The cited crash research and truck speed (which won’t be altered THAT MUCH from passenger vehicle speed) are related HOW exactly? It doesn’t say in those numbers how truck and car speed factored in to the accidents.
Could it be that passenger vehicles (which are at fault in the majority of car/big truck wrecks) are largely uneducated as to how they’re supposed to share the road with big trucks?
Split speed limits have been to blame for plenty of traffic problems. So if Illinois wants to implement that, they’re trading one headache for another.
AAA, do some better research and stop having a phobic freak out about big trucks.
How else are consumer commodities, food, building supplies, medicine and what not supposed to reach us from the factory? I don’t know about you, but I don’t really want to wait at the cargo train depot for my groceries.
Truck drivers, for the most part, are professional and put safety first. They don’t want to wreck with a passenger vehicle any more than a passenger vehicle wants to wreck with one of them.
Illinois already has a split limit between passenger and commercial trucks and there in lies part of the problem. How can they believe that vehicles travelling at separate limits can coexist on the same roadways? I would venture to guess that states where that does not exist the numbers fare better. Illinois ( I am from there and know) has used that argument for years to mask the real reason for split limits. REVENUE to keep Chicago afloat. Traffic violations in Illois for the commercial trucking industry ( I also insure some of those companys that operate in that state) is a astronomical revenue stream for the state. Once again, politics.
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The cited crash research and truck speed (which won’t be altered THAT MUCH from passenger vehicle speed) are related HOW exactly? It doesn’t say in those numbers how truck and car speed factored in to the accidents.
Could it be that passenger vehicles (which are at fault in the majority of car/big truck wrecks) are largely uneducated as to how they’re supposed to share the road with big trucks?
Split speed limits have been to blame for plenty of traffic problems. So if Illinois wants to implement that, they’re trading one headache for another.
AAA, do some better research and stop having a phobic freak out about big trucks.
How else are consumer commodities, food, building supplies, medicine and what not supposed to reach us from the factory? I don’t know about you, but I don’t really want to wait at the cargo train depot for my groceries.
Truck drivers, for the most part, are professional and put safety first. They don’t want to wreck with a passenger vehicle any more than a passenger vehicle wants to wreck with one of them.
Go to the FMCSA website (http://www.sharetheroadsafely.org/) and learn how to avoid an accident with a big truck.
Split speed limits aren’t the answer…
Finally. A victory for the rural part of the state and a slap in the face for Chicago.
KLS …….. good comments….agree completely.
Illinois already has a split limit between passenger and commercial trucks and there in lies part of the problem. How can they believe that vehicles travelling at separate limits can coexist on the same roadways? I would venture to guess that states where that does not exist the numbers fare better. Illinois ( I am from there and know) has used that argument for years to mask the real reason for split limits. REVENUE to keep Chicago afloat. Traffic violations in Illois for the commercial trucking industry ( I also insure some of those companys that operate in that state) is a astronomical revenue stream for the state. Once again, politics.