ATA wants to have governors in all trucks- 68 mph limit!

[P Jug Joe]

These law makers are trying to justify their jobs by constantly passing new laws. The ATA isn't making the laws, but they're asking for more laws. But you listen to the news and there's always some law to restrict our freedoms being debated.

If you read the petition, you see that they don't have any real justification for their "beliefs" that limiting trucks to 68 will make the highway safer. Like the editorial in the first post says:

The ATA’s petition to the DOT, NHTSA and FMCSA justified their demand to require governors on trucks by stating that they believe it is necessary to reduce the number and severity of crashes involving large trucks. In their petition, the ATA admits that “many truck-involved crashes in which speed was cited as a factor do not involve speeds in excess of 68 mph.” They also admit that in about half the cases they studied that involved fatalities, the speeds of the truck driver were not recorded. The studies they cite say that speed was a factor in many accidents- but don’t go on to indicate how much of a factor. Begging the question, “if the driver of the large truck had been going 5 miles per hour slower, would the crash have been avoided or been significantly less severe?” And what about the speeds of smaller trucks and cars? Its seems they’ve come up with an unduly strict restriction based on beliefs, assumptions and incomplete data.

It's BS.

[One]

False assumptions and incomplete data is not good enough! You cant make a law based on that! :evil: