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Originally Posted by NoBama
Read that article also. Just in my experience when I used to drive to and from work(before I was laid-off) up and down on 75 south and 75 north is that big trucks would run right around 62 anyways. In a little while it'll be legal for them to run 65. Will that mean that some or most will push 67-68, of course it will. Just have a while to find out if the speed change will cause more accidents and complaints. Another thought is how many trucking co.'s have their trucks set at 62 like the co. I was at (Conway Freight) before getting laid-off last month. Good 'ol regualations some are good but in my eyes most are not. Just my .02 cents.
Listening to Road Dog Trucking Channel last night, one of the OOIDA lobbyists behind getting Ohio to get rid of the split speed limits, he was saying how the vast majority of tickets given to trucks where doing 62 to 67 mph, which is the flow of traffic! Statistics clearly show that going with the flow of traffic is the safest thing, not going 10mph slower then it.
Yes with the new limit set to 65 most trucks will be doing 65 to 70mph now, but that is the flow of traffic! It isn't even like Ohio roads are hilly and curvy, they are straight and smooth. They could up the speed limit to 75 and it would still be a safe speed.