Re: O T Walk a Round

Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 19, 2006 at 17:51:07 from (209.226.106.103):

In Reply to: Re: O T Walk a Round posted by Jimmy King on November 19, 2006 at 14:27:42:

Jimmy: I like the Michigan construction zone signs, fines about the same level as your Missouri fines in addition to 15 years, and they patrol and enforce it. It's truly a pleasure to drive and even truck in Michigan. Most of their 4 and 6 lanes have the dual speed limit 55 for trucks and 70 for cars. A lot of truckers growl about the 55, however I find cars are never in your way at 55, and a loaded truck will do better averageing 55 than going from 30 to 70 in conjestion. Many times with loaded tractor trailer, I've set my cruise at 55 coming out of Port Huron MI on I-94, and never touched brake or accelerator until I hit the exit for I-75 in the center of Detroit.

I liked another sign I saw in New York, forget the exact wording, but something like illegal to run with windshield wipers on without full lights. If I remember correctly the fine was $500.

Here in Ontario, anything goes, I've driven for weeks and never seen a police cruiser. They have signs say fines are doubled in construction zones. But you know what, double nothing is exactly nothing.

I was coming home one night, snowy and icy on 402. Between London and Strathroy they fight over ditch space in bad weather. Visability was down to about 6 tractor trailer lenghts, trucks had backed off to 50 mph. cars and SUVs were still whizing by at 70 mph. To give you some idea how icy it was, the empty rig I was driving was a 460hp Cummins 2 lift axles raised putting more weight on tandem drives and a cherry picker over the drive wheels. Probably the best traction of any empty truck on the road. If you stepped the accelerator at 50 mph in high gear that rig would spin. That's damn icy, even if you driving a loaded Hummer.

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