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SPEED LIMITS * Canada - Truckers want brakes put on plan to raise that ones
Winnipeg, Manitoba,Canada - Winnipeg Free Press /Today's Trucking -13 Feb 2008: -- Manitoba Trucking Association GM Bob Dolyniuk was joined by environmentalists and private citizens in asking the province to back down on its plan to increase speed limits on certain highways to 110 km/h... Speaking to a five-member panel of the Highway Traffic Board, Dolyniuk raised safety concerns with the proposal, saying increased speed will result in a hike of vehicle collisions and "increased severity when they do occur," reports... The proposal -- which would raise the limit from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on certain sections of Hwy 1 west of Winnipeg and much of Hwy 75 south of the city -- contradicts an ongoing campaign by the MTA and its umbrella organization, the Canadian Trucking Alliance, which want speed limiters set at 105 km/h mandated for all trucks in the country... Dolyniuk said proposals to add safety features like paved shoulders on highways and rumble strips aren't enough to offset what he says would be an uptick in crashes... (Video from YouTube, by MadnessBrothers -November 05, 2007: "Traffic Crashes! - dont do this)
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