Unfortunately it’s because the trucks are set at a maximum speed (65-75) and we have to be somewhere “yesterday”, because someone in an office planed using google maps that estimates travel times based on what a car can do. Also weight is a factor which is why trucks can slow way down on an uphill and get faster on the downhill. And we need every mph we can squeeze out of a 5-8-11 hour trip because our bosses demand it.

Which is why, screen name aside, I’m not doing it anymore.