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SPEED LIMITS * USA
* USA - One Utah bill would slow trucks only; another would speed up all traffic
Grain Valley,MO,USA - Land Line Magazine, by Keith Goble -Feb 5, 2007: -- The Utah Senate has approved a bill that includes provisions to allow all drivers to travel faster. A separate effort would create split speeds by slowing trucks only on most highways... Truckers and others traveling on rural interstates and other limited access routes would be cleared to drive 80 miles per hour – up from the current 75 mph limit. The speed limit along urban interstates and other roads would increase from 65 mph to 70 mph... That doesn’t sound good to Rep. Sheryl Allen, R-Bountiful... The bill – HB199 – would lower truck speeds from 75 mph to 65 mph while driving on rural interstates and limited-access highways. The 65 mph limit on urban interstates would remain unchanged for trucks and cars... Officials with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association say that requiring trucks to drive at speeds slower than other vehicles does not promote safety on the highways...
* USA - Tennessee county drops truck, four-wheeler speed limits
Grain Valley,MO,USA - Land Line Magazine/AP -Feb 5, 2007: -- With the state’s permission, Sullivan County in northeastern Tennessee is dropping the speed limit for trucks on Interstates 81 and 26 from 70 mph to 55 mph... Additionally, the speed limit for four-wheelers will go from 70 mph to 65 mph... The county – which is located in the extreme northeastern corner of the state – is reducing the speeds in an attempt to comply with EPA guidelines on ozone levels...
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