slowmover
Active Member
Nice report!
Family is the best example. It’s not hard to get separated. A well-plotted Trip Plan is always needed, solo, or in convoy (stops pre-determined per miles & time), so Radio is that last moment change one can make where otherwise we scrupulously avoid that type decision.
It’s difficult to convey to other truck drivers how much their efficiency can go up with a HP radio.
This isn’t for the boss, but for them.
When one has choices and has learned from experience what works . . .
. . . there’s no going back.
If I want to re-route and go around, I often can.
If I want to avoid the sheeple herd being re-routed per G-Maps, etc, I almost always can.
If I want to avoid being a sitting duck on a road with no exit across shoulder or median, I can (given I understand my routing beforehand; a solid trip plan).
— That last one is that a long trip can have choke points. “One route to X”. I can pull off to inquire ahead of time how it looks up ahead. Extra time (wait) or a re-route that’s longer is the solution (use of HOS clock).
The goal in every mile is the same: Maximum Vehicle Separation. A quarter-mile is about right.
This saves driver energy, fuel, tires & brakes.
And when it’s time to re-route one has the reserves in all ways.
For the vacationer and family man it’s nearly the same. One can’t make time by traveling faster. Traffic Volume is king. Increasing risk with collapsed space isn’t an answer. It’s always in avoiding situations which become monkey-skill reaction tests (which isn’t “skill”, per se).
HP Citizen Band is that we co-operate with others of our kind. Get the radio rig and develop the use of tools (maps, compass, clock = predictive power in a Trip Plan per planned stops) to reap the benefits.
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Family is the best example. It’s not hard to get separated. A well-plotted Trip Plan is always needed, solo, or in convoy (stops pre-determined per miles & time), so Radio is that last moment change one can make where otherwise we scrupulously avoid that type decision.
It’s difficult to convey to other truck drivers how much their efficiency can go up with a HP radio.
This isn’t for the boss, but for them.
When one has choices and has learned from experience what works . . .
. . . there’s no going back.
If I want to re-route and go around, I often can.
If I want to avoid the sheeple herd being re-routed per G-Maps, etc, I almost always can.
If I want to avoid being a sitting duck on a road with no exit across shoulder or median, I can (given I understand my routing beforehand; a solid trip plan).
— That last one is that a long trip can have choke points. “One route to X”. I can pull off to inquire ahead of time how it looks up ahead. Extra time (wait) or a re-route that’s longer is the solution (use of HOS clock).
The goal in every mile is the same: Maximum Vehicle Separation. A quarter-mile is about right.
This saves driver energy, fuel, tires & brakes.
And when it’s time to re-route one has the reserves in all ways.
For the vacationer and family man it’s nearly the same. One can’t make time by traveling faster. Traffic Volume is king. Increasing risk with collapsed space isn’t an answer. It’s always in avoiding situations which become monkey-skill reaction tests (which isn’t “skill”, per se).
HP Citizen Band is that we co-operate with others of our kind. Get the radio rig and develop the use of tools (maps, compass, clock = predictive power in a Trip Plan per planned stops) to reap the benefits.
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