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GMAN · #1 10-01-2006, 03:58 PM

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 · #2 10-01-2006, 04:14 PM

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

Deus · #3 10-01-2006, 06:22 PM

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

#4 10-01-2006, 06:44 PM

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 · #5 10-01-2006, 07:50 PM

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 · #6 10-01-2006, 10:44 PM

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 · #7 10-01-2006, 11:22 PM

Restrictor plate trucking..... LOL

Fozzy · #8 10-02-2006, 02:53 AM

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

One · #9 10-02-2006, 11:36 AM

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 · #10 10-03-2006, 07:37 PM

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.