tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728287180412980995.post8477232980083813127..comments2024-03-25T21:06:20.922-07:00Comments on BenB: Thursday 2/23/2012BenBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010864129122224612noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728287180412980995.post-6587008166739775122012-02-24T15:05:07.528-07:002012-02-24T15:05:07.528-07:00I'm guessing Werner - well J.B. Hunt used to h...I'm guessing Werner - well J.B. Hunt used to have theirs at 55, I dunno what it is now. My truck will go the speed limit, including 75mph on the Interstates around here. They wanted to give our branch a new truck but I declined. All new trucks in our company, as I understand it, will be governed at 65mph. Which isn't any big deal in the city on the freeways, but if you are in the Interstate and the speed limit is 75mph, then darnit, I wanna go 75! <br /><br />I have the current truck until sometime in 2013, I believe, which is when it is a forced hand: the truck will be reach it's maximum age limit and they will give us a new one whether I want it or not.BenBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010864129122224612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728287180412980995.post-35528432212110329492012-02-23T21:00:51.774-07:002012-02-23T21:00:51.774-07:00One company seems to put their profits ahead of th...One company seems to put their profits ahead of the safety of everyone else on the road, by limiting their trucks to 62mph even if the speed limit is 75. So they save on gas, but the entire rest of the motoring public who is obeying the speed limit has to make two needless lane changes for the benefit of their pocketbook.<br /><br />fAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728287180412980995.post-19000545128011116682012-02-23T18:00:06.619-07:002012-02-23T18:00:06.619-07:00Yes, I most definitely agree, and that because the...Yes, I most definitely agree, and that because these are people that lost their jobs and decided that trucking was a way out. They drive a semi truck like they would drive a car, weaving in and out of traffic, cutting other vehicles off with extremely unsafe lane changes, on and on. Those drivers are not professionals, they are steering wheel handlers at best. I steer clear of them when I see them. Usually, though, they come barreling up behind you because they are going 20 mph over the speed limit. They throw pee bottles out their windows or dump them out at fueling lanes at truck stops. The list is seemingly endless. There are certainly at least 2 different classes of truck drivers out there.BenBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010864129122224612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728287180412980995.post-19211161124938381292012-02-23T06:27:02.317-07:002012-02-23T06:27:02.317-07:00Professional means slightly different things to di...Professional means slightly different things to different people. Technically, any time you are paid to do something, you are a professional.<br /><br />But many people tend to use the term to mean someone who excells or is particularly good at their craft. Many truck drivers themselves will grudgingly admit that many truck drivers on the roads today do not qualify under the second meaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com