I have followed what this character has put out over the years, and speed limiters is but one of many things he would like to have implemented to restrict trucks. This guy, off and on, over the years has espoused everything from 8 hr workdays for truckers, to no night time truck operation. He would be quite content if there was nary a truck on the road. So, with a nincompoop like this on the committee, one can only imagine what will be coming out of there to mess up things even more than they already are. Rapidly, the whole thing is becoming about as effective as a one legged man in a butt kicking contest.
That's fine... He'll be walking without clothes, shoes, nor food to feed his family. But the roads will be much safer and more quiet with all the vehicles out of fuel on the hwy!
Cowpie , I misinterpreted your first post . I reread it after I posted and realized my error. The nincompoops are taking over. And I am contemplating early retirement/my exit from this industry. Thanks.
Yeah, and I also noticed that there is more to this... Joan Claybrook, the gal that has been a thorn in the side of trucking for so long is also on the committee. There is a grip of folks tied to the rail sector that are on it, along with a bunch of environmentalists and college dweebs. Only one person that might be construed to actually have anything to do with trucking. He is affiliated with OOIDA. James Hoffa in on the committee also, but kinda difficult to really see him being anything considered pro trucking. Pro union, yes. Quite a list of interesting folks on that committee. It is something to watch this all play out. Like something out of the twilight zone. You have the heads of Parents Against Tired Truckers (PATT), Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH), and and every other anti-trucking group imaginable on the committee. Here is the list. See what you think..... The National Freight Advisory Committee members are: 
 Stephen Alterman, Cargo Airline Association
 Gregory A. Ballard, City of Indianapolis
 Kevin L. Brubaker, Environmental Law & Policy Center
 Jeffrey Burns, Parents Against Tired Truckers and Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways
 Terry Button, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
 Anne Canby, OneRail
 Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen
 Kristin Decas, Port of Hueneme
 Mortimer L. Downey III, CAGTC
 John H. Eaves, Fulton County
 John E. Fenton, Patriot Rail Corp
 Karen Flynn, Arkema Inc.
 Carlos A. Gimenez, Miami-Dade County
 Genevieve Giuliano, University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy
 John Thomas Gray II, Association of American Railroads
 Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, Lambert International Airport
 Brad Hildebrand, Cargill Inc.
 Stacey D. Hodge, New York City Department of Transportation James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
 José Holguín-Veras, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
Jack Holmes, UPS Freight
 Richard Inclima, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the Teamster Rail Conference
 Frances Lee Inman, Majestic Realty Co.
 Randell Iwasaki, Contra Costa Transportation Authority
 Michael Jewell, Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, AFL-CIO
 Paul R. Kelly, A & S Service Group
 Paul C. LaMarre III, Port of Monroe
 Michelle Livingstone, The Home Depot
 Bonnie Lowenthal, State of California
 Andrew S. Lynn, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
 C. Randal Mullett, Con-way Inc.
 Rosa Navejar, The Rios Group
 Michael Nutter, City of Philadelphia
 Gary A. Palmer, True Value Company
 Craig Philip, Ingram Barge Company John Previsich, SMART - Transportation Division
 William Roberson, Nucor Steel - Berkeley
 Christopher T. Rodgers, Douglas County, National Association of Counties
 Mark Andrew Savage, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance/Colorado State Patrol
 Karen Schmidt, Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board
 Ann Schneider, Illinois DOT
 Ricky D. Smith, Department of Port Control, Cleveland Airport
 Mike Tooley, Montana DOT
 Peter G. Vigue, Cianbro Companies
 Michael C. Walton, University of Texas Austin
 A.C. Warton, City of Memphis
 Leonard Waterworth, Port of Houston Authority
If those big, bad trucks didn't go so fast his child would be alive. I say we overthrow the FMCSA and start over.
After they finally get their wish to slow them down, I see a new headline appearing. After the collision with a slow truck and a fast car and the family losing their life, they will then push to remove the trucks from the highways on certain hours.
Rail has been involved with this for a long time, a very long time. This is a little anecdote, I heard it secondhand but it gives you pause. A trucking company I have heard of does many different kinds, even some tanker on occasion, anyway, a farm supply business ordered a quantity of 34-0-0(liquid nitrogen fertilizer) and it didn't come, they tried to have it traced, and couldn't find it, so they hired this company mentioned before to truck it in, they actually had to buy more to keep the tanks replenished. 28 days later, their shipment finally shows up at the siding. Guess they will have to put tracking on tank cars now, too.