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Back when I was 17 or 18, I was cruising down the PA turnpike at speeds my 89 Dodge Colt probably shouldn't have been doing, when I came across two trucks takin
by leviathant 15y ago
Back when I was 17 or 18, I was cruising down the PA turnpike at speeds my 89 Dodge Colt probably shouldn't have been doing, when I came across two trucks taking up both lanes, driving exactly 55mph, staying in that formation for a minute or two. It was frustrating at first, but when we passed the state trooper and his radar gun, it was like a revelation. Since that time, I've always paid a lot more attention (and respect) to how truckers drive.
- Swisher 15y agoYep...sometimes they have had CB warning of speed traps (or truck stop word of mouth) for many miles before you get there...call it an old school radar detector.
- knieveltech 15y agoAwesome! I had a similar experience several years ago doing a late night bombing run up I85 on my R1. It was 3:00 AM so it was just me and the trucks on the highway. I struck up a conversation with a trucker at a rest stop. We chatted for a while and then I went to put my helmet on and take off. Before I did I asked him if he'd put the word out that I was on my way through and to have the other truckers keep an eye out for me. He agreed, so I got back out on the highway doing a modest 10 over. The first semi I encountered flashed his trailer lights at me indicating all clear, at which point I dialed it up to 150mph and held it there for the better part of an hour and a half. I must have passed 20 trucks on this run and 7 out of 10 gave me the high sign on my way through. Just outside Petersburg VA two of them where blocking both lanes, so I slowed way down just in time to zip past a state trooper at a stately 3mph over the speed limit.