Proposed New Truck Laws in Pennsylvania
Posted on September 21, 2007
Filed Under GENERAL, IN THE NEWS
http://pahomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=20735
The proposed bill would limit truck speeds to 60 MPH, even where the speed limits are 65, and force trucks to use the right lane only. Good Lord. Another stupid politician. This proposal will do nothing except cause more accidents. All you have to do is drive through a state like Ohio, where they have split speed limits, and you will see some of the worst driving in the world. Trucks running at 10 MPH less than other traffic inevitably cause packs of traffic as one truck running 56 MPH tries to pass one going 55, with all the cars piling up behind them. You see more four-wheelers weaving in and out of traffic in these situations than you would see at the Daytona International Speedway.
Luckily, the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association has pretty good pull in Harrisburg, so this stupid proposal will end up where it belongs: on the scrap heap.
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