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TRUCKERS' PROTEST * Canada - Against speed limiters in Ontario
ONT,CAN - Land Line Magazine (USA) -December 8, 2008: -- Small-business truckers in Ontario don’t plan on taking a government mandate for speed limiters lying down. A protest in the works is to take place Dec. 19... Owner-operator Scott Mooney of Cambridge, Ontario, is organizing the protest to produce more dialogue with government officials about what such a mandate will do to interprovincial and cross-border trucking...
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posted by Unknown @ 6:07 PM
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Speed limiting has proved successful in Australia. It has been mandatory for well over a decade here. The limit is 100km/h, lower for some multi trailer combinations.
Some reasons for it acceptance and success here is that it is a National requirement and not one mandated by individual jurisdictions. It is set at the "open road" limit of 100km/h although we do have 110km/h posted on some roads. These are generally National highways or roads of similar best standards.
I do believe Canada needs to consider making it a National standard if they have not done so, and the speed limit does need to avoid speed differentials wherever possible because they can reduce road safety; the very thing the rule is aimed at improving.
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