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Re: Truck Caps
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2008, 04:53:13 pm »
How about trucks that aren't licensed in Ontario?

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Re: Truck Caps
« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2008, 02:15:38 pm »
Considering that more than 50% of trucks failed a recent raodside safety checkstop last month I think any speed for some of these transports is too fast. ;)

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Re: Truck Caps
« Reply #22 on: June 19, 2008, 07:47:14 am »
The truckers association actually AGREED with the speed limiters, as I recall when the announcement was made. 

I've a concern (of inconvenience rather than lunatic speed) of a 'battle of the snails'.  As it is without the limiters, the number of times a truck pulls out to "pass" a slower moving truck, typically he's barely doing much more speed than the guy he's passing, so for 10 minutes you are stuck behind two large a$$es, blinding your view of the road, kicking gravel into your face because one guy thinks that the 120kph is too slow and he's passing at 125kph.   ::)

And, not to cross thread this - but have those in the trucking industry made substantial gains in salary?  Remember the HOOOO-RAH and convoy protesting gas prices when it was a just buck a litre?  It's up 30+% and nobody is bee-atching....
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