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    From Mike Dippel@21:4/176 to All on Thu May 5 19:54:56 2022
    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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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Mike Dippel on Thu May 5 19:10:06 2022
    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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  • From claw@21:1/210 to Nightfox on Fri May 6 07:42:34 2022
    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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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to claw on Fri May 6 12:45:34 2022
    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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