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‘Trojan horse’ - USA - Call for speed limiters on trucks
Grain Valley,Mo,USA -The Trucker -20 Oct 2006: -- Proposals being offered by an association representing the interests of large trucking companies to federal agencies are nothing more than an attempt to limit competition cloaked in safety propaganda, according to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA)... An Oct. 18 news release announced that petitions will be submitted to transportation agencies that will force the federal government to impose mechanical limits on the speeds of privately owned commercial motor vehicles... “These petitions are intended to be a Trojan horse for the true objectives of big trucking companies — doing away with current truck size and weight restrictions as well as increasing their importation of cheap, less qualified foreign drivers,” said Todd Spencer, executive vice president of OOIDA. “They are aimed at limiting competition from the small trucking companies that make up the vast majority of the industry”...
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