New Approach Emerges in the Speed Limiter Debate
🇨🇦 New Approach Emerges in the Speed Limiter Debate.
The House Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Subcommittee has advanced an appropriations bill that includes a provision to prevent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from using funding for its speed limiter rule-making. The provision states that no funds can be used to require commercial motor vehicles weighing over 26,000 pounds to be equipped with speed limiters. The bill is expected to proceed to a markup hearing in the full committee. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) supports this effort and opposes speed limiter mandates, citing concerns about dangerous speed differentials and increased interactions among vehicles. Other legislative efforts to stop speed limiter mandates have also been introduced, including HR3039, which prohibits the FMCSA from moving forward with such regulations.
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