SPEED LIMITER * Canada - Ontario truckers challenge law in court

Truckers who received fines for violating the speed-limiter law in Ontario are getting their day in court

Cambridge,ONT,CAN -Land Line Magazine -July 16, 2009: ... Among the truckers scheduled to make their first court appearance in late August is Scott Mooney of Cambridge, Ontario, an OOIDA member and founder of the Facebook group, Drivers Against Speed Limiters. Mooney is familiar to readers because he was the organizer of two protests in opposition to the Ontario law that restricts the road speed of trucks... Mooney received a $390 fine on the first day of full enforcement of the law, July 1. He decided immediately to plead “not guilty,” which entitled him to a court date... Mooney is scheduled to appear Aug. 26 in Ontario provincial court in Napanee... Truckers are convinced that more road rage incidents are occurring on Ontario highways as slower-moving trucks bunch together. Land Line Magazine’s current online poll asks truckers if they have experienced road rage due to being limited. As of this posting, 56 percent answered “Happens too often to count” and 32 percent answered “Once in a while but not often”... (Photo from autobloggreen: London tower traffic)