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Rule * USA - Would slow big trucks
Input sought on requiring electronic speed control
Charleston,SC,USA -The Charleston Post Courier (subscription), by PETER HULL -Feb 17, 2007: -- How fast is too fast for a tractor-trailer?... For the next five weeks, the public can have their say on whether the top speed of medium and large trucks - a common sight on Charleston's highways and byways - should be limited... Under a proposed regulation, built-in electronic speed governors set at a maximum of 68 mph would be required on trucks manufactured after 1990 and weighing more than 13 tons. The equipment is already standard on trucks built after 1991. The new rules would regulate the setting of those devices... Steve Owings cofounded Road Safe America in honor of his 22-year-old son, Cullum, who died when his vehicle was hit by a speeding truck. He is calling on the public to support the measure. Every year, 5,000 people die and more than 130,000 are injured in trucking accidents, according to his group. "The 80-mph commercial truck has no place on our highways," Owings said... Rick Todd, president of the Columbia-based South Carolina Trucking Association, said regulating the top speed will be fairer for trucking companies and could give the industry a public relations boost. He stressed that under any regulations it's critical that a truck's engine is capable of maintaining 68 mph on inclines. Todd pointed out that the main reason truckers tend to accelerate as they reach a downhill slope is to gain momentum for the subsequent uphill climb... In an industry where time is money, there will always be drivers who wants to reach their destination quicker than anyone else. But the proposed regulation will likely improve the industry's image and level the playing field for all trucking companies, he said...
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