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> > Sometimes I take several miles to get by a string of trucks only to top a hill and have them zoom by at 80 so that I have to pass them all over again. They go 60 up hill and 80 down when the speed limit is 70.
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> > I'm going to hit I-40 for a couple of hours tomorrow morning.
> > How"cringe"ard
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> My dad's driven big rigs before, basically they do this, because the weight behind them means that they have to accelarate down hills, or risk jack-knifing the trailer. I think. Ask Joanna
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> Samhael

Oh please don't say the 'J' word.
I will have to ask Richard about that. I do know that it is hard to get a 40 ton truck up a hill empty at the speed limit let alone when it's load may weigh ten thousand pounds and up. This is another reason why you should never slam on brakes in front of a trucker...try to stop that on a dime.
Joanna