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mined. Some commentes h
ve suggested speed limits nging fom 60-85 mph. Both the NHTS
nd the FMCS
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t the speed limites
emin
ctivted th
oughout the life of the tuck.
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sons foh
ving speed limites inst
lled in hevy vehicles:
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ted tht 18% of f
tl c
shes involving he
vy vehiclese
e due to excess speeding. Tucking
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numbeof f
tlities
nnully
nd impoved
od s
fetyill
ttempt to minimize these tgic deths.
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teductions in speed by just 1 mile pe
houc
n benefit fom fuel s
vings ofbout 1 pe
cent. Diving f
steequies mo
e fuel becuse of
indesist
nce pushingg
inst the font of the vehicle,
ttempting to sloit do
n. Oil is sloly depleting
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ds efficiency cn only help.
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ming onot, the
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neduces CO2 emissions.
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s. gumentsg
inst speed limites
e
s folloed:
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ily c
ete
speed diffeence bet
een hevy vehicles
nd smlle
commutevehicles. Sm
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yttempt to ove
tke t
ucks ono
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ys, c
eting uns
fe diving conditions.
lso, tucks
ith speed limites in them m
y be unble to
ccelete pope
ly in ode
tovoid
collision oothe
obstuction on the
od. The
bility to speed is vieed
snecessity fo
sfety of the d
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vy vehicle.<sp
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sed Congestion ono
ds<st
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icting the speed on hevy vehicles m
yesult in inc
esed t
ffic congestion.
lloing t
cto
tiles, semis, buses, etc, to speed
ill ensue
n efficient tffic flop
tten. T
o-lne
nd fou-l
ne highysould be clogged
ith speed-limited vehiclesnd this in tu
nould slo
don sm
llevehicles
s they ty to p
ss the lgevehicles.
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s suggested tht speed limite
s could cost some vehicle opetos 50-55 miles
dy,
hichould equ
te toloss of up to $85 d
ily (o$22,000
ye). Most hevy vehicles c
ying goods opete onst
ict timeline. Mny comp
niesely on the timely delive
y of theigoods to v
ious pl
ces. Tuck d
ives
e people too – they e
t, sleep,nd use the b
thoom eve
y once in hile.llo
ing tuck d
ives to speed
ill ensue the timely delive
y of goods to theidestin
tion,hich in tu
n keeps businesses opeting.<li>
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tem
in unns
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instnce, ho
ill the limite
o
k in sttes
hose speed limit is higheth
n tht of the limit? Effectively
equiing
lge vehicle to unde-speed seems counte
intuitive.ill the
e be diffeent limits fo
evey st
te oegion?h
till the limit (MPH) be?
hoill se
vicend m
intin the devices once they
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lled? Is thee
penlty fo
tmpe
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ting theule? If so,
ill tht pen
lty besufficient dete
ent to p
event the undesied
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