Ohio one step closer to 65mph.
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03-25-2009, 04:35 AM
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Ohio one step closer to 65mph.
"The Senate accelerated a push for a uniform speed limit in Ohio by approving an increase in the speed limit for truckers on Ohio's interstates from 55 to 65 miles an hour. "
Ohio Senate approves speed-limit increase for truckers on interstates - Cleveland.com
#2
03-25-2009, 06:54 AM
Davis said truckers generally try to drive faster than the speed limit, which can lead to accidents.
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#3
03-25-2009, 07:25 AM
If this passes I would expect them to enforce the speed limit exactly. Ohio troopers get a percentage of all tickets written into a retirement fund, as I recall. This increase will likely eat into their retirement money.
#4
03-25-2009, 10:27 AM
Farther into the article he was also brilliant with this statement;
Davis said truckers know they save fuel by driving slower but think it is safer to travel the same speed as cars.
He said accidents happen when cars that pass trucks cut in front of them too soon or approach trucks too fast and run into the back of them. And finally there was this gem!
The highway patrol disagrees that a uniform speed is safer. Officials there have said the faster a truck goes, the longer it takes to stop, and faster trucks do more damage in a collision.
I thought Ohio was smarter than that. Guess not.
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03-25-2009, 03:36 PM
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I'll believe it when I see it. I drive 300 miles on I-75 on a daily basis mon through friday. That would be a nice change.
#7
03-26-2009, 02:26 AM
Maybe now that Gov. Blago is out we might have a chance, it's passed twice in IL only to be vetoed by that crook.
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#8
03-26-2009, 08:28 AM
Where in the world did you hear that GMAN? My wife's neighbor in Ohio is a Statie and he laughed holy heck when I asked him about that. He said he'd have to look into that and if it was true he was going to give up his accident investigator duties and go back to working the highway. Said it must be something new, in his 17 previous years he hadn't ever heard of that.
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