A speed limiter bill has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, and if made law it will require all new commercial motor vehicles in the United States to:
- Be equipped with speed limiters.
- Require existing speed-limiting technologies already installed manufactured after 1992 to be used while in operation.
- Require that the maximum safe operating speed of commercial motor vehicles not exceed 65 miles per hour, or 70 miles per hour with certain safety technologies (i.e. adaptive cruise control system and automatic emergency braking system).
The Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act is named after 22-year old Atlanta resident Cullum Owings who was killed in a car-truck collision in 2002. The legislation was referred to a committee of jurisdiction for consideration.
BCTA continues to support a speed limiter mandate for commercial vehicles and anticipates working closely with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to develop and bring into force provincial regulation. The proposed mandate would occur in conjunction with the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate and implement speed limiter legislation at 105 km/h for commercial motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 11,974 kg or more in the province of BC. BCTA will continue to update members as updates to the ELD enforcement strategy and approved certified devices occur.
