so driving home from work last night, I notice in my mirror that there’s a Krispy Kreme truck behind me. my cruise is set at 74mph (which isn’t that much over the speed limit I was in. shush. I’m sure you do your share of driving ‘just over’ the limit too.) anywho, slowly I notice that said KK truck is passing me. it gets in front of me. I read one of the little caution blurbs on it’s back - “Caution. This vehicle’s maximum speed is 62mph.”
first off, why such an odd top speed? 62? what’s up with that? designed to be the vehicle that just can’t quite make the speed limit and tick off the rest of the world driving at 65 or slightly faster?
second off, if it’s max speed is 62, why is it passing me, instead of spontaneously combusting from the excessive speed?
I just don’t get it.
(and have decided I really need a camera in my car for moments such as this.)
Always carry your camera! Because life is just too weird…
I would’ve laughed myself silly at that truck’s sign… I do know that my speedometer reads about 4-5mph faster than I’m going, based on those speed checking thingamabops.
A lot of trucking companies put a regulator on their trucks to keep them from going over a certain speed. This is intended to cut down on fuel costs and improve safety. I’m guessing that maybe the last time the Krispy Kreme truck was in for maintenance, the driver slipped the mechanic a 20 to turn the regulator off so he could zoom.
Hey whadda ya know, I actually learned something from my dad’s trucking career!
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