KC8LDO wrote:
I talked to a Ham buddy who just so happens

to be a cop.

He said most cops don't bother with truckers

because they don't know enough about

trucking law specifically so they don't like to

mess with them.



Your podunk leo friend is a tragedy...he must be a local cop of a small
town. ALL HP officers are well versed in such law regarding carriers and
laws pertaining to the road. The DOT is for getting particular. The HPs,
whether county or state, ALL "mess" with the truckers and actively
enforce speeding truckers in addition to cars.


The other thing that I have to give the truckers
is it sure doesn't make much sense to have

trucks going 55 MPH, posted truck speed limit,
when 4 wheelers are doing 70 MPH,



Learn yourself about stopping distance. The difference between the two,
the truck vs. the car, should be more than enough to satisfy this issue
that "doesn't make sense" to you.


It would make more sense for all the traffic to

be doing roughly the same speed.

And we can drive the same vehicle, live in the same cookie cutter
houses, and wear the same uniform,,er, clothes.

I also think the cops don't bust the truckers to

much for speeding because if they did then it

would be a real pain with the 4 wheelers

having to pass them.



????



With the truckers moving at about the same

speed as the rest of the traffic, without getting

too far above the posted truck speed limit, the

need for passing and possible accidents is

reduced.




It's not the truckers causing the problems on the road. It's people in
cars that don't understand big trucks need almost the length of two
football fields to stop safely at the speed limit.