Who can tell me ?

[eagle19952]

Jon that's what I do too, in congested traffic I keep to the right lanes and keep the speed relatively slower than normal but when the road is open then it's whatever the speed limit allows.
I have had to lock up the brakes on a semi before and stopping a big rig (18 wheeler) quickly is something you don't want to do. That said I just came thru LA Ca and some of those truckers we're going 70 right on someone bumper, insane.

touche    as i said when is the last time you saw truckers 538 feet apart...they don't. they just want you to. jerks.

[luvrbus]

There are some states that enforce the 500 ft rule for trucks lol I forgot which states and to lazy to Google

[Jon]

The data for cars is out of date. I get all the car magazines and the braking distance tests show an average sedan (family car) is in the 130 foot range from 60 MPH.

Some cars can stop from 60 in under 100 feet.

The data for heavy vehicles is exactly what we were taught in the Bendix class a couple of years ago.

[digesterman]

There are just as many "jerk" car and RV drivers as truck drivers, why the hate on professional drivers and what type of rear doors are on their trailers?? Smh

[eagle19952]

 

There are just as many "jerk" car and RV drivers as truck drivers, why the hate on professional drivers and what type of rear doors are on their trailers?? Smh

[lvmci]

as Lee was saying, I210 in LA, 70mph an 18 wheeler wanted in the middle lane to pass a compact car on the right, I slowed down to let him do that in my 66 MCI 5A towing the jeep, as he accelerated into my lane the right rear tires blew, causing a complete circle of a tire to come flying at me, went rolling under the bus, towards the jeep, doing $1200 damage to it. only time to react, had I not already been slowing down, I would have been in deeper trouble, this just as all 4 lanes were tighting, on a curve also, LA fwy traffic. In rush hour this wouldn't have happened, because we would be moving at 3mph. lvmci...