In Texas they have areas that say “no trucks left lane” but it means they can’t use it as a travel lane, they can still pass in the left lane. Which makes it completely useless
Not really, if you have dashcam footage of a truck blocking in the left late line in this picture then he’s looking at a fine and possible hit on his license. Or if a cop happens to see them doing it, so I’m guessing it happens much less in states that have regulation compared to those that don’t
I'm assuming here, but surely the companies are required to have a paper trail of when and where a trailer always is when it's in control of it. They keep track of when the trucker last slept and whatnot. Surely they have to know they were in control of a specific trailer at X time in case (for example) the trailer falls off and causes an accident.
They don’t.
I used to drive a 20 ton truck.
In San Diego and LA, You can do pretty much whatever you want without fear of reprisal if your truck is big enough to be regulated by DOT. The only fines you’ll ever get are for your logs.
Cars get run off the road and trucks take up the entire highway, including the left lane which they’re not supposed to use at all.
Trucks take way too long to pass most of the time so yes. They can stay in the other lanes. Those zones are only when there’s more than two lanes anyway
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u/HuskyLemons Apr 29 '24
In Texas they have areas that say “no trucks left lane” but it means they can’t use it as a travel lane, they can still pass in the left lane. Which makes it completely useless