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Speed-limiting * USA - Truckers' group backs devices
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Los Angeles Times, by Richard Simon -Jul 12, 2009: -- Stephen Owings, whose 22-year-old son died when his car was rear-ended, is fighting to have the federal government require the use of speed-limiting devices on all big rigs, saying: “We’re not against truckers; we’re pro-highway safety”... Most often, citizen-crusaders find themselves in unequal struggles against industry groups and lobbyists. But this time, David and Goliath seem to be on the same side... Owings has drawn support from the American Trucking Associations, or ATA, in his effort to get the U.S. Department of Transportation to require the use of the speed-inhibiting devices on big trucks -- or get Congress to mandate them in a highway bill soon to be drafted... On the other side are conservatives who oppose government regulation of business as a matter of principle, truckers who own their own big rigs and owners of smaller fleets represented by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association... These include drivers such as Julia Scott, who said that from the cab of her 18-wheeler she sees passenger cars doing a lot more dangerous things than big trucks. If the government is going to require governors on trucks, she said, “they need to put speed-limiting devices in the cars”... Proponents and opponents of such regulation defend their positions in terms of public safety... (Photo from 1.bp.blogspot 
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