We also have them here in Brownbackistan, but we call them truck races. This
is the result of trucking companies, likely pressured by insurance
companies, that equip their trucks with governors, generally set in the
55-65 range. the guy in the fast lane likely has his foot all the way down,
to no avail.
> Here in the People's Republic of Iowa, traffic usually zips along well
> on the Interstates, but we have this problem with truck drivers
> (18-wheelers, not Bubbamobiles) doing a rolling blockade. Some idiot
> decides that he's going to pass the other truck and then gets a phone
> call or something and ends up just cruise-controlling it at 50-65
> where the legal speed is 70 and the effective speed is 75.
>
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