TRUCK GROUP SUPPORTS LIMITING HIGHWAY TRUCK SPEEDS

Speed governors would be installed

The American Trucking Assn. (ATA) endorsed action to limit the maximum speed of big trucks at the time of manufacture to 68 mph; a move ATA said will reduce the number and severity of speed-related crashes. The installation of speed "governors" to control maximum speed follows an ATA study of the issue which found nearly 75% of the trucks evaluated already had speed governors and that most were set at 70 mph or lower.