In the UK at least, this is thanks to speed limiters. When I used to drive semis many years ago you could get your foot down a little to pass another truck, we all used to drive 100kmh(roughly 62mph), then came speed limiters making things way more frustrating and dangerous!. I left at the point they limited to 56mph, I know there were plans in UK to drop speeds to 53mph, don't know if that ever got through though. Standards of driving are well below what they once were in heavy trucks, many think or at least drive like they're in a car nowadays, they seem to forget about the overall length of their combination.
In the UK at least, this is thanks to speed limiters. When I used to drive semis many years ago you could get your foot down a little to pass another truck, we all used to drive 100kmh(roughly 62mph), then came speed limiters making things way more frustrating and dangerous!.
I left at the point they limited to 56mph, I know there were plans in UK to drop speeds to 53mph, don't know if that ever got through though. Standards of driving are well below what they once were in heavy trucks, many think or at least drive like they're in a car nowadays, they seem to forget about the overall length of their combination.
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