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R.I. lawmaker wants to repeal truck toll law, Louisiana looking at split speeds
A bill introduced in Rhode Island would, if passed, repeal the RhodeWorks law passed last year that enacted trucks-only tolls in the state. Another bill introduced in Louisiana proposes to reduce the speed limit for trucks and buses by 10 miles per hour on interstates.
April 17, 2017
Business
The whips and nae naes
A modest proposal to improve highway safety: “No one should drive more than 11 hours, no one should be allowed to go faster than 64, and anyone caught ‘whipping’ or ‘nae nae-ing’ in the lane will be shot on sight….”
September 23, 2015
Business
Bill introduced in Missouri would boost state top speed limit
Bill H.B. 295 was introduced by Rep. Mike Kelley in the Missouri state house to boost the maximum speed limit possible within the state’s borders from 70 to 75 miles per hour.
January 7, 2015
Channel 19
Round-up: Black Out in a white-out, and a little photo-caption fun
Charles Timbrook’s Black Out custom Freightliner encounters some white stuff; and: Professional speeds for professional drivers in reader photo captions.
November 29, 2014
Business
New Ill. laws favor truckers
Beginning Jan. 1, truckers and four-wheelers will share a 65 mph speed limit on four-lane highways outside the Chicago area.
August 4, 2011
Voices
Channel 19
A truck driver running for governor of Alaska, a fictitious rock group and some missing cheese are just some of the featured stories in this dose of trucking humor, oddities and media coverage.
February 1, 2010
Channel 19
Cranking up the new year — queue everbody’s favorite Sammy Hagar tune, will you?
With unfortunate toll hikes in New York, haulers got another late Christmas gift with the new year in the implementation of an Illinois state law that raised maximum interstate speed limits, formerly split between 55 and 65 mph for trucks and cars, respectively, to an even 65 for both.
January 6, 2010
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