Highways in Canada

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by bartolo

I remember once driving through Quebec I was being followed by a transport doing 130-140kmh. I looked up the law it only applied to trucks that were built after 1994.

It was around that time that the engine computers came along that could easily program the maximum speed. Amazing the different settings they can have now. Put the truck on cruise control and the maximum speed can be set to be different than if you just use the fuel pedal. Truck turns off after idling for so many minutes. Can also set it so the truck doesn't turn off if the outside temperature is below or above a certain point. Heck, the trucks my company has came from the factory with a "driver bonus" programmed into it. 100 was the set maximum speed. However, if the driver was good to the truck, meaning, didn't over rev the engine, or idle it too long, then it would gradually step the speed up to 105. The company wasn't too long in changing that to just let them go 105 lol.