Did the speeding pay off?

[Woodworker]

Driving down I-20 between 60-65mph I noticed a truck with a camper coming up begind us. A Tundra dragging about a 20 somethin at best camper drove right past us doin 70+. Within a few minutes the truck was out of sight. Thought to my self be funny if he was goin to same campground.
We pulled into campground and wouldn't ya know it. Mr hauls but had been driving thru the park trying to find the entrance to the camoground. We turned down the road and I guess he figured he needed to follow me so pulled in behind. I just laughed to myself and thought and he saved how much time? Not to mention had somethin gone wrong at that speed.
On a side note, that Temperature press ure tire monitoring system is awesome, I felt a lot better knowing how all my wheels where doing goin down the highway

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[DocBrown]

We've taken a couple of long trips with the trailer. One of them was a near 6k mile trip out west to CA and back. We travel about 62/63 mph.

I play a little game on those trips. I pick out other travelers who fly by me and have some noticeable characteristic. Motor homes and trucks towing travel trailers are easy ones to remember. Nine times out of ten they will pass me 2-3 times in the same day. On multi-day trips I've even seen the same travelers pass me 3 times a day in a 2 day period. It's kind of funny really. They are flying along thinking they are gaining something when they gain nothing at all.

My dad drove OTR truck for many years. When we started doing all day drives he told me to plan 2 hours travel time for every 100 miles, because you have to stop form time to time and that's what the average is.

[vcbice]

Yep. Done thee same kind of thing driving cars, pulling trailers and riding motorcycles.

If you do not plan for it, you will go about the same distance in a day at 70 as you do at 60. We figure out a route on the computer then add 2hrs for all the stops we make.

It pays more to plan stops than it does to go 10mph faster. If you think about it, 1 min stopped is 1 mile you haven't traveled. If your stops total 2hrs then that is 120mi you didn't cover. If you go 10mph faster over 10hr that is 100 more miles you cover.

I have done both before when I really wanted to cover distance. 1000mi in a day kind of thing.

[bedrck46]

Just think if it were not for all of those type of drivers you would have never had know about them and wouldn't have the laughs they gave you.

[Woodworker]

All so true.

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[Marcm157]

Speed Kills - It is especially true when you are towing 10,000+ pounds behind you and are NOT qualified to do so.

I work for a coach bus company and our drivers have to have commercial licenses, undergo intense scrutiny especially here in NY including road and written tests every 2 years. Annual proficiency tests etc. and yet Joe Yahoo can get into a 45 foot Motor Coach (Same size and weight as our buses) and just drive it with a passenger car license.

Same with the folks who tow 35+ Foot trailers with no towing experience at all. I don't like government intervention in our personal lives but some things need to be controlled...

[bedrck46]

Originally Posted by Marcm157

Speed Kills - It is especially true when you are towing 10,000+ pounds behind you and are NOT qualified to do so.

I work for a coach bus company and our drivers have to have commercial licenses, undergo intense scrutiny especially here in NY including road and written tests every 2 years. Annual proficiency tests etc. and yet Joe Yahoo can get into a 45 foot Motor Coach (Same size and weight as our buses) and just drive it with a passenger car license.

Same with the folks who tow 35+ Foot trailers with no towing experience at all. I don't like government intervention in our personal lives but some things need to be controlled...

nment

Very true And when the Government starts to require RV drivers to undergo training and get certified you most likely will find that RV sales will decline and there will be plenty of campsites available.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by bedrck46

nment

Very true And when the Government starts to require RV drivers to undergo training and get certified you most likely will find that RV sales will decline and there will be plenty of campsites available.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[Woodworker]

But remember the "Training" and regulations is what has put the trucking industry in the shape it's in now. Should someone prove they can pull a traiker before purchasing sire they should. Do we need Govt intervening into this, he'll no. They dictate us cradle to grave already

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