Hi, Guest
Truck lanes would have to vary across the 400-series highways, and that would get confusing for the less-than-intelligent raft of drivers who can't read half of the restriction road signs anyways.
For instance, the overpasses on Hwy. 400 vary so much in height due to settling of older foundations, they force rigs to run the center lane for over 40KMs. This creates problems as the grandma brigades run 95 in the outside lane, and the Mario Andretti fan club does 130+ in the inside.
Where does that leave me, you, and everyone else? Fighting for space on the road.
What would dedicated truck lanes do? If they strive for commonality across Ontario, that places trucks in the center lane... which is against everyone else's setup of the outside lane. How do they fix the 400? New overpasses where they don't meet the required height to run the trucks on the outside lane.
Ick.
For instance, the overpasses on Hwy. 400 vary so much in height due to settling of older foundations, they force rigs to run the center lane for over 40KMs. This creates problems as the grandma brigades run 95 in the outside lane, and the Mario Andretti fan club does 130+ in the inside.
Where does that leave me, you, and everyone else? Fighting for space on the road.
What would dedicated truck lanes do? If they strive for commonality across Ontario, that places trucks in the center lane... which is against everyone else's setup of the outside lane. How do they fix the 400? New overpasses where they don't meet the required height to run the trucks on the outside lane.
Ick.
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33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.