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Texas Trucking Association president calls for speed limit reduction

And readers sound off on speed in the wake of South Dakota’s early-April introduction of an 80-mph top speed limit.

April 23, 2015

Science doesn’t lie

“I propose that all the people who think it’s a good idea to further castrate the big diesel engine should have to drive a governed truck in full-on bumper-to-bumper rush-hour traffic around Atlanta on 285, where the median speed is ‘balls to the wall.'”

April 10, 2015

It’s the little things, like Google

Not rocket science: Allow small things to go faster than large things… they’ll explode into stardust when they hit the large things.

March 20, 2015

Faster e-log implementation, hair drug tests, speed limiters highlight Trucking Alliance’s 2015 action items

The Trucking Alliance said it plans to push for quicker implementation of an electronic logging device mandate, an increase to the minimum amount of liability insurance that trucking companies must hold and a speed limiter mandate, among other items.

February 25, 2015

inspection-scales

Speed limiter mandate rule expected to see action soon, carrier scoring rule still months away

The DOT stuck with its projected June publication date of a Safety Fitness Determination rule in its latest rulemakings update, and it still expects to send a speed limiter mandate proposal to the White House for approval early next month.

January 13, 2015

An FMCSA rule to require speed limiters in trucks is expected to be sent to the White House for approval I’m February.

Regulatory update: DOT’s latest projections for mandating electronic logging devices, speed limiters

The DOT could require the use of electronic logging devices by Fall 2017. A proposed speed limiter rule is expected in the coming months. Here’s a look at the rest of FMCSA’s regulatory timeline.

November 17, 2014

Insurance increase rule, speed limiter rule running behind FMCSA’s projected schedule

File this under “no news can sometimes be news” — Two trucking-related federal rules in the works have missed projected schedules for their advancement through the rulemaking process.

October 22, 2014

An FMCSA rule to require speed limiters in trucks is expected to be sent to the White House for approval this month. However, it’s running behind the DOT’s project Oct. 9 date, as is the agency’s rule to raise liability insurance minimums.

DOT: Proposed speed limiter rule coming in Feb., insurance increase next month

A federal regulation upping the amount of liability insurance carriers must have is still slated to be published as a proposed rule next month, while the department’s rule to require use of speed limiters on heavy trucks and its Safety Fitness Determination rule are now projected to be published as proposed rules in early 2015.

September 16, 2014

truck highway speed

Speed limiters not ‘worth the hassle’: More voices on potential mandate

Michael Goodman, among others: “Forcing speed limiters will make roads less safe and be another unnecessary cost to the millions of truck owners in the United States.”

August 29, 2014

Joey Slaughter at the Great American Trucking Show TSG health walk

Readers say no to speed governing, less equivocal on a national speed limit

Haven’t we been here before? With some industry organizations calling for a national 65-mph speed limit and governing of Class 7 and 8 trucks to similar limits, readers weigh in.

August 18, 2014

ATA speed graphic

FMCSA speeds work on raising carrier insurance minimums, slows on Safety Fitness scoring rule

The prospect of a proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule coming this year seems to have diminished, as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made its work on producing a rule raising the minimum amount of liability insurance for carriers a higher priority, according to projected rule publication dates in a recent DOT report.

July 15, 2014

Regulatory update: Speed limiters, insurance increase, carrier scoring rules still set for 2014

A DOT report issued June 13 indicates rules mandating the use of speed limiters in trucks, raising the minimum liability insurance for carriers and implementing a more complete and direct federal safety scoring system could still come in 2014.

June 13, 2014

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