make I-12 and I-20 1 lane for trucking and 1 lane for everything else.
no reason why that wouldn't work.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:35 pm to Steadyhands
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Would not make a difference in Louisiana. It's mostly regular passenger vehicles that seem to drive slow and/or stupid, clogging up traffic
ding ding ding. Truckers aren't usually the problem. the fricking idiots in passenger vehicles are. Need evidence, just watch people trying to merge/exit at I10/I49. absolute retards for the most part.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:40 pm to Steadyhands
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Would not make a difference in Louisiana. It's mostly regular passenger vehicles that seem to drive slow and/or stupid, clogging up traffic.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:45 pm to Centinel
I'd estimate 80% of people I drive by are playing with their phones in some fashion. Do police care? Nope
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:58 pm to soccerfüt
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If you've ever been outside your local burg then you'll understand that trucks in Europe can't use the fast lane in many areas on freeways.
That's what this sign means:
It works better that way.
But more of them play by the rules of the road when driving (on average) than we do here so you can drive whatever speed there and we can't trust our morans to do so here.
The autobahn is great when it's open road but when there's more traffic it can get annoying to have to navigate between one lane going 60mph and the other going 120.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:59 pm to Centinel
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I've driven in Germany, Spain, Scotland, Australia, Jordan, Israel, and Kuwait...and US drivers are the absolute worst by a HUGE margin.
The Koreans are way worse than us if it makes you feel any better.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 1:00 pm to SPEEDY
you must drive on the Basin Bridge regularly.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 1:06 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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Yeah...but trucks are usually the cause of the biggest traffic issues during those times.
In Nashville, it’s pretty much a guarantee that a big rig will overturn somewhere in/around town between 3 & 4 every Friday.
It happens in Baton Rouge 4-5 times per week.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 1:29 pm to Honkus
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The NJ turnpike restricts 18 wheelers from the left hand lanes.
That would be great on I-20 from East Texas through North Louisiana where it's so hilly. Dang trucks get in the left lane to pass another truck, get to a hill, and their speed starts dropping back down. Might take five or six miles for them to get around the other truck. Your stuck behind them, cussing away.
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