Comment by yabones
1 day ago
Maybe they should give the trucks a "turbo boost" button that lets them increase speed by something like 5 KM/hr for 120s every 30 minutes. Just enough to allow truck drivers to pass now and then without causing these types of log-jams on the highways, without causing safety problems. I'm sure there's a more correct combination of speeds and times than this.
Sort of like the silly "boost buttons" on the Honda CR-Z [1] or the Elantra N [2], but just lifting the speed limiter for a bit...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CR-Z#Powertrain
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Elantra#Elantra_N/Avan...
The incentive for the drivers would be to press the button every 30min, regardless of actual overtaking need. And when overtaking has to be done, the button would probably be in cooldown, solving nothing.