Speed limiter comment period extended until July 18th

Not a good idea at all. Some states allow 70, 75, 80 mph and others max at 55 or 65. A national limit imposes on states rights or would intra state trucks be exempt.

Dont give uo the fight ever. By the sounds of the question there is a Manufacturer engrossed in profit snd false narratives...and all the $$kickbacks down the line. Like most things folks, it is truly not about safety or concern but about $$$. The root of all evil.

 

Huh?
Oh; yeah, speed limiters.
No thanks; I'm good.

You wanna do something, make it a guillotine offense
to be in hammer lane more than 2 miles.
Guillotine twice if you drive slower than traffic flow in left lane.
MOVE OVER, YOU RAT BAST***!!!!

Thanx for playing.

 

So go to the questions listed previously and drop down to 12. That's me. I'm a 26000 G.V.W FL Rollback.
That stupid idea could get someone killed.
There are times and sets of circumstances not within your control,
that you may NEED a boost of power or speed
to "avoid," (static objects,)
or "evade" moving objects, (Bicycle, horse, Cement mixer,)
so to stop performance in any way is just dangerous to the driver.
Don't they see that?
I saw a video of a Jeep with the worst death wobble I ever saw.
I want to speed up and pass.
W/Governor - you stay in the danger zone unnecessarily.
If that came apart at 70 someone dies, badly.

 

I wonder how many drivers will hang it up and say done if the speed is too low. I doubt it would be a massive number, but certainly some will. I’m on the fence if I’ll take another driving job, limit me to 62 and the decision is made for me.

 

Amen

 

I am totally against it some of my trucks will run near triple digits and some are roughly 65. It can be awfully nice to step up the pace sometimes and if there’s going to be a ecm based limiter which would be the most realistic who pays for the programming and what about trucks that don’t have ecms… no one will answer these questions and I think I know why. And why don’t they go after light vehicles I feel like they do much more reckless speeding than heavy trucks while they’re at it maybe they should limit them to 85hp
I don’t want any of this but why can’t we get answers

 

Buttplug buttieg or whatever his name doesn't care about safety. It's absurd to see them waive hos rules when they need baby formula etc but after plandemic is over we're forced to fit into same old shoe. FMCSA should focus on 4 wheelers to help with safety

 

Just like ELD we'll get speed limiters. They've decided so it's a when not if proposition at this point.

Here's some random thoughts on unintended consequences speed limiters might have.

Canadian truckers where they already have this are saying that it creates a convoy of trucks where no one can pass and 4 wheelers cut off trucks to get to off/on ramps.

Hub to hub has been setup for the current speed limits. Some routes will no longer be possible.

Slower delivery times will backlog the system requiring more trucks in order to get things done. More trucks needed but where are they all going to park?

Local trucks will be affected too. A local driver may only put 300 miles a day on their truck but they are still bound by HOS rules. So a 45min slow down could easily cost the company deliveries.

Companies with their own drivers will need more trucks to do the same volume of work. But since the work hasn't doubled there's less work per truck in their fleet. Think of it this way. If the truck has 16 stops but can only do 12 now because of speed limiters the company will need another truck to get those other 4 deliveries done. So less overall work per driver. In this case it'll take 4 trucks to do what 3 trucks could do before so a 25% reduction in work per driver and a increase in delivery cost to the company.

If the speed limit was set to 55 mph then areas that currently have 80 mph speed limits will see a 30% drop in speed.

Driver frustration will increase while pay for cpm drivers will decrease, significantly. Not good since it's hard to entice new drivers now as driver pay and treatment now stand.

What are some real world consequences that y'all can see happening that a desk jockey in DOT won't even think about?

 

Yeah government forces their bs on people but let's you submit your "thoughts ' as if they're listening to your concerns