I drove about 1 hour in my motorhome to get to an RV park, and for the first time ever, I
was passing the truckers instead of them passing me. Normally they wiz by me when I
drive 70 MPH. I assume that they are driving more conservatively because of the high cost
of diesel.

Last week, my coach needed roughly 50 gallons of diesel to fill it. I had a 1/2 tank to
start, and putting in $300.00 worth of fuel almost brought it to full. I drove it to Naples
and back to Tampa, which brought it down to a little over half tank. Yesterday I had to put
another $300.00 in it to again bring it to almost a full tank.

I can see why the truckers are slowing down. If I had to put in $600 worth of fuel in just
one week, I hate to imaging what they are spending.

Mike Dippel

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Re: Truckers
By: Mike Dippel to All on Thu May 05 2022 07:54 pm

I drove about 1 hour in my motorhome to get to an RV park, and for the first time ever, I was passing the truckers instead of them passing me. Normally they wiz by me when I drive 70 MPH. I assume that they are driving more conservatively because of the high cost of diesel.

I can understand why truckers would want to drive fast, but normally where I am, the highways sometimes post a lower speed limit specifically for truckers.

Nightfox
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On 05 May 2022, Nightfox said the following...

I can understand why truckers would want to drive fast, but normally
where I am, the highways sometimes post a lower speed limit specifically for truckers.

Nightfox

Support your Trains! :D

If truckers only dealt in local then you wouldn't have these issues where their paid by the mile.

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claw wrote to Nightfox <=-

On 05 May 2022, Nightfox said the following...

I can understand why truckers would want to drive fast, but normally
where I am, the highways sometimes post a lower speed limit specifically for truckers.

Support your Trains! :D

If truckers only dealt in local then you wouldn't have these issues
where their paid by the mile.

+1. There have been times here in the states where it seems like the politicians favor the trucking industry although I have not noticed it so
much lately.


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