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Speeds Limiters * Canada - Alberta urged to cap trucker speeds
Calgary,Alberta,Canada -Canwest News Service/The Calgary Herald, by Renata D'Aliesio -July 13, 2008: -- The province's main trucking lobby wants the Alberta government to heed Ottawa's call to limit big rigs to top speeds of 105 km/h, contending the cap would be good for the environment, road safety and drivers' bottom lines... Mayne Root, executive director of the Alberta Motor Transport Association, said the organization supports mandatory electronic speed limiters for heavy commercial trucks, as recommended in a recent report by Transport Canada... The report, a collation of six federal studies, found that capping speeds at 105 km/h could save 0.64 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions and 228 million litres of diesel fuel annually -- about 1.4 per cent of the total diesel consumed on Canadian roads each year... It also noted positive outcomes from other countries that have regulated speed limiters. In the United Kingdom, heavy-vehicle accidents have fallen 26 per cent since 1992, when truck speed caps became mandatory... (Picture: Trucker Paul Gilies, 47, who lives in the Toronto area, says speed limiters could make highways more dangerous)Labels: speed limiters
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