Ol' Pete Getting Up There

Nebraska troopers call out Peterbilt driver for triple digit speed limit violation

This was insane! Yeah it's really cool to see a truck like this getting up at that speed BUT that is dangerous as hail. I didn't see if it was a 389 semi truck or dump truck but 101 in a 70. If traffic was to stop immediately there screwed. Imagine a semi or dump truck brakes locked 75 in your stopped vehicle. Being involved in a fatal crash is the worst thing that can ever happen on the road and I can only imagine how much worse it would be knowing it was your fault. 101 is way to fast to be going. My cascadia was governed to 68 and this anthem is governed 75. I still get past at night by 389 trucks 80-85 in the 80mph zones in Texas where I have been lastly but 101 in a commercial vehicle is insane to me. Can't happen. Maybe take it to a race track pay and take the rig on but not on the highways please.

Can't believe I saw this on the news.

It was on CDLIFE yesterday.

Imagine that speed and a tire blowout at any position on the tractor. Couple in the fact that the tires are only rated for perhaps 70 or 75 MPH. Loss of license, lawsuits, death all come to mind and for what?

Back in the day when I first started driving in 1988, trucks were not governed, nor was it even talked about. Out across the Western States it was quite common, especially at night, to run triple digits. Law enforcement would match speeds with you and talk with you on the CB as you went down the road. Did tires blow out more back then than they do now, even recaps? I don't know, but it seems there's more gator pieces/parts on the road now than there was back then.

There's more trucks on the road and traffic generally now than there was back then, so driving that fast is an accident waiting to happen. There will be people who will drive lots faster than the speed limit, even in those states that allow 80 mph for everyone.

Laura

I’m wondering if this speed happened on a long downgrade and it was allowed to free wheel.

Crazy.

I’m wondering if this speed happened on a long downgrade and it was allowed to free wheel.

Crazy.

I can't recall any long downhill grades in NE on 80 for this. Further west? Sure.

I’m wondering if this speed happened on a long downgrade and it was allowed to free wheel.

Crazy.

I can't recall any long downhill grades in NE on 80 for this. Further west? Sure.

Yeah, PackRat is right. But even so, the speed still astounds me.

This brings up the related subject of various companies over speed policies. What is yours?

We can overspeed from 68 up to the speed limit. But if we were to hit 80, we would be in serious do-do.

On the Seward and sterling hung heat I go you're speeding and it's a state trooper they'll just flash their lights at you and if you don't slow down they'll pull you over. But I don't speed except right before mile 52 because it's a hill that you need to be going 80 sometimes to not spin out

Back in the day when I first started driving in 1988, trucks were not governed, nor was it even talked about. Out across the Western States it was quite common, especially at night, to run triple digits. Law enforcement would match speeds with you and talk with you on the CB as you went down the road. Did tires blow out more back then than they do now, even recaps? I don't know, but it seems there's more gator pieces/parts on the road now than there was back then.

There's more trucks on the road and traffic generally now than there was back then, so driving that fast is an accident waiting to happen. There will be people who will drive lots faster than the speed limit, even in those states that allow 80 mph for everyone.

Laura