No SPEED LIMITS for trucks in CA???????
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06-07-2008, 12:17 PM
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No SPEED LIMITS for trucks in CA???????
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06-07-2008, 03:15 PM
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I would be willing to bet if anyone tried they would lose since the split speed limit law does not say at what rate a travel a person can go at maximum but rather the rate of travel an object is allowed to go.
If a person was able to run 100 miles per hour there would be nothing they could do about it. :wink:
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06-07-2008, 04:25 PM
Actually, as a legal precedent goes.... this question is not so far off!
Couple that with the fact that (as I understand it) California is under pressure to "close the gap" between truck speeds and POV speeds OR lose major amounts of Federal funding for their highways..... And one MIGHT have a case! I don't have a link to support the "rumor" I have heard, but I believe it is possibly true. Now.... whether that means that Cali will RAISE the truck speed limit... or LOWER the POV limit, I'm not sure! However... IF they have received such notification from the Federal government, and are dragging their feet on implementing such a change... it would be quite possible to defeat a speeding ticket based on the failure of the State to "act in good faith" concerning a Federal "directive." A good lawyer could at least secure a "prayer for judgement continued" in such a case, pending the State's decision and reaction to the Federal stipulation. (IF it is true.) Anyone ELSE hear about this "requirement" that Cali close the gap or lose federal monies?
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06-07-2008, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Uturn2001
I would be willing to bet if anyone tried they would lose since the split speed limit law does not say at what rate a travel a person can go at maximum but rather the rate of travel an object is allowed to go.
If a person was able to run 100 miles per hour there would be nothing they could do about it. :wink: I don't believe you could make it cover weight or logbook, but maybe the "BRIDGE LAW".... And, the "IDLE LAW".... :lol: :lol: :lol: It was a thought... I'm not a lawyer.... :arrow:
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#7
06-08-2008, 12:21 AM
I've seen arguments of this nature before, and from what I remember, the term "group" only applied to race, sex, or sexual orientation.
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06-08-2008, 05:56 AM
Unless you can prove that a truck is a race, religion, belief or age, you would lose this one!! Made me laugh though, I just hope the post was a joke and he really wasn't serious, anyone with that little common sense doesn't need to be driving an 80,000 pound vehicle!
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06-24-2008, 05:11 AM
Originally Posted by thebaldeagle655
Unless you can prove that a truck is a race, religion, belief or age, you would lose this one!! Made me laugh though, I just hope the post was a joke and he really wasn't serious, anyone with that little common sense doesn't need to be driving an 80,000 pound vehicle!
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06-24-2008, 07:16 AM
Originally Posted by thebaldeagle655
anyone with that little common sense doesn't need to be driving an 80,000 pound vehicle!
Talk about a driver shortage........ :roll:
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