I’ve driven roads in Europe. Every truck is in the right most lane, unless they are passing which isn’t common. It’s nothing like the US trucking which is designed for large trucks and fast speeds. That’s exactly why the carnage on US highways from trucks is way higher. And wind as an excuse is just silly. Or speed differential. In Germany and other European Union counties, trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of 3.5 tonnes (7,700 pounds) or more must have a governor that limits their speed to 90 kph (54 miles per hour).
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 3:52 AM, Jeremy Nicoll <jn.ls.mfrm...@letterboxes.org> wrote: On Tue, 8 Aug 2023, at 01:56, Bill Johnson wrote: > In Europe all the trucks go the same speed. Rubbish. Age of truck and how heavy its load is are certainly factors. An unloaded truck, is a lot more susceptible to high winds so might be driven slower in those conditions; trucks with no load with curtain- sides often have their curtains open in high winds to significantly reduce wind effects. But that's impossible if there's a partial load or nowhere safe for the driver to open (and tie back) the curtains. > The trucks all have governors. No they don't. Some do. Even so it sets a maximum speed not the actual speed. > They are also all in the right lane. By "right" do you mean "correct"? Or do you mean the slowest lane? In any case trucks are permitted to be in the next fastest lane while overtaking a slower truck. -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
