OOIDA’s Animated Video Explains Why Speed Limiters Are So Dangerous

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has created a video designed to show all drivers why speed limiters on big trucks are a bad idea.

From OOIDA: “The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the nation’s only organization representing professional and small-business truckers, created a video demonstrating the dangers of speed limited trucks.

The video is designed not only for the trucking community, but also for all highway users, so that they can learn the dangers of speed differentials created by artificially speed limiting large trucks.

OOIDA points out that studies and research have already proven what we were all taught long ago in driver’s education classes, that traffic is safest when vehicles all travel at the same relative speed. Limiting trucks to speeds less than the flow of traffic increases interactions between vehicles which can lead to more crashes.

The video demonstrates in animated format along with infographics what happens to traffic when trucks are speed limited. It also includes a short interview with Dr. Steven Johnson, a researcher that has conducted extensive empirical studies on highways and speed.

OOIDA wants policymakers on the federal level to recognize the negative consequences of over regulating the trucking industry. The Association also recently launched an effort called the “Knock Out Bad Regs” campaign in which its members are encouraged to push back against excessive trucking regulations.

The campaign helps educate and encourage Association members on what they need to do in identifying their lawmakers in Washington D.C. and reaching out to them effectively. The “Knock Out Bad Regs” effort will give OOIDA members the tools to hold the Administration and Congress to their pledge to reduce regulations.

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