Truckers must slow down Jan. 1

[Cybergal]

Truckers must slow down Jan. 1
CANADA

New year's resolution No. 1: slow down.
On Jan. 1, provincial legislation limiting the speed of large trucks will come into effect.
In June, the province passed the bill, which will require transport companies and operators to install speed limiters, capping their top speed at 105 km/h.
Wilf Peck doesn't think it's a good idea.
"They're going to be moving fairly slowly compared to other traffic, especially on two-lane roads," said Peck, owner of Wilway Transport near Coldwater.

The speed limiters, the government said, will significantly reduce diesel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Peck acknowledged "it would be easier on fuel," but he felt an extra law is not the way to get the message across.
"They should leave it alone, and if they get caught speeding, hit them hard," he said.

But the speed limiters will be important for more than environmental reasons, said Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop, who supported the bill.
"It's a public safety bill," he said, noting slower trucks could mean less severe crashes.
Peck's prediction of greater congestion and traffic backups on the highways "is a legitimate concern," Dunlop said.
http://www.orilliapacket.com/Article...aspx?e=1364327

[rocknroll nik]

Well there goes the neighborhood. Does this mean we can make the Canadians slow down when they come over here, or does this slow down only mean in Canada.

[Wiseguywireless]

Less Deadlier crashes! Hmmmm Rig hits me at 70 MPH or 80 MPH. I am still dead.

[Ducks]

The four-wheelers are gonna eat the truckers alive up there if they're governed at 105 kph. I've traveled sections of the 401, and they don't exactly adhere to the limit there... not by a long shot!

[RickG]

The four-wheelers are gonna eat the truckers alive up there if they're governed at 105 kph. I've traveled sections of the 401, and they don't exactly adhere to the limit there... not by a long shot!

But watch roads like the 402 where there are only 2 lanes .
For a while I was going to Ontario 4 to 6 times a month . I haven't been there since the first week of November . From what I heard we may not be going back . Suits me . Our fleet owner is a driver from way back . None of our trucks are governed . I run too many 70 m.p.h. states to be setting my speed to suit Canadians .

[lostNfound]

I run too many 70 m.p.h. states to be setting my speed to suit Canadians .

Hey! Let's just clarify it's not all Canadians.

Heck, the speed limit here is close enough to 70 (110 km/hr). And you have to do at least that when crossing Saskatchewan to avoid falling asleep.

[Working Class Patriot]

Hmmm.....
I wonder what Arnold was doing up in Canada last month????
55 mph is slow enough...
DPF's, outlawing pre-2004 rigs in a year or so.....I'll bet a 40 mph speed limit for trucks is next on the list for CALI......

[Wiseguywireless]

Bet they wont post the Stats on the increase in accidents between trucks and cars as cars try to pass these rigs and end up in head ons

[LAD_Mavric]

Yes it will be interesting to see.. I cant wait to see how pissed off the 4 wheelers get when the granny and middle lane of the highway are clogged with trucks running right at 105 and they are all forced to use the hammer lane to try and maintain their usual 120 plus that they like to do. Just a few weeks ago I passed a truck that was doing 90 and then moved back to the right lane and when the 4 wheeler from behind passed me he flipped me off because I caused him to slow down from his speed of about 130. Like WTF the limit is 100 ppl! The province and the OPP should be focusing on the cars that are doing 120 or more while weaving in and out and passing on the shoulder and not the trucks that might be doing 105.

[Rat Fink]

Well at least the trucks aren't limited to 90km/hr like they are in Europe!

I hope I don't run to Ontario. That place sucks enough. The speed limiter thing is the icing on the cake. I hope Quebec limits speed too, and I can run a good enough case past the boss to avoid both of Canada's buttholes.