SPEED LIMITERS: 2-QUESTION SURVEY
FMCSA is currently seeking comment on a proposed rule that would require the installation of speed-limiting devices on trucks, buses and multipurpose passenger vehicles weighing more than 26,000 pounds.
According to an advance notice of supplemental proposed rulemaking published in the May 4 Federal Register, the proposal expands upon a 2016 joint proposal from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and FMCSA.
The latter is the sole agency listed on the proposed rule, which doesn’t specify a top speed. The 2016 proposed rule suggested capping speeds at 60, 65 or 68 mph.
American Trucking Associations (ATA) does not support setting speed limiters in the low 60’s. They do support speed limiters set at a maximum speed of 70MPH in trucks equipped with Automatic Emergency Braking and Adaptive Cruse Control. In trucks without those safety features their policy supports a maximum set speed of 65MPH.
We are asking IMTA carriers to anonymously share their opinion on speed limiters no later than Tuesday, May 17. If you have any additional thoughts or comments, please use the comment box. You may also contact Gary Langston at gary@intrucking.org for direct communication on this topic.
According to an advance notice of supplemental proposed rulemaking published in the May 4 Federal Register, the proposal expands upon a 2016 joint proposal from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and FMCSA.
The latter is the sole agency listed on the proposed rule, which doesn’t specify a top speed. The 2016 proposed rule suggested capping speeds at 60, 65 or 68 mph.
American Trucking Associations (ATA) does not support setting speed limiters in the low 60’s. They do support speed limiters set at a maximum speed of 70MPH in trucks equipped with Automatic Emergency Braking and Adaptive Cruse Control. In trucks without those safety features their policy supports a maximum set speed of 65MPH.
We are asking IMTA carriers to anonymously share their opinion on speed limiters no later than Tuesday, May 17. If you have any additional thoughts or comments, please use the comment box. You may also contact Gary Langston at gary@intrucking.org for direct communication on this topic.
