– Why do HGV/Semi trucks feel the need to overtake each other when they’re cruising at a very similar speed?
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Ex trucker: Governor/speed limiter means top speed is X. Drivers just hold the pedal to the floor, as that is easiest. Trying to adjust your foot to go 1mph slower, and stay there is a PITA.
Add in that each truck travels up and down hills differently due to weight, and power of the engine. So Truck A might climb hills better than Truck B, but if B weighs more it will often go faster down hill. I had times when me and another truck passed each other 5-10 times over the course of a night due to how we handled hills.
I was driving a truck governed to 57.5mph back when the highways went back up to 70mph… Didn’t mean a thing to most of the fleet trucks on the road, as we couldn’t go faster anyway.
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