Towing above 65

colliehauler wrote:

pira114 wrote:

colliehauler wrote:

mich800 wrote:

colliehauler wrote:

mich800 wrote:

jaycocreek wrote:

I am of the belief that with the PROPER equipment, and experience, that higher speeds are not any more of an accident waiting to happen than lower speeds.

Is that why the DOT estimates that more than 1,115 lives would be saved by a max speed of Truckers to 68mph.The truckers for the most part have the right equipment and they have the experience and training along with the medical card to be on the road.

So truckers kill at least 1,115 people driving 68+ and that was the cause of the accident? No wonder there are so many sue the trucking company ads on daytime tv. Wouldn't it be cheaper the set a speed limit for truckers or are they not really professionals that can police themselves?

With your logic 30k people die in traffic accidents what kind of speed limits are you going to set for the rest of the motoring public?

These are not my stats or proposal. The question is do you need big brother in your vehicle to save yourself because you are incompetent? Or is setting a speed limit adequate?

My apologies, the one comment is from a different post suggesting using governors to set speed.

I agree that I don't want more rules and regulations. I would be willing to bet that one day we won't have any control over it though. Personal freedom is slowly eroding and to the young people it will be the norm.

Speed limits have zero to do with personal freedom. The rights of an individual being paramount to those of the masses is something I believe deeply in.

However, none of us has any right to drive in an unsafe manner that endangers others. Since it's impossible to predict who is safe at certain speeds and who is not, limits (or standards) are set.

It doesn't matter if we like the particular standard or not. We are free to stay off the roads if it bothers us that much.

Personally, I follow the speed limits unless my set up requires I go slower. In certain circumstances this may mean I need to reevaluate if I'm safe on the road at all.

Accepting the responsibility of operating several thousand pounds at high speeds means you have a duty to others to do so safely.

Each one of us will have to decide if we can do this.

Not once in my post did I say breaking the speedlimit. Some people can't drive safely at 55, does this mean everyone on the road be regulated to 55? You need to read the post we were talking about governors that limit speed regardless of the speedlimt, hence lack of freedom to drive the speedlimit because of a few that can't make prudent decision.