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Speed Limiter Debate* USA - Heats up stateside
Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -10 June 2009: -- Following in the tire treads of its Canadian cousins, leaders of the American Trucking Associations headed to Washington to tout the potential benefits of a national speed limiter mandate... And as it's done over the last couple years in Toronto -- where a similar law first originated (and now in effect) -- the largest owner-op group in the U.S. preemptively shot down the proposal to cap truckers' engine speed at 65 mph... While the ATA promotes their agenda as "progressive" and "safe", the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) says it's neither and will cause more accidents than it prevents... OOIDA says truckers don't normally speed but require access to that little bit of extra power to keep up with the speed of traffic and to be able to maneuver around dangerous situations... But just like the Canadian Trucking Alliance north of the border, the ATA is getting kudos from safety groups... (Picture from w1.ohoboho.com)
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