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GMAN · Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 9282 Location: Tennessee

Carriers, Road Safe, File Speed Limiter Petition With FMCSA

Truckload carrier Schneider National and travel safety group Road Safe America last week filed a petition with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to require electronic speed governors to be set at no more than 68 miles per hour, Schneider said Monday.

The petition, which Schneider and Road Safe filed last Monday, was also signed by eight other motor carriers, including J.B. Hunt Transportation, CR England, Covenant Transportation and Dart Transit Co.

The speed limiter requirement would affect class seven and eight truck manufactured after 1990, Schneider said in a statement.

marcel27208 · Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 782

what kind of crap is that...... that would be required on ALL trucks???? who pays for these things???

Deus · Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 343

Sounds to me like they are jealous of outfits that can run faster than them so they're trying to screw everyone equally.

ironeagle2006 · Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 865

Look who filed the it the big companies who already say no faster than 65 for the most part already. I for one do hated a limted truck all it created was a rolling road block on the highway.

Uturn2001 · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:

This whole bit is also supported by the ATA, TCA, and a few other organizations.

IMHO it has nothing to do with safety. It only has to do with money. Slower trucks would generally mean less fuel used, and it would also mean the need for more trucks and the justification to bring in foreign drivers at a sub-standard wage (as defined by pay lower than they can get American drivers for).

Hat Rak · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 275 Location: Nashvegas, Tenn

How lame! What the big pumpkin fails to realize is that "restrictor plate trucking" leads to big clumps of trucks out on the highway, all of whom would then become incapable of passing one another... how is this safer?

marcel27208 · Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 782

Restrictor plate trucking..... LOL :D

Fozzy · Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 2460

I'd prefer seeing OBR's required...

One · Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 950 Location: Alabama

I think governing all trucks to the same speed is dangerous. people tend to go through turns faster, driver faster in the city and not let off the throttle till they are feet from the truck infront if they cannot overtake. Then you have 'the wildcards' (4wheeler) getting impatient and squeezing through spaces they shouldnt...how to stop them from doing that??? Can they at least make some laws requiring you to maintain a certain distance to the vehicle youre cutting off? How about teaching the general populus how to deal with big trucks??? :evil:

Windwalker · Joined: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 2769 Location: Holiday, FL

When they tell me I have to govern my truck to that, I'll govern it, all right. I'll PARK IT. When I drove a truck governed at 65, I had far more chances to KILL people than at any other time in my career. Safety is a "driver's call". I will not drive a truck that I feel is unsafe on the hiway. I don't care if I'm sweeping floors, flipping hambergers, or serving pizza. Been there, done that, and I will not do it again.

dipstick · Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 89

Windwalker wrote: When they tell me I have to govern my truck to that, I'll govern it, all right. I'll PARK IT. When I drove a truck governed at 65, I had far more chances to KILL people than at any other time in my career. Safety is a "driver's call". I will not drive a truck that I feel is unsafe on the hiway. I don't care if I'm sweeping floors, flipping hambergers, or serving pizza. Been there, done that, and I will not do it again.

Come on , tell us how you really feel about this issue.

Fozzy · Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 2460

Speed is always the answer..... :roll:

PhuzzyGnu · Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 285 Location: Planet Houston

Damn, the Truck Races are bad enough on the road with trucks governed anywhere from 62-70. I can't imagine life on the road with EVERY truck going the same speed.

-p.

yoopr · Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 12866

PhuzzyGnu wrote: Damn, the Truck Races are bad enough on the road with trucks governed anywhere from 62-70. I can't imagine life on the road with EVERY truck going the same speed.

-p.

One LONG ass Convoy :P

GMAN · Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 9282 Location: Tennessee

Fozzy wrote: I'd prefer seeing OBR's required...

Fozzy, we have had on-board recorders for years. All you need do is connect to the CPU and it will tell you everything you need to know about the truck, including how fast it has been driven.

I spoke to someone at the ATA a few days ago about this. According to this individual, the ATA hasn't made a final decision as to whether they are recommending this or not. According to what I was told, it is these few carriers who have filed the petition on their own. If you don't want it to proceed, I suggest that you write individual letters to those making these decisions. You may also want to drop a letter to the carriers themselves and let them know how you feel about working for a carrier who has speed limiters on their trucks. It only takes about 5 minutes to govern a truck with a computer. I see no problem with these carrier's governing their own trucks. I do have a problem with them telling me and every other carrier and owner operator how they should run their business.

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