Speeds: Car vs. Trucks * USA - Oregon bill would widen gap between
OR,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO), by Keith Goble -April 17 , 2007: -- An effort in the Oregon House would widen the speed gap between four-wheelers and big trucks to 15 mph on the state’s rural interstate highways... Rep. Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer, has offered a bill that would increase the speed limit for passenger vehicles from 65 mph to 70 mph along rural stretches of interstates. Truck traffic would continue to be restricted to the current 55 mph speed limit... Oregon is the only state west of the Mississippi River with speed limits for cars below 70 mph. California is the only other state with truck speeds at 55 mph. Idaho, Montana and Texas limit trucks to 65 mph, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety...
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