Reply #189: So true, its safer to go the same speed as everyone else... [View All]

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Wheather they'r going 15mph over the limit or not. I mean come on, who does the speed limit on a freeway anyways?? Nobody! You should here all the complaints my brother has about the drivers in Hamton Roads VA. My brother has to deal with people who cut him off, stop suddenly, stay in his blind spots. And then his favorite, the ones that pass him, merge into his lane and slow to a lower speed. He had a little incident where some lady parked her car in front of the truck, in his blind spot which is the right side corner of the truck. Because of his small stature he cant see good in that area at all. He knew about the car being their and after some time he though she had left by then, so when he started pulling forward ended up bumping into the car. It caused quite a big of damage to the car but not the truck. He was given 3 days of unpaid vacation, and told that if he ever gets into another accidend, they will fire him.

He's not exactly paid by the mile, but by the job. But in a way the pay is determined by how far he has to drive. He cant really go all that fast in the truck anyways cause the company has them outfitted with speed governers that limit it to 65mph or less. They also have GPS devices to let the people in charge know what the driver has been doing. The company he works for BTW is Eagle, delevering fuel to gas stations. The company pays for the gas used in the trucks, not the driver.