E-Smart Introduces Backing Speed Management System
The speed management provider E-Smart is adding a backing speed limiter feature for facilities to its services, the company announced April 22.
April 22, 2024ATA, Road Safe America Join in Speed Limiter Regulation Letter
American Trucking Associations and safety group Road Safe America have sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg outlining their support for guidelines for speed limiters for policymakers in Congress and at the Department of Transportation.
March 4, 2021CVSA’s Operation Safe Driver Week to Focus on Speeding
Law enforcement personnel will be on the prowl for bad behavior by commercial vehicle and passenger drivers on the nation’s roadways, including a special focus on speeding, during this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week event scheduled for July 14-20.
May 8, 2019Indiana Lawmaker Aims to Raise Speed Limit for Trucks
An Indiana lawmaker is trying to eliminate the lower speed limit for trucks on interstate highways.
January 17, 2017Comment Period on Proposed Speed-Limiter Rule Extended to Dec. 7
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have extended the deadline for public comments on their proposed speed-limiter rule by 30 days to Dec. 7, the agencies announced Nov. 1.
November 1, 2016Anger Over Speed Limiters Voiced in Comments to DOT
Some motorists said they favor the idea of slowing trucks down on the highway, but the overwhelming majority of the nearly 3,000 comments filed thus far on a federal heavy-truck speed limiter proposal came from truckers calling it a recipe for disaster.
October 17, 2016Speed-Limiter Plan ‘Flawed’; ATA Preps Response to DOT
LAS VEGAS — American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear sharply criticized a proposed federal speed-limiter rule for new heavy trucks as “flawed” largely because it would create differential speeds on the nation’s highways.
October 10, 2016Sen. Chuck Schumer Presses DOT on Speed Limiters
The U.S. Department of Transportation should quickly finalize a proposed federal speed-limiter rule for new heavy trucks, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) said Oct. 6.
October 6, 2016Spear Assails Speed-Limiter Proposal as 'Flawed'
LAS VEGAS — American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear sharply criticized a proposed federal speed-limiter rule for new heavy trucks as “flawed” largely because it would create differential speeds on the nation’s highways.
October 6, 2016ATA Seeks 30-Day Extension for Speed Limiter Comments
American Trucking Associations, along with 50 state trucking associations, is asking for a 30-day extension to the comment period for the recently published proposed rule requiring speed limiters on large trucks.
September 12, 2016