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Big Rig
By: BILL POGUE
Big Rig is a program which simulates the problems facing a long-haul
truck driver. Ideally, you can make a good living hauling freight
coast-to-coast without exceeding the legal load limit. If all goes
well, you can obey speed limits and stop each night for eight hours
sleep and still make the time schedule. On a good trip you will be able
to earn well over $1,000.00. However, even the best driver's run into
occasional streaks of bad luck and may barely break even.
Bad weather, road conditions or a flat tire can place you behind
schedule and eat up your profits. You may try to increase your profits
by skimping on sleep, driving fast, or carrying an overweight load.
However, pushing too hard raises the risk of a traffic accident, and you
will be fined if you are caught breaking the law.
Your Truck:
You are driving an 18-wheel tractor-trailer combination that can hold
50,000 pounds of cargo (10,000 pounds more than the legal l7limit). You
are buying your truck through a bank loan that requires a payment of
$1,995.00 per month, or $85.00 for each working day. This amount
includes reserves for taxes and insurance. Your truck has a 200-gallon
fuel tank and gets 4.5 miles per x8gallon of diesel fuel. Your milage
decreases when you drives faster or slower than 55 miles per hour. Your
fuel guage is accurate to within five gallons and your speedometer is
accurate to within three miles per hour.
Accidents:
It is extremely unlikely that you will be involved in a traffic accident
in good weather. The danger increases dramatically if you drive at a
excessive rate of speed, fail to slow down in fog or blizzard, or
continue driving after you have become fatigued. An exhausted driver
speeding through a snow storm is asking for trouble. There is always
the danger of losing time due to a flat tire. This danger can be
reduced by purchasing retreads or more expensive tires before you start
your trip, and by promptly replacing your spare tire after a flat.
Speeding:
The speed limit is 55 miles per hour unless otherwise posted.
Generally, Smokey will allow some leeway before pulling you over, but
the faster you go the more likely you are to attract his attention.
There are also a couple of places along the way where a radar may be in
operation with strict enforcement. Whenever you get a traffic ticket,
you lose time as you wait to pay your fine at the Justice of the Peace.
If you recieve more than three tickets, you lose your Interstate
Commerce Commission driver's license.
Truck Stops:
Every three or four hours you will approach a truck stop. Each stop
will take at least one hour while you get coffee, fuel and a spare tire
if necessary. The price of diesel fuel and tires will vary
unpredictably, but diesel fuel will average about per gallon. Truck
stops are also the only places where you can sleep. You may choose when
to sleep, but, if you attempt to sleep duringe the day, you will be
disturbed by traffic noise.
For more instructions, run the program. Public Brand Software