Are Govenors installed by the factory or the trucking Company ?
Is this due to insuance costs ?
Also, aren't there onboard tracking systems that document the times a big rig exceeds the speed limit ?

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The secret to a long life. Is knowing when it is time to leave.

YOU made the claim. YOU claim you're clocking trucks. Back up your claim. If you're the civilian policeman you claim you are, it should be no issue to provide some date/timestamped dashcam footage. Or perhaps you're just a paranoid lunatic who habitually lies online for attention?

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Current stable:
1995 E320 157K (Nancy)
1983 500SL 125K (SLoL)

Gone but not forgotten:
1986 300SDL (RIP)
1991 350SD
1991 560SEL
1990 560SEL
1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!)

Gone and wanting to forget:
1985 524TD 167K (TotalDumpster™) [Definitely NOT a Benz]

Not worth your effort.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Son of a beech!

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-semi-truck-driver-does-u-turn-on-busy-six-lane-highway-20200225-63nq7hrahvbo5dk6bfysg7ybke-story.html#nt=oft-Single%20Chain~Flex%20Feature~new-left-chain~bus-858p~~1~yes-art~curated~curatedpage

100 mph tractor trailers? The way DOT is nowadays they’d lose their licenses and their careers in short order.

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Satan creates nothing: he only ruins everything. He does not invent: he tampers. And his followers are no different ~ Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò

Not exactly. Manufacturer says what is what. Owners imprint on that. Schneider (big big big HUGE trucking) has a policy .... https://schneiderjobs.com/blog/driver/update-driver-speed-stance I'd like to see evidence of a big CDL rig running 100 MPH lately

Indeed .

Nice to see they care in England, the jailed him for 6 months then restricted his driving privileges .

Also glad so see at least some here are not crazed and paranoid like hm is .

-Nate

I remember back in the '80's when a guy I knew claimed that he had an AMC Gremlin good for 200 MPH...

That would take a huge cliff

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Satan creates nothing: he only ruins everything. He does not invent: he tampers. And his followers are no different ~ Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò

I never knew you in the 80's ....

I get it!

I loved that movie ("Dual"). I was eleven or twelve when it came on TV. I remember thinking "if you didn't have a POS car (Plymouth Valiant) you could just put your right foot down and get away from that Peterbilt."

My next thought was that when I got 16 and started driving, I'd need something like a Plymouth Road Runner or Dodge Charger... with a Hemi... in case some crazy **** in a Peterbilt started chasing me.

I got chased a few times in my M3. The longest chase was about 120 miles. I was coming back from getting the connecting rod bearings changed out, and they put a decal on the windshield saying not to exceed 105 MPH for 1200 miles.

Some Bubba in a Chrysler mini-van was determined to prove to his wife and kids that their mini-van was every bit as fast as a BMW M3. So, he was on my butt for about 50 miles of interstate at 105 MPH. One the last 60 miles of back roads, I'd loose him until the next town and traffic light. He followed me to within a half mile of my house, and pulled up next to me at my last traffic light. His wife and kids looked terrified.

I had a woman in a Subaru pass me, pull in front of me, and then slow down several times on I-95. I was in the right lane with my cruise control on, minding my own business... because "the night belongs to the trooper." I'd pass her at full throttle in a low gear, get away from her, and then settle back down to 78 MPH in a 70 MPH zone. In a few minutes, she'd be back doing the same thing again. She eventually got mad, put on her high-beams and started chasing me. 105 MPH was the magic number, likely the governed speed of her Subaru. I toyed with her for a long time, maybe 20 or 30 miles, figuring that if I got pulled over I could say that I was fleeing road rage. She eventually gave up catching me, though.

Nah, that just means the signs are on backward ... it's all good.

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- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

Husky is a pathological liar. Proof will never ever happen.

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2014 C250 21,XXX my new DD ** 2013 GLK 350 18,000 Wife's new DD**

- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

Magic trucks can stop on a dime.

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2014 C250 21,XXX my new DD ** 2013 GLK 350 18,000 Wife's new DD**

- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

I am glad I swallowed the water I was drinking before I got to this one.

Thanks for the laugh.

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2014 C250 21,XXX my new DD ** 2013 GLK 350 18,000 Wife's new DD**

- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.