And yet you respond to the off topic threads.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 12:26 PM, David Spiegel <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Bill, AFAIK, this forum is not for discussing US politics. If it were, I would retort. Regards, David On 2023-08-08 10:48, Bill Johnson wrote: > I have many times. And heading to Spain in October. Funny story, we went to > Switzerland right after trump got elected. Many people asked us WTF are > Americans thinking electing him. After numerous indictments, lies, and his > utter stupidity, now we know why they asked that. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:43 AM, Jay Maynard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If you want Europe, you know where to find it. > > On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 9:38 AM Bill Johnson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> You’re right, Europe is different. They actually care about people over >> profits. Much better infrastructure, better health care, and better quality >> of lives. >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> >> >> On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:34 AM, Jay Maynard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> In case you haven't noticed, the US is much, much different from Europe, in >> many ways big and little that bear on this discussion. >> >> But, in typical Bill Johnson fashion, he's convinced he's right and will >> defend his opinions, well-informed or not, to the death. >> >> On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 9:29 AM Bill Johnson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Lol, you should have followed your own advice. My dad drove truck his >>> whole life. Never once did wind cause an issue. Yeah, it happens, but not >>> frequently. And American roads are way more dangerous than European >> roads. >>> The data (facts) are clear. So profit over lives is a Republican choice. >>> >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:20 AM, Steve Thompson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I've driven in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and some island >>> countries. And I held, for over 15 years a CDL-A with Multi and >>> Tanker endorsements. >>> >>> I did not drive LKW (semis) anywhere but within the USofA. And a >>> box truck once into Canada. >>> >>> Stick to what you know, not what what the Huffy post or others say. >>> >>> Governors are used by different companies. Some limit their >>> trucks to 64MPH. Owner operators can get their trucks with no >>> governors at all. >>> >>> I have a son-in-law that is finishing his training to be a Diesel >>> mechanic able to work on all the current Tractors in the USofA. >>> The electronics are unbelievable, and can cause that truck to be >>> down for weeks waiting on some solid state relay board (or >>> whatever). The world of trucking has changed significantly since >>> I started driving back about 2004. >>> >>> Because I'm also a pilot, I know a bit about wind and its >>> effects. Stick to what you know, what you have experienced. >>> >>> I've seen fully loaded trucks get blown over (55,000+ gross). >>> I've seen trucks lose control in snow and swap ends. Managed to >>> not jack knife. >>> >>> Thankfully I never had any problems, no accidents, no incidents. >>> I was lucky and I was a novice and just applied my knowledge of >>> physics and energy management that I learned in flying to driving >>> a 70,000 gross weight truck. I loaded the trucks so the weight >>> was more at the bottom than top (I had specialty loads of barn >>> beams). >>> >>> Stick to what you know. >>> >>> Take this crap out of here and go argue it elsewhere. >>> >>> Steve Thompson >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8/8/2023 9:07 AM, Bill Johnson wrote: >>>> 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 < >>> [email protected]> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >> >> -- >> Jay Maynard >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
