PA turnpike speed increase

[Pa-fatboy]

They recently increased the speed limit on some portions of the PA turnpike. I drive a 13 mile section to and from work each day.

From the speed change, I have noticed about 33% more trucks than before. They are also clogging up the left lane as people let them pull out so they can pass the truck or trucks and traffic ahead of them.

Nice, except, they are doing .05 mph more than what was in font of them. With the slop of the road, they are tacking 5-10 miles to pass. Some times just a mile, but it SEEMS LIKE 90 percent are 10 miles.

This a very dust rating to not even do the speed limit in the left lane. I like to rule in Germany that trucks must stay in the right lane. People can get killed if they do not.

I will be writing my congressman to push to get a law about trucks passing each other.

I have doubts anything will happen. But, I need to do something.

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[CompO5.sl0w]

They recently increased the speed limit on some portions of the PA turnpike. I drive a 13 mile section to and from work each day.

From the speed change, I have noticed about 33% more trucks than before. They are also clogging up the left lane as people let them pull out so they can pass the truck or trucks and traffic ahead of them.

Nice, except, they are doing .05 mph more than what was in font of them. With the slop of the road, they are tacking 5-10 miles to pass. Some times just a mile, but it SEEMS LIKE 90 percent are 10 miles.

This a very dust rating to not even do the speed limit in the left lane. I like to rule in Germany that trucks must stay in the right lane. People can get killed if they do not.

I will be writing my congressman to push to get a law about trucks passing each other.

I have doubts anything will happen. But, I need to do something.

I absolutely fucking agree with this. I81 is just as bad with the trucks. They always sit in the left lane doing 65-70 (Speed Limit is 70), which is because normally the trucks in the right lane are doing 55-60 in the right lane! If trucks stayed right and actually did the minimum speed limit we'd have a lot less traffic build-up.

People always say the speeders going 5-10mph over the speed limit are the cause for accidents, but honestly probably 80% of the time that's not the case. Most of the time it's the people doing 5-15mph UNDER that cause traffic buildups which result in accidents from either road rage, distracted driving etc. The ones doing 5-10mph are the ones who are actually paying attention looking for cops, judging other driver's actions etc. Not to mention they are out of your hair in seconds lol.

 

[Rypkr937]

They recently increased the speed limit on some portions of the PA turnpike. I drive a 13 mile section to and from work each day.

From the speed change, I have noticed about 33% more trucks than before. They are also clogging up the left lane as people let them pull out so they can pass the truck or trucks and traffic ahead of them.

Nice, except, they are doing .05 mph more than what was in font of them. With the slop of the road, they are tacking 5-10 miles to pass. Some times just a mile, but it SEEMS LIKE 90 percent are 10 miles.

This a very dust rating to not even do the speed limit in the left lane. I like to rule in Germany that trucks must stay in the right lane. People can get killed if they do not.

I will be writing my congressman to push to get a law about trucks passing each other.

I have doubts anything will happen. But, I need to do something.

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[wildcatgoal]

Did you know that if you tailgate the trailer of a truck, that creates less drag on the truck, and it is able to go a teeny bit faster during its turtle-rate passing maneuver.

The greatest thing I learned about Germany's road laws is that if you are passed on the right, it is the person being passed that is considered the primary offender and gets the ticket (though likely the person passing on the right will be ticketed as well). Awesome.

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