ASSOCIATED PRESS: A trucking group wants the government to expedite the process of making speed-limiting devices required.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: A trucking group wants the government to expedite the process of making speed-limiting devices required.
The American Trucking Associations says it opposes speed limits over 65 mph, and it has previously petitioned the government to require speed-limiting devices on trucks. Federal highway safety regulators proposed a regulation in 2011 to require the use of the devices, known as governors. But the measure has been stalled for years in a morass of cost analyses and government reviews.
The statement follows a story by The Associated Press last month revealing that most big truck tires aren’t designed to go over 75 mph. Yet 14 states mainly west of the Mississippi River have speed limits of 75 or above. Texas, Wyoming, Utah and South Dakota have limits of 80 or higher.
