Do trucks should drive on the right lane? (unless overtaking if allowed)

[Stefandreus]

There are some rules for this?
i mean in all kinds of roads, highway, motorway (that should be the opposite i guess), normal roads...
the trucks, so myself in practice..., should i drive on the right side and using the left lane only for overtaking right?
(on a sidenote, is overtaking allowed with trucks)?
just for a bit of realism on the road :)
thanks

[Wolfpig]

In Most countries the law says that you need to use the right hand lane (if possible) regardless of vehicle. (exceptions apply)
So yes, you should use the rightmost lane at all times.

Depending on the roads there might be extra signs for trucks which forbid overtaking (i dont think there are ones in the game), but usually it is allowed to overtake (even if that annoys a lot of people)

[Rivaldman]

Yes, the way trucks are required to drive on the right lane also restricts them from overtaking in certain road sections of limited length. But I don't think you can find which road sections allow you to overtake or not. So you may want to adopt extra rules for yourself as to when you can overtake.

If you really want to dig into realism (driving on the right lane), I suggest you never raise the traffic value or you might curse a lot throughout the journey XD

[Stefandreus]

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

In Most countries the law says that you need to use the right hand lane (if possible) regardless of vehicle. (exceptions apply)
So yes, you should use the rightmost lane at all times.

Depending on the roads there might be extra signs for trucks which forbid overtaking (i dont think there are ones in the game), but usually it is allowed to overtake (even if that annoys a lot of people)

thanks, do you know (sorry for going on a tangent) if driving in UK with a left-drive truck (i believe it's called in this way, with the wheel on the left) is allowed? and viceversa?
from what i understood it's not illegal for vehicles, but for trucks i don't know
it should be more "appropriate" for the driving side, since you drive on the left...etc.
but strangely i can adapt to drive to the left (at least in the game XD) but driving with the wheel on the right is more weird.
btw i'm from a right-drive country, so..if you're from UK idk how laws apply in both sides
usually i always left the truck with the wheel on the left, i mean if you like roleplay and you want only do jobs in UK, you can use a right-drive truck, but it's hilarious to change all the cab everytime you go in UK
now i don't even know how it works after brexit and stuff you know...
thanks again

[Wolfpig]

Originally posted by Stefandreus:

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

In Most countries the law says that you need to use the right hand lane (if possible) regardless of vehicle. (exceptions apply)
So yes, you should use the rightmost lane at all times.

Depending on the roads there might be extra signs for trucks which forbid overtaking (i dont think there are ones in the game), but usually it is allowed to overtake (even if that annoys a lot of people)

thanks, do you know (sorry for going on a tangent) if driving in UK with a left-drive truck (i believe it's called in this way, with the wheel on the left) is allowed? and viceversa?

That is perfectly fine.
If that would not be allowed then truckers which transfer over in to the uk/out of it would need to change trucks in the other country or had to transfer the trailer to a different company on the other side.....both things which would not be practical.

The only reason why driver seats are switched is because sometime in the past it apparently was seen as safer when the driver can see the middle of the road (aka where the lanes meet)....at least that it the only reason i could think of.

[Stefandreus]

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

Originally posted by Stefandreus:

thanks, do you know (sorry for going on a tangent) if driving in UK with a left-drive truck (i believe it's called in this way, with the wheel on the left) is allowed? and viceversa?

That is perfectly fine.
If that would not be allowed then truckers which transfer over in to the uk/out of it would need to change trucks in the other country or had to transfer the trailer to a different company on the other side.....both things which would not be practical.

The only reason why driver seats are switched is because sometime in the past it apparently was seen as safer when the driver can see the middle of the road (aka where the lanes meet)....at least that it the only reason i could think of.

well if the driver seats are switched you have the mirror that point behind you, so if someone overtake you see him, because if the drive is on the left, people overtakes on the right and viceversa
i can think of this as a simple reason
you can still see someone overtakes on the right (in UK) with seat on the left, but it's more impractical, because the mirror is on the other side of the cab

[Briannospam]

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

Depending on the roads there might be extra signs for trucks which forbid overtaking (i dont think there are ones in the game), but usually it is allowed to overtake (even if that annoys a lot of people)

In the game, there is a place on one of the German autobahns, where there are signs with a mandatory crawl lane (max 60 km/h) for trucks, which is really the same as saying that here trucks are not allowed to overtake.
However: You don't get a fine if you ignore these signs and drive faster. and choose lanes other than the crawl lane. :(

In the game, there are also special truck lanes at some of the border crossings, and here you have to use these lanes as, for various reasons, you cannot possibly use the lanes for passenger cars

[Stefandreus]

Originally posted by Briannospam:

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

Depending on the roads there might be extra signs for trucks which forbid overtaking (i dont think there are ones in the game), but usually it is allowed to overtake (even if that annoys a lot of people)

In the game, there is a place on one of the German autobahns, where there are signs with a mandatory crawl lane (max 60 km/h) for trucks, which is really the same as saying that here trucks are not allowed to overtake.
However: You don't get a fine if you ignore these signs and drive faster. and choose lanes other than the crawl lane. :(

In the game, there are also special truck lanes at some of the border crossings, and here you have to use these lanes as, for various reasons, you cannot possibly use the lanes for passenger cars

thank you very much!
since you seem an expert on this game and you provided me a lot of useful informations, please forgive me but i have two "small" questions
i don't remember if i mentioned it in the "damage" post, but if not on trucks, at least tyres shows signs of wear? maybe it's just me but it seems that one tyre when i had the truck very damaged was like "deflated"...and this affects fuel consumption? or not at all?
the other thing is...what is adblue? an "emergency fuel"?
on fuel tanks of 750lt it doesn't appears.
mostly is on 4x2 trucks
thank you again.

[Joe__Walker]

In germany we call overtaken from trucks "Elefantenrennen" you have 45 second for overtaking, if you need more time you have to pay 80 € and became 1 point. If you have 8 points you are loosing yor driverlicence in irl.

[Briannospam]

There is no visible damage to the truck, not even to the tires, so it must have been something you imagined to have seen. :)
But without being completely sure, I think that tires with a lot of damage can have a negative influence on the road grip, especially in rainy weather, which will also be realistic... I have felt something like that myself a few times.

Apropos: Regarding grip, it makes a difference which type of tire you use!
Pay attention to the tire's letter grades: A,B,C,D, etc.: A is better than B, Ber better than C, etc...
Michelin (DLC) and Goodyear (DLC) both have better tires than the base game standard tires.

You can read here about Adblue (Change the language on the page yourself if necessary):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_exhaust_fluid

[Stefandreus]

Originally posted by Briannospam:

There is no visible damage to the truck, not even to the tires, so it must have been something you imagined to have seen. :)
But without being completely sure, I think that tires with a lot of damage can have a negative influence on the road grip, especially in rainy weather, which will also be realistic... I have felt something like that myself a few times.

Apropos: Regarding grip, it makes a difference which type of tire you use!
Pay attention to the tire's letter grades: A,B,C,D, etc.: A is better than B, Ber better than C, etc...
Michelin (DLC) and Goodyear (DLC) both have better tires than the base game standard tires.

You can read here about Adblue (Change the language on the page yourself if necessary):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_exhaust_fluid

thank you very much
i forgot about IA behavior response...usually in italy if someone want to overtake there's the habitude (at least, it's not mandatory) to do a small blink with the headlights, basically to tell the person in front that you want to overtake...
anyway i noticed that in ETS when you have full headlights, people blink at you (i don't know if something is changed in update, but would be realistic, sometimes this behaviour is annoying and dangerous so you blink the person in front, coming from the opposite direction to turn off the headlights); now, since this is in game, it works even in the opposite way? does ai traffic respond to blink to them?
anyway sorry for the other question and thank you again

[Briannospam]

Originally posted by Stefandreus:

i forgot about IA behavior response...usually in italy if someone want to overtake there's the habitude (at least, it's not mandatory) to do a small blink with the headlights, basically to tell the person in front that you want to overtake...

It was also used in the past on ordinary roads (not on the motorway) here in Denmark, we called it overtaking blinkers.
But a few years ago there was a new rule that you now have to use your turn signals when changing lanes.
- and in the new modern cars with lane assistant, you are almost forced to use the turn signals to change lanes, as otherwise the car itself will protest against you changing lanes.

Originally posted by Stefandreus:

anyway i noticed that in ETS when you have full headlights, people blink at you (i don't know if something is changed in update, but would be realistic, sometimes this behaviour is annoying and dangerous so you blink the person in front, coming from the opposite direction to turn off the headlights); now, since this is in game, it works even in the opposite way? does ai traffic respond to blink to them?
anyway sorry for the other question and thank you again

It's a realism thing, when the cars in the game blink at you with high beam, it's because you dazzle them when you drive with high beam, they therefore want you to switch to low beam.

Asking for advice and guidance is both a good, easy and quick way to learn things about the game that you can otherwise take a very long time to learn the hard way by making your own (sometimes expensively bought) experiences.

[Stefandreus]

Originally posted by Briannospam:

Originally posted by Stefandreus:

i forgot about IA behavior response...usually in italy if someone want to overtake there's the habitude (at least, it's not mandatory) to do a small blink with the headlights, basically to tell the person in front that you want to overtake...

It was also used in the past on ordinary roads (not on the motorway) here in Denmark, we called it overtaking blinkers.
But a few years ago there was a new rule that you now have to use your turn signals when changing lanes.
- and in the new modern cars with lane assistant, you are almost forced to use the turn signals to change lanes, as otherwise the car itself will protest against you changing lanes.

Originally posted by Stefandreus:

anyway i noticed that in ETS when you have full headlights, people blink at you (i don't know if something is changed in update, but would be realistic, sometimes this behaviour is annoying and dangerous so you blink the person in front, coming from the opposite direction to turn off the headlights); now, since this is in game, it works even in the opposite way? does ai traffic respond to blink to them?
anyway sorry for the other question and thank you again

It's a realism thing, when the cars in the game blink at you with high beam, it's because you dazzle them when you drive with high beam, they therefore want you to switch to low beam.

Asking for advice and guidance is both a good, easy and quick way to learn things about the game that you can otherwise take a very long time to learn the hard way by making your own (sometimes expensively bought) experiences.

yes, it's cool that cars blink at you when you have the high beams!
anyway, it work also in the opposite way? like, they have the headlights, and if you blink to them, they turn to the low beams?
thanks again.

[Briannospam]

I have yet to see the game's ai run with highbeam (just flash it)
In fact, I would like the AI's to drive with high beam when I drive behind them in the dark on the small unlit roads.

[Stefandreus]

Originally posted by Briannospam:

I have yet to see the game's ai run with highbeam (just flash it)
In fact, I would like the AI's to drive with high beam when I drive behind them in the dark on the small unlit roads.

well i noticed when i was playing before, that in morning i blink to a truck on the opposite direction and it "seemed" that he lowered the beams.
now it could be a coincidence or some effect of light, but still...
on vehicles with highbeams at night absolutely, it seems they never use them

[🦊 Hermit]

Haven't read the full thread so don't know if it's been mentioned already, but in case it hasn't - Irl in the UK we have a law that trucks are not allowed to use the third lane of a motorway, only the first two. So while you can overtake in a truck, you are only allowed to do it if you are in those two lanes.

Also, undertaking (passing on the wrong side) is not technically illegal, but the police take a dim view of it since people are not expecting you to approach from that side, so you could potentially be prosecuted for dangerous driving. That's why middle-lane-hoggers are such a big point of contention here, especially when truckers are concerned, because if someone sits in the middle lane trundling along at way below the limit, a trucker legally can't use the third lane to overtake them and must either sit behind them or dubiously undertake.

Of course the game does not simulate these elements, so you won't get in trouble for them while playing. But I try to stick to them anyways as an added realism factor.