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They are without a doubt Crazy Drivers. The speed limit in IN his 70 for autos and 65 for trucks there are spots that its 55 for everyone. NOBODY adheres to the limits "I feel they are Mearly a Suggestion" Driving I set the Cruze at the limit and enjoy the right lane and scenery. Amazon passed me like I was on Jack-stands weaving in and out between autos doing I guess at least 80.
I run thru IN a fair amount. As I’m governed at 65-mph, dropping below that not much change. And by no means do all OTR trucks pass me. Never seen anyone above low 70s. The CB stays busy with reports, so the info is available on HOW to cruise.
Most Midwest drivers fairly decent.
The problem (everywhere) are the big trucks that jam up together. Much worse on E-W routes farther south. Try IH-40 from Memphis to Little Rock, that’s an amazingly high level of stupidity on display.
Florida is the worst as a state.
What’s the most fun on the radio is remind the tailgaters (under a football field in separation; barely half the stop distance) is how sad we feel they never had a father. Just a baby daddy. Who didn’t like them.
Don’t care bout their own lives. Care not at all about screwing up the road for everyone else, either.
You’ll note that next to NO ONE exercises the courtesy to get another man around them as soon as can be done. What the American Road was like from the 1960s thru the 1980s. Faded, and disappeared.
Cooperation is what’s missing.
And, given that you set cruise at the upper limit, I’d guess you’re part of the problem. (Anyone reading this).
Indiana has enough traffic that’s not a viable speed.
Traffic volume dictates cruise speed as SEPARATION DISTANCE is the measure. Avoiding
ever having other vehicles directly ahead, athwart or astern (your loaded vehicles total emergency stopping distance; you tested that, right?) is a game that’s not hard to play.
Even more important in a pickup. Rollover prone. Bad highway choice unless it’s at work per design.
Stay below the flow. Manage others around you fastest. Use of mirrors will be new to many/most of you.
Think I’m full of it? Run your average mph going faster or slower on different days. Record lane changes. Record accel & decel events. Record separation violations (football field).
Average won’t change much E of the Big River. But risk drops like a stone, and fatigue is greatly lessened. Time saved under 300-miles is a joke. (Physical fatigue is not the measure.)
The ideal run is no lane changes, no accel or decel events except beginning & ending of that trip leg.
The stupids haven’t a clue of what to do any thing goes wrong. Being trapped near them is an equivalent level of stupid
Someone pulls the plug on all the traffic (airbag recall install of software kill switch command) you’ll wish you were far, far, away from the others. For those last few seconds.
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